IT&Software
Facebook hires 3000 to review content
Facebook's 3,000 new content moderators, combined with the 4,500 moderators it already has, won't be fighting violence alone. "Over the last few weeks, we've seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook - either live or in video posted later", Zuckerberg begins his post. [Full Article...]
Cyber Experts Warn Of New Phishing Scam Involving Unexpected Google Docs
They continued: "We protected users from this attack through a combination of automatic and manual actions, including removing the fake pages and applications, and pushing updates through Safe Browsing , Gmail, and other anti-abuse systems". [Full Article...]
Microsoft's sleek Surface Laptop brings computing class to classrooms and beyond
Windows 10 S will be first seen in the new 13-inch Surface Laptop that was announced alongside it. The base model includes 128GB of storage , 4GB of RAM , and runs on an Intel Core i5 processor . Windows 10 S will also be free for all schools now running Windows 10 Pro PCs, and include free Office 365 education with Microsoft Teams. It also is created to work with the Surface Dial... [Full Article...]
Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 8 in the second half of 2017
Samsung also released revised earnings for the first quarter of 2017. That compares with the 6.77 trillion won average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg . The Galaxy Note 7 was discontinued back in October and since then, Samsung had been working with mobile companies to release software updates to disable the phone. [Full Article...]
Microsoft's New Windows 10 S Is Targeting The Education Market
The Windows 10 S seems to be Microsoft's direct dig at Google's Chromebooks as well as Apple's Macbook Air. With Microsoft Windows 10 S, users can download apps directly from the Windows Store. By emphasizing such features, Microsoft is clearly taking aim at Google, whose cloud-centric Chromebooks have taken a growing chunk of the classroom computing market in the USA, as well as at Apple, whose... [Full Article...]
Your furniture can be turned into touch sensors
The researchers used Electrick to add touch sensing to objects as varied as a steering wheel and the surface of a guitar, among others. The tech has been used to create an interactive smartphone case, as well as a game controller that enables you to change where the buttons are based on what you're playing or your preferences. [Full Article...]
Apple Overtakes Fitbit to Become Biggest Wearables Company
Fitbit fell from first to the third place by shipping 1.6 million devices fewer than a year ago. The figures prove what Apple CEO Tim Cook recently exclaimed in an investor call, that Apple has witnessed a major bump in Apple Watch sales, and it re-asserts the Cupertino firm's dominance in another tech industry. [Full Article...]
Google celebrates 181st birthday of eye test inventor
He is best known for creating the "Monoyer chart", as well as introducing the dioptre as a measurement for visual clarity. So, every row in the chart represents a different diopter, from smallest to largest. The French ophthalmologist actually his full name on the chart. Reading upwards, ignoring the last line, the letters on the left hand side spell "Monoyer". [Full Article...]