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Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant is getting a facelift on iOS and Android aimed at making it more useful and brightening up its rather dour interface. 

A group of suspected Russian cyberspies accused of interfering in the U.S. presidential election is also attempting to influence the upcoming vote in Germany, according to the country’s domestic intelligence agency.

The IEEE-USA intends to urge President-elect Donald Trump to quickly replace the random H-1B lottery with a system that gives priority to companies that pay the best wages.

Audi has announced that select 2017 Audi A4, Q7 and allroad models (built after June 2016) will be able to communicate with Wi-Fi-enabled traffic lights that can inform drivers when red lights will turn green.

With the forthcoming "Creators Update" to Windows, not to mention the sleek new Surface computers, it seems clear Microsoft is targeting the artistic community that Apple seems to be abandoning. But that doesn't mean the update to Windows is just for the artistically minded.

Stop and think for a minute -- where would mobility be today without the developer revolution?

Rajen Sheth is used to being ridiculed. He's also used to being vindicated.

These highly rated and inexpensive Bluetooth sport headphones from Senso promise high quality sound, sweatproof design, a comfortable fit, noise suppression, a long battery life and reliable Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity to your device. All for just $38 currently on Amazon, where the Senso sport headphones average 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 1,560 people (read recent reviews here). See the discounted headphones on Amazon.

Germany-based industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp was hit by a cyberespionage attack earlier this year that resulted in data being stolen from its industrial solutions and steel producing units.

You may have noticed there is no shortage of top ten lists of hot jobs, hot skills, hot cities, hot whatever for tech professionals. Says who? You have to ask yourself how these lists were created.

The next major version of OpenVPN, one of the most widely used virtual private networking technologies, will be audited by a well-known cryptography expert.

This kitchen gadget from Hamilton Beach is all about making a fresh breakfast sandwich that you can grab and go. Just choose your bread and layer on the fixings: egg, cheese, precooked meat, or other ingredients of your choice. In five minutes or less, your perfectly assembled breakfast sandwich is ready to eat. All removable parts simply go in the dishwasher for an easy cleanup. The sandwich maker averages 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 3,000 people on Amazon (read reviews). It's typical list price of $30 has been reduced to $24... Читать дальше...

Windows is the indisputable platform of choice for gaming and VR, but Linux is catching up fast as graphics companies ramp up driver and hardware support for the OS.

The Apple TV is a quite powerful machine. It runs a dual-core, 64-bit A8 processor, which gives it plenty of oomph for apps, games, TV shows, music, and movies. And it’s not good enough.

How do mobile devices keep getting faster, thinner and more power efficient? It's thanks to the quick advances in chip manufacturing, which help churn out smaller chips packed with new features.

Bezels are so 2016. And with 2017 knocking on the door, phone manufacturers are itching to do away with the pesky things.

U.S. and U.K. spy agencies have been monitoring in-flight mobile phone users for years, according to new revelations from the trove of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Whether the disaster is a flood, a power outage or human error, IT departments have the critical role of getting business systems working again. And that requires reliable disaster-recovery software.

Samsung’s recall of Galaxy Note7 smartphones because of exploding batteries is far from complete, and some users, for example, in Canada, are still not turning in their devices for a refund or exchange.

Trying to find Wi-Fi when traveling can be a frustrating exercise. So much work often requires an internet connection, and while it’s possible to tether smartphones to PCs to help bridge the connectivity gap, it can be a clunky solution.

Bluetooth is aiming straight for the internet of things as the fifth version of the wireless protocol arrives with twice as much speed for low-power applications.

Ransomware is evil, and it continues to prey upon thousands of businesses every year. Most infections are fairly quiet affairs: A small business gets infected, almost always by some employee opening an email attachment he or she mistakes as legitimate but that really contains the payload of a virus. Then several undetected hours later, all of the business' files -- at least those the employee had access to, which in a lot of businesses without good security and permissions policies is all of the files -- are encrypted... Читать дальше...

What tech skills are hiring managers looking for most as we head into 2017?

During a job interview, this IT pilot fish is surprised to be told that one reason he made the short list was the excellent cover letter he included with his resume.

After more than half a decade in the making, ARM server chips should have struck gold by now, but they haven't. ARM servers were projected to be approaching a double-digit server market share, but they still are virtually non-existent.