Snowden showed need for new laws, says former MI5 director
There is a lot of work to be done in building trust and accountability in the wake of the Snowden revelations, says former MI5 director
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
Cyber Security and IT support for Small Business
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Lexalytics sentiment analysis learns Nordic languages
Lexalytics has added language support for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish to its sentiment analysis software
A Tale of Do-It-Yourself Gene Therapy
An American biotech CEO claims she is the first to undergo gene therapy to reverse aging. Judge for yourself. Can aging be slowed by using gene therapy to make permanent changes to a person’s DNA?
Apple Updates iMac Family with Stunning New Retina Displays
Apple has updated the entire iMac family, bringing a new Retina 4K display to the 21.5-inch iMac for the first time and the Retina 5K display to every 27-inch iMac. The updated iMacs also feature more powerful processors and graphics,…
New Microchip-Enabled Credit Cards May Still Be Vulnerable to Exploitation by Fraudsters
NEW MICROCHIP-ENABLED CREDIT CARDS MAY STILL BE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION BY FRAUDSTERS By October 2015, many U.S. banks will have replaced hundreds of millions of traditional credit and debit cards, which rely on data stored on magnetic strips, with new…
Lyft’s Search for a New Mode of Transport
How Uber’s archenemy plans to make the world a better place by building a kind of public transit system from private cars. We were all in the car with Alexandr, listening to techno, which was his choice. He was driving;…
Microsoft Researchers Are Working on Multi-Person Virtual Reality
Researchers in Jaron Lanier’s lab at Microsoft are exploring ways for people to share the experience of mixed reality. Augmented or mixed reality, which renders virtual images in a view of the real world, can be spectacular to experience. But…
Internet of Things: Lighting up modern work spaces (Video)
The Internet of Things presents tremendous opportunities for enterprises. These include helping employee productivity, creating new experiences, and learning more about the environment to optimize resources. Microsoft IT is lighting up a Real Estate & Facilities IoT pilot that utilizes…
Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 158
Time for a nice trip down memory lane. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 158 appeared first on WIRED.
What Infographics Looked Like Before Computers
A 1939 book on how to make graphics sheds light on a data-viz boom before our time. The post What Infographics Looked Like Before Computers appeared first on WIRED.