9 recommendations to improve Facebook

9 recommendations to improve Facebook

Facebook could make nine “incremental” changes to ensure it becomes a better forum for free speech and democracy, according to a new report by academics at the University of Oxford in the UK and Stanford University in the US. Proposals include: an external...
Want a free Tesla? Just hack it …

Want a free Tesla? Just hack it …

Fancy a new Tesla Model 3, but can’t afford the price tag? No problem: you can have it for free – as soon as you hack into the car’s security system. The car prize is part of Trend Micro’s latest vulnerability research competition, Pwn2Own...
Iconic Grease song becomes an immersive experience

Iconic Grease song becomes an immersive experience

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the iconic film “Grease”, director Randal Kleiser and Diego Prilusky, Intel Studios’ general manager, revealed a teaser and first look at an immersive experience. A partnership between Intel and Paramount Pictures, the immersive...
10 new year’s resolutions CIOs should aim for

10 new year’s resolutions CIOs should aim for

It’s the beginning of a new year — the time for CIOs to take stock of their personal development goals for 2019. This year, the focus is on the culture shift required to build digital business plans, as most organisations are on their way toward digital...
Spending on cloud overtakes traditional IT infrastructure

Spending on cloud overtakes traditional IT infrastructure

For the first time, cloud IT infrastructure revenues have overtaken those of tradition IT revenues. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products...
Lifting the veil on new star formation

Lifting the veil on new star formation

The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is preventing more new stars from forming nearby, according to new research using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia). The results were reported in the 7 January issue of the...