The Khan Academy will offer SAT test prep materials for free, the online learning platform said Wednesday, through a partnership with the College Board that aims to help level the playing field in a college admissions process that has increasingly favored wealthier applicants. The new offerings come as some fundamental changes are on the way for the SAT, the College Board
While the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency may get more money in 2015 to study sensors and robots for use in warfare, the hot area of cognitive computing research could lose out. The money assigned to DARPA’s top IT research programs has been slashed in U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2015
The U.S. Congress should mandate that banks, retailers and payment card processors adopt new security standards to protect against widespread data breaches, some lawmakers said Wednesday. In the wake of several high-profile retail data breaches, some members of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee called for new cybersecurity mandates, with Representative David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, asking if Congress should require the U.S. financial industry to adopt new card security measures used in other countries. The U.S. payments and financial system makes “things easy for fraudsters” by relying on magnetic-strip credit and debit cards instead of moving to
The latest version of the Gmail The Gmail app now takes full advantage of the iOS “background refresh” capability, so messages will be pre-fetched and synched even when it isn’t open. “They’re right there when you open the app—no more annoying pauses while you wait for your inbox to refresh,” wrote Google software engineer Melissa Dominguez in a
As it works on its much-anticipated version of Office for touch interfaces, Microsoft envisions building on what it calls “natural interaction” technologies like digital ink and voice recognition, according to a company official. Today users can take notes and add comments on OneNote or a PowerPoint slide using a touch-enabled device with digital ink, and they can tap into speech recognition capabilities in Exchange to read transcripts of voice mail messages. But Microsoft wants to go deeper into those technologies and others like gestures and large-scale immersive displays, said Sanjay Manchanda, Office product marketing director, in a presentation at the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2014 conference.
It finally happened: Valve's long-awaited Reddit AMA (short for Ask Me Anything, Reddit's platform for question-and-answer sessions) took place yesterday afternoon. The man himself, Valve managing director Gabe Newell, came down from his mighty pedestal amongst the clouds to answer questions about the notoriously reticent company. Yes, someone asked about Still nothing, despite this sweet logo by CGHub user PR0M3TH3An.
Notebooks just got more notebook-like, though you'll want to hold off on digitally handwriting everything just yet.
Target CIO Beth Jacob has resigned following a data breach at the retailer that may have affected as many as 110 million U.S. residents. Jacob’s resignation was In mid-December, Target reported a data breach that compromised 40 million credit and debit card accounts from late November to mid-December. ID thieves compromised the retailer’s point-of-sale system, according to reports.
Yahoo isn’t messing around. Desperate to regain its former glory as an Internet giant, the company is putting the kibosh on Google and Facebook logins for its various services. The end is already nigh: Fans gearing up for March Madness with Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick’Em will have to sign in using a Yahoo ID to make their picks. The change soon spread to the rest of Yahoo’s
Adobe has made its Revel photo-app available for Android, allowing users to share and edit photos on their Android devices. Revel is an app meant for sharing, storing and managing photos and videos. Users can create albums, share photos and videos via social media and edit pictures as well as add captions and comments to the photos, Adobe said in Revel is also integrated with the Mac and Windows applications Photoshop Elements 12 and Premiere Elements 12 to allow users to upload photos to Revel’s cloud in order to access edited photos on the move. Files can also be uploaded to revel from Photoshop Express, GroupPix, VideoBite, Lightroom and iPhoto, Adobe said.
Text faster, look like you're busy, and remote-control your phone in amazing ways with these apps and services.
It's time to give Windows 8's modern-style apps some respect. Admittedly, some Windows Store apps are inferior to their desktop cousins. But many others take advantage of the full-screen modern (also known as "Metro") interface to provide a different and better experience. With an open mind and a little TLC, your Start screen can be a great resource. Here are four ways you can get the most out of modern apps. These five apps are free and provide a compelling reason to visit the Start screen.
Britische Psychologen sind überzeugt: Die visuelle Stimulation während des Spielens von «Tetris» soll das Verlangen nach Zigaretten, Alkohol und Essen verringern.
Der Markt mit Krypto-Handys boomt. Die deutsche Antwort auf den NSA-Skandal heisst Simko 3. Ende März soll das Hochsicherheitshandy auch in der Schweiz auf den Markt kommen.
Gerüchte, Enten, Geflunker: Europäische Forscher arbeiten an einem Lügendetektor, der Falschmeldungen im Netz in Echtzeit erkennen soll. In drei Jahren soll die Software fertig sein.
Telefonieren, navigieren, SMS diktieren: Mit CarPlay lässt sich das iPhone im Auto bedienen, ohne dass man es während der Fahrt in die Finger nehmen muss.
Um Nutzern die «beste personalisierte Erfahrung» zu bieten, streicht Yahoo sukzessive bei all seinen Angeboten die Möglichkeit, sich auch über Google oder Facebook anzumelden.
Als Apple sein iPhone ankündigte, hatte sich der Microsoft-Chef Steve Ballmer darüber lustig gemacht. Nun räumt er ein, dass er die Entwicklung im Smartphone-Markt unterschätzt hat.
Obwohl bereits entschärft, ist die deutsche Fassung von «Der Stab der Wahrheit» noch immer verfassungswidrig. Ubisoft zieht das Game in Deutschland und Österreich zurück.
In «Lords of Shadow 2» schnipselt sich Dracula elegant durch seine Feinde. An den Bossgegnern beisst er sich aber die Zähne aus.
Küchengerätehersteller Whirlpool hat eine Mikrowelle mit Auto-Ausschaltfunktion entwickelt. Das Warten neben dem Ofen und verbranntes Popcorn gehören der Vergangenheit an.
Facebook plant, den Drohnen-Hersteller Titan Aerospace zu kaufen. Dies, um dem selbstgesteckten Ziel näherzukommen, allen das Internet zugänglich zu machen.
Der Mac Pro ist ein kompakter Kraftprotz. Doch kann man den Rechner an seine Grenzen bringen? Ein Schweizer Filmemacher hat den Power-Rechner zum Glühen gebracht.
Ein japanischer Wissenschaftler tüftelt an einem Computer, den man am Ohr trägt. Gesteuert wird der Mini-PC mit dem Mund und der Zunge.
Free2-Play-Games sind zwar gratis, doch muss der Spieler oft Zusatzinhalte kaufen. Die EU schätzt diese Einnahmen auf zehn Milliarden Euro - und will die Kunden besser schützen.
Lego-Fans wirds freuen: Google bringt das modulare Smartphone Ara auf den Markt. Auf der ersten Entwicklerkonferenz Mitte April soll bereits ein Prototyp vorgestellt werden.