Netflix reached 117.6 million subscribers worldwide

© Provided by: capital.gr Netflix subscribers are rapidly growing around the world (and in Greece), reaching 117.6 million at the beginning of 2018. This development, which surpassed investors’ expectations, prompted Netflix’s market value in Wall Street for over 100 billion dollars for the first time. In the last quarter of Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Facebook engineer invented a new time unit

© Sofokleousin.gr Facebook engineer invented a new time unit A Facebook engineer invented a new time unit, named “flick”, equivalent to 1 / 705,600,000 of a second, and is the next-in-duration unit of time after the nanosecond (billionth of a second). “Flick” (from the words frame-tick) was designed to help developers Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Game Over: Exposed to hackers most of online gamers

© Sofokleousin.gr Game Over: Exposed to hackers the online gamers Online gaming has quickly evolved into a very profitable industry, with more people than ever having online gaming accounts. According to a survey by Kaspersky Lab, more than half (53%) regularly play online, increasing to 64% for people aged 25-34 Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

The worst passwords of 2017 – How to choose correct (safe) access codes

© Provided by: pestaola.gr Many users still use inappropriate password to access their online accounts today. This is evidenced by a list recently released by SplashData and includes the worst-in-use passwords used in 2017. The data was based on research into more than five million passwords from user accounts that Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Intel integrates Radeon graphics into its processors

© Provided by: pestaola.gr The new Intel Core processors work with a new generation graphics graphics AMD Radeon RX Vega M. According to what was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the 8th generation Intel Core will have a built-in 4 GB second-generation graphics card. This configuration Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Significant changes coming to Facebook

© Provided by: capital.gr Facebook plans to bring significant changes in the way the news feed is filtered by its complex algorithms, with emphasis on private posts from friends and family of users, and degrading the public posts by business and media information. The changes that will take place over Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

ARMAR-6: Robot-equipment maintenance assistant

©naftemporiki.gr ARMAR-6 was developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and specifically by Tamif Asphour and his team at the H²T workshop A prototype robot -designed to act as the basic platform for testing and developing new technologies related to the maintenance and repair of equipment in Ocado Technology’s Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft warns of correcting the security gaps

Microsoft has made it clear that software upgrades designed to close the security gaps that were discovered on Jan. 3 in virtually all central processors have resulted in some computers, both personal computers (PCs) and servers, to become slow. Systems that use Intel’s older chips show a noticeable slowdown and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft is preparing encrypted Skype calls

©Provided by: capital.gr Microsoft is working with Signal Encryption app company to develop a new encrypted Skype feature called Private Conversations. The new feature is already available for trial use at Skype Insiders. Application users will have encrypted end-to-end audio calls as well, as text messaging and the ability to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Year of Artificial Intelligence is 2018

©naftemporiki.gr Year of Artificial Intelligence is ’18 Welcome to 2018, the year of Artificial Intelligence. In this way, Ralph Haupter, president of Microsoft Asia, wished to everyone in the technology area for the coming of the new year. According to Haupter, 70 years after 1950, when computer pioneer Alan Turing Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Microsoft provides Azure Bot service to developers

©Provided by: pestaola.gr The Microsoft Azure Bot service is widely available to developers, along with Microsoft Cognitive Language Understanding. In fact, Microsoft’s move is to make it easier for developers to design applications that allow the use of bots for a wide range of usage scenarios. Developers are trying to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Artificial Intelligence: What it is and how it dramatically changes our world

©naftemporiki.gr Artificial Intelligence: What it is and how it dramatically changes our world Artificial Intelligence has been impressively evolving in recent years and -although it is often a matter of exaggeration or even destruction scenarios- it is enough to focus on real technological progress to realize its exciting potential. By Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Here’s what the plain heart emoji status means — and why you should stop posting it!

Have you seen a bunch of your Facebook friends simply posting a heart emoji as their status and have no clue what it means? It’s pretty simple… and also really pointless (like a lot of things on social media). heart emoji status (Laurie Cataldo)  The idea is that you’ll post Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

What the new world of big data brings to us

Everyone knows that Internet has changed the way businesses work, governments run and people live. But a new, less apparent, technological trend is proving to have equally great transformational power: “Big Data”. This is essentially a huge change in the way information is stored. Over the past two decades, an Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Trends that will consern cyber-security in 2018

©Provided by: pestaola.gr Increase in incidents and risks that threaten cyber-security is expected in 2018 by ESET, according to its forecast in a published report. The report: “Cybersecurity Trends 2018: The Cost of our Connected World”, which has been devised by ESET’s cyber security experts, presents issues that will be Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

Analysts’ predictions for the Internet of Things

© Provided by: pestaola.gr According to Forrester Research, the Internet of Things during 2018 will be used by businesses. There are many areas that will link their operation to the Internet of Things, such as data management, big data analytics, data security issues and other areas, which are estimated to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …