The PC-Therapists
The Greek non-profit company “SciFy” has developed the new free application “Di’Anoia” (“διΆνοια”), aimed at caregivers of people with dementia, as well as healthcare professionals, providing a wealth of knowledge and simple techniques of non-pharmaceutical interventions. At the same time, the app, available for Android mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The “NotPetya” virus attack, which spread to businesses around the world, may not have been a project aimed at financial gain through ransoms, an increasing number of cybersecurity experts estimate. On the contrary, despite the demand for ransom to “unlock” the infected computers, this particular “ransomware” appears to have simply been aimed at destroying data, with experts pointing to its particularly “aggressive” features, which made Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
A fingerprint scanning sensor designed to fit under the touch screens of mobile phones and tablets announced Qualcomm. As the company claims, this scanner can even work with wet fingers or into the water and can be used to measure heartbeat. As BBC reports, this development paving the way for Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The two billion active monthly users –over a quarter of the global population of 7.5 billion– have now reached Facebook, as Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, has officially announced. The number of users is now bigger than the population of six of the seven continents (except Asia) and certainly of Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Apple has recently launched a major cleaning process in the “App Store” to remove clones and spam applications, and it looks like the company is running it so fast in China as well. A report from the Chinese website “People.cn” reveals that Apple has removed at least 58,000 apps from Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The European competition authority will impose a fine of more than 1 billion euros on Google, said well-informed sources in the Wall Street Journal. According to a report in the American newspaper, the European Commission will announce that Google has manipulated search results to promote its own services. The announcement Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
A security problem recently detected in widely used network software makes tens of thousands of computers likely vulnerable to a cyber-attack similar to that caused by “WannaCry”, which infected more than 300,000 computers around the world, cyber security researchers said on Thursday. Reuters reports that the US Department of Homeland Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Google and Facebook seem to be dominating internet advertising, since they have earned nearly 50% of the total revenue, while no third player has yet emerged to claim the rest of the digital market share. Especially in the US, where the digital market grew last year by nearly $12 billion, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Lenovo presented its own proposal for the laptop of the future as part of the Transform event in New York. Lenovo has shown a proposal for a small laptop that is permanently in operation, with a built-in keyboard on its flexible body, a light weight to always have it with Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
“Industroyer” is a sophisticated and extremely malicious malware capable of disrupting critical industrial processes. ESET researchers analyzed malware samples —which were detected by ESET as “Win32 /Industroyer”— that are capable of attacking power supply infrastructures. There is a strong possibility that this malware will be involved in the attack against Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Notifications on Facebook are not always useful or informative, as shown by a study of what the social network highlights every day. There are no more moments when Facebook displays a large number of notifications on our profile, from which many times none of them have any social value for a person’s actual encounters. Thus, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook is set to pay a fine of $122 million. The EU Competition Commission accuses the technology giant company of providing “misleading information” regarding the acquisition of the WhatsApp messaging application. But the Commission emphasizes that in 2016 WhatsApp offered updates, including the ability to link the user’s phone numbers Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Informational and sports websites are among the types of sites that have the lowest security levels, according to a new research. A team of cyber-security specialists has examined the security protocols used by the top 500 websites in a wide range of industries and across sectors that have online presence. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Car windows could be the next ubiquitous source of information, but also a way to advertise on the streets of cities in the not too distant future: an Israeli startup company aspires to do this with its technology, aiming at introducing the use of glass – liquid crystal displays in Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Two Chinese supercomputers, “Sunway TaihuLight” with 93 petaflops and “Tianhe-2” with 33.9 petaflops, are the two most powerful supercomputers in the world, according to the new Top 500 ranking published today at a computer conference in Frankfurt, Germany. “Tianhe-2” has been the world’s most powerful computer for three consecutive years, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
In order to reduce road accidents caused by tired drivers, Professor Cheung Yi-Ming of Hong Kong Baptist University and his team have developed a system that understands tired / sleepy drivers and wakes them up with smartphone alarm. The system won two awards at the 45th International Exhibition of Inventions Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …