Toshiba Memory to Rebrand as “Kioxia”
The new brand name will begin in October. The future will bring many new challenges. Global society is becoming ever more complex, connected and borderless in the face of dramatic technological innovation. There is a tremendous amount of data being generated, analyzed and stored. Sitting at the very heart of this trend, we will build…
Privacy concerns with FaceApp
While using FaceApp to age your photos may be fun, you could be giving up your privacy by doing so. Some privacy and security experts have expressed concerns that users granting the St. Petersburg, Russia-based FaceApp access to photos on their smartphones is a grand giveaway of privacy and personal information. For more, check out…
Microsoft unveils Personal Vault for OneDrive
Microsoft’s new OneDrive Personal Vault is designed to bring added security to your most important files. Additionally, OneDrive is getting additional storage options. Personal Vault is a protected area in OneDrive that you can only access with a strong authentication method or a second step of identity verification, such as your fingerprint, face, PIN, or…
Intel’s Latest Chip Processes like a Brain
Intel’s Pohoiki Beach, a 64-Chip Neuromorphic System processes data like a biological brain by simulating a whole network of neurons. Intel announced that an 8 million-neuron neuromorphic system comprising 64 Loihi research chips — codenamed Pohoiki Beach — is now available to the broader research community. With Pohoiki Beach, researchers can experiment with Intel’s brain-inspired…
Creative announces Sound Blaster AE-7 and AE-9 Audiophile Cards
Believe it or not, add-in sound cards are still around. Creative Technology launched their most advanced PCI-e sound cards ever – the Sound Blaster AE-9 and Sound Blaster AE-7. Sound Blaster AE-9 is Creative’s flagship PCI-e sound card, and it more than delivers on its promise to gratify the needs of pro-gamers and pro-audio users….
Augmented Reality Googles for Swimming
FORM is sorta like Google Glass, but for swimming. On Tuesday, the Vancouver-based startup FORM unveiled a pair of premium swim goggles that have AR integrated into the lens and an onboard computer that uses artificial intelligence to track metrics. For more, check out this USA Today story.
Almost back up
Getting settled into my new digs. Might take a little longer to get things up and running.
Vast Reservoir of Hidden Freshwater Hidden Found
Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast. For more, check out this Science Alert story.
Lack of news
Sorry for the lack of updates. I am in the process of changing jobs so things will be a little hit or miss until it settles down.
White House considers banning all Chinese 5G technology
The Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. is considering a requirement that next-generation 5G cellular tech be made outside of China. The shift could force telecom giants like Nokia and Ericsson to move production outside of China in order to continue providing equipment to the U.S., the world’s largest market for telecom equipment and services,…