Cortana, Microsoft’s digital smart assistant, is getting updates that will bring new productivity features via a free update to Windows 10. The update, set to roll out this spring, centers around productivity to help users find the information they want across Microsoft 365, the company announced via a blog post Friday. One new update is […]
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Microsoft Confirms Hacking Attacks By North Korean group
A hacking group called Thallium used spear phishing tactics to compromise Microsoft accounts, the tech giant confirms in unsealed court documents.
Microsoft has confirmed a hacking attack against Microsoft users by a group believed to operate out of North Korea, the tech giant said in a blog post Monday. The company said it is suing the hacking group, which it calls Thallium, in U.S. courts, and won a court order that enabled the company to take […]
Would Your Org Buy a Looking Glass Factory 8K Holographic Display?
A holographic 8K immersive display from Looking Glass Factory promises to be useful in enterprise environments. Do you see your company purchasing one?
Holographs are a relatively new format in the digital signage and display world, but mostly, they’ve been relegated to a single-purpose, 3D screen-powered experience. Looking Glass Factory, a new startup, wants to make holographs into a fully-immersive experience with their 8K immersive display. Tech Acute reports more on this new product: At almost four times the […]
WhatsApp Ending Support For Older Devices, Platforms
Encrypted messaging app WhatsApp says it is ending support for Windows Phones and devices running Android 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older.
Popular encrypted messaging app WhatsApp will no longer provide support for Windows phones and other older operating systems, the company said in an FAQ posted to its website. Beginning Feb. 1, Android versions 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older will no longer create new accounts or reverify existing accounts. Further, the app can’t […]
Will Devices Respond to Thoughts in Only 10 Years? Waiting for the ‘Internet of Senses’
The 'Internet of Senses,' an incoming trend which may touch down as soon as 2030, theorizes machines connecting and responding to human thoughts.
The idea that a machine can respond to your thoughts — without there being a button or verbal command involved — seems pretty futuristic. But the 9th Ericsson ConsumerLab Hot Consumer Trends report predicts the”Internet of Senses,” as it’s been dubbed, is coming in ten years. Tech Acute cites that report, describing its prediction that […]
Most Tech Jobs Are Going to These Five Cities
Just five cities account for 90% of all high-tech job growth from 2005 to 2017, according to a new study from the Brookings Institution.
We’ve written about the issue of a lack of skilled workforce plentifully, highlighting the importance of transforming your company into a modern organization and the importance of forming educational partnerships and aggressively seeking out that talent. When someone has a new idea for a tech company, they usually look to the West Coast or a […]
University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame PixelFLEX Video Wall
An LED FLEXUltra PixelFLEX Video Wall solution highlights Longhorn achievements at the University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame.
Located in the Red McCombs Red Zone at Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium, the new Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame recently celebrated its grand opening. As the University’s first-ever sports Hall of Fame, the $17.1 million project tells the story of Texas Athletics from its first team in 1893 to […]
Popular Encrypted Messaging App WhatsApp Has A History of Security Flaws
If your business uses WhatsApp to communicate with team members or customers, you should at least be aware of the app's history of security flaws.
If your company uses WhatsApp to communicate among its team or with customers, you might want to evaluate your other options as the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging service has endured some security issues this year. Most recently is a vulnerability that could allow a hacker to deliver a malicious message to a group chat that […]
Xenoma is Making Seamless Wearable Tech… Stitched into the Seams Themselves
Xenoma e-skin really puts the "wear" in "wearables" -- it usese sensors stiched into clothing to monitor health and biometric data.
Wearable tech can monitor many aspects of their wearers’ health and being. These are helpful, but are only good if the wearer remembers to wear them. Going a few days without wearing your heart rate-reading watch might lead to inaccurate or inconsistent data over time. But Xenoma, the Japanese wearables manufacturer, aims to tackle that […]
Managing Complex Payment Channels
It is worth investing in quality experience management tools which help to simultaneously simplify complexity and provide payment channels more security.
The number of various payment channels has increased exponentially over the past few years, with consumers now having a variety of payment methods to choose from. The diversity of businesses on the market and advancements in technology have spawned new payment methods like mobile wallets, tokens, payment-enabled wearables and payments via text message. These payment frameworks […]
