Tech

Microsoft Claims WeChat Shuts Down Xiaobing Accounts

Marcel Woo   | Jun 02, 2014 11:49 PM EDT

Global software giant Microsoft Corp claimed its artificial intelligence chatting robot, Xiaobing, has been blocked by WeChat without prior notice, a move described by the American company as a "brutal murder". read more

Apple Unveils iOS8 and OS X Yosemite at WWDC 2014

Katie Collom   | Jun 02, 2014 09:29 PM EDT

Apple kicked off its 25th WWDC in San Francisco with a two-hour keynote which introduced new software and praised the company's newly innovated systems. read more

China Disrupts Google Services as 25th Tiananmen Anniversary Nears

Bianca Ortega   | Jun 02, 2014 05:05 PM EDT

The Chinese government reportedly disrupted Google services in the country just a few days before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen protest, an event that is considered taboo and is not publicly acknowledged in China. read more

Cybersecurity Jobs Command High Salaries, U.S. Companies Want Experts Badly

Lemuel Cacho   | May 30, 2014 08:10 PM EDT

U.S. Fortune 500 companies are seeking cybersecurity experts to be part of their companies' newly established tech-related positions, signaling corporate America's increasing concern over hacking threats. read more

Space X's Elon Musk Unveils Dragon V2 Space Capsule That Lands Like A Helicopter

Lemuel Cacho   | May 30, 2014 04:58 PM EDT

Elon Musk, Space X CEO, unveiled on Thursday night Dragon V2, the company's latest version of the Dragon spacecraft at Space X's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. read more

BMW Believes China Will be World’s Biggest Electric Car Market by 2019

Bianca Ortega   | May 30, 2014 03:08 PM EDT

Despite the country’s poor sales history last year, automaker BMW believes China will become the biggest electric car market in the world by 2019 because of its market size and the government’s push to solve its pollution woes. read more

Microsoft Language Translation For Skype in 'Near-Real Time' Unveiled

Lemuel Cacho   | May 29, 2014 03:15 PM EDT

Microsoft recently unveiled a new technology that would provide 'near-real time' language translation for Skype. read more

China Suggests US Made Up Cyber Hacking Evidence

Bianca Ortega   | May 29, 2014 01:51 PM EDT

China suggested that the US may have fabricated the evidences that five Chinese military officers cyber hacked several American companies, stressing that the US has the technological resources to do such an act. read more

Chinese hackers not welcome at the US' biggest hacking conferences

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | May 29, 2014 08:41 AM EDT

The US is keeping up the pressure on China after last week's indictment of five Chinese military officers for hacking read more

Google Releases Diversity Report Conceding Workforce is Primarily White Males

Katie Collom   | May 29, 2014 09:02 AM EDT

Google released a workforce diversity report on Wednesday revealing that the majority of the Google workforce is comprised of white males. The disclosure is meant to help the company move toward closing ethnic and gender gaps, especially in the Silicon Valley workforce. read more

China Set to Overtake US as World's Biggest Mobile Phone Market

Marcel Woo   | May 29, 2014 04:11 AM EDT

A US-based research group has predicted that China could overtake the US this year as the world's largest mobile phone market by revenue, although the US will continue to be the leader in terms of profit. read more

Apple Buys Headphone Maker Beats for a Record $3bn

Katie Collom   | May 28, 2014 07:58 PM EDT

Apple and Beats Electronics announced on Wednesday that the iPod creator will acquisition the headphone maker for a record $3bn -- the most expensive acquisition in Apple's 38-year history. read more

Is Google's New Self-Driving Car The Way To Go In The Future?

Lemuel Cacho   | May 28, 2014 01:27 PM EDT

Google recently unveiled a new self-driving car on Tuesday making it the first company to develop a car that has no accelerator, brake pedal and steering wheel. read more

China Accuses Cisco of Backing US Cyber Spying Efforts

Bianca Ortega   | May 28, 2014 03:11 AM EDT

In the middle of increasing tension between Washington and Beijing over recent cyber espionage charges, China accused American networking firm Cisco Systems of backing the cyber spying efforts of the US. read more

Scam Alert: Cyber-Kidnappers Lock iPhones for Ransom

Arthur Dominic Villasanta   | May 28, 2014 02:23 AM EDT

Cybersecurity experts warn that hackers have launched a cyber-kidnap-for-ransom attack on Apple devices which involves remotely locking iPhones and iPads and then demanding ransom money from owners to have their "hostaged" devices unlocked. read more

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