Google Made Changes To JPEG, Now Sites Can Load Faster
Mar 20, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Technology
One of the biggest reasons for why websites with lots of images and video content can load so slowly is because of the sizes of those media files. JPEGs are particularly irritating in this regard because they are so widely...
IBM Launches Enterprise-Ready Blockchain Services for Hyperledger Fabric v 1.0 on IBM Cloud
Mar 20, 2017 04:04 am UTC| Technology
IBMtoday announced the new release of IBM Blockchain, the first enterprise-ready blockchain service based on the Linux Foundations Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0. The service enables developers to quickly build and host...
Google Calls Google Assistant Audio Ad Not An Ad, Users Outraged
Mar 20, 2017 04:03 am UTC| Technology
Google built its entire empire on advertising revenue, which effectively makes it an ad company. By expanding to other areas such as self-driving cars, mobile phones, and the Google Assistant feature, its become easy to...
375GB Ram Possible With Intel Optane SSD
Mar 20, 2017 03:14 am UTC| Technology
With computer software becoming more demanding in terms of processing power, the thought of a RAM that could go as high as 375GB is practically a necessity, at this point. Short of government supercomputers, however, this...
Man Down! Uber Loses President Amid Turbulent State Of Affairs
Mar 20, 2017 02:50 am UTC| Technology
Uber is not having a very good year, with controversy after controversy hounding the cab-hailing company like flies chasing a dying animal. The most recent trouble to befall the firm is Jeff Jones, the Uber Presidents...
With battery storage to the rescue, the Kodak moment for renewables has finally arrived
Mar 20, 2017 02:12 am UTC| Technology
Who would have thought that, scarcely five weeks after Treasurer Scott Morrison, paraded a chunk of coal in parliament, planning for Australias energy needs would be dominated by renewables, batteries and hydro? For...
Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safer
Mar 20, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Technology
In the coming months, the Seattle-based nonprofit The Tor Project will be making some changes to improve how the Tor network protects users privacy and security. The free network lets users browse the internet anonymously....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight