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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way and while it could lead to the loss of more than 7 million jobs over the next few years, it also should add jobs in the fields of computer science, math and engineering.

In 2008, netbooks sparked a PC-buying frenzy as hundreds of low-power laptops were available for as little as $150. But those days are long gone, and low-cost PCs -- particularly with Windows -- are becoming scarce.

As a third-party presidential candidate, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would likely advocate for unlimited H-1B visas and increased availability of green cards. He could easily become the tech industry's favorite presidential candidate.

Facial and fingerprint recognition technologies are expected to see accelerated growth over the next five years as security applications emerge in the government, enterprise, finance, consumer and other markets.

Microsoft took another step on its open-source sharing journey Monday by releasing on GitHub a toolkit it uses internally for deep learning.

Samsung announced on Monday the global launch of its Gear S2 Classic New Edition smartwatches, which first appeared at CES 2016 with 18K rose gold and platinum finishes.

When you look at an LED light, does national security jump to mind? If your answer is to scoff, would it change if the LEDs were in TV, mobile device and computer displays, used as a flash for smartphone cameras, used in general lighting markets, and the LEDs were in one of every three cars made in the world?

If you're running an online shop based on the Magento e-commerce platform, it's a good idea to update it as soon as possible. The latest patches fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack administrative accounts.

Technology gadgets won't help a retailer if they don't have good customer service. RFID and NFC won't bring Walmart customers back—or increase their average basket size—if the shopping experience is unpleasant. But when good customer service is married to customer-facing tech wizardry, look out. Consider Nordstrom's 3D-scanning foot-measuring shoe-fitting rollout.

We’ve all been using computers long enough that we should all know that from time to time they go wrong, and when they do you need an arsenal of solutions to help you recover lost data – recent backups and data recovery tools are two of the most essential investments you should make before disaster strikes.

IT professionals and the gig economy seem to be made for each other. As this recent ITWorld article points out, the tech industry was one of the first to make heavy use of independent contractors, and now more people are taking advantage of the benefits that freelancing offers.

Microsoft on Friday posted links to lists of almost 190 PCs eligible to receive Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 support until July 2017, making good on a promise the week before when it abruptly altered its operating system's support policy.

On a recent trip to Philadelphia, I paid my hotel $14 a night for spotty Wi-Fi access that topped out at a mere 2Mbps and often stopped dead in its tracks. I was constantly waiting for emails and small files to download to my laptop, and video streaming was, to put it charitably, less than smooth. Unfortunately, this seems to be the norm these days: Hotels are charging for Wi-Fi service that's mediocre at best.

Lifelogging is awesome.

Lifelogging is nothing more than the automatic capture and retention of what happens in one's life. This can be accomplished by wearing body cameras to automatically shoot pictures, using sensors to capture biometric data to monitor your location, activity and physical state, or saving every communication you send or receive.

The purpose of lifelogging with photos is, quite literally, to use technology to give ourselves a photographic memory. The pictures are prosthetic memory. Читать дальше...

It's the end of the 1980s, and this cash-strapped department is still using original-model IBM PCs when a help-desk pilot fish gets a call: "The PC crashed and it's beeping!"

Twitter is facing the exit of key managers, even as the company struggles with flagging growth in its user base.