Microsoft looking to replace Windows Media Player with Movies & TV app

It is still used by many people to play music and movies. source: www.techworm.net

March 4, 2018 · 1 min · 14 words · Kenneth Lynch

“Learn with Google AI” website offers free machine learning education for all

Our engineering education team originally developed this fast-paced, practical introduction to machine learning fundamentals for Googlers. MLCCs success at Google inspired us to make it available to everyone, added Kemp. The course can be availed by newcomers as well as those who have no experience in ML. Theres more to come from Learn with Google AI, including additional courses and documentation. Were excited to help everyone learn more about AI, said Kemp....

March 4, 2018 · 1 min · 74 words · Charles Martin

Instagram may soon have voice and video calling feature

Is voice and video calling coming to Instagram? For several months now, there have been rumors of Instagram working on voice and video calling features. Are you listening Snapchat? Source:TechCrunch,9to5Mac Read More source: www.techworm.net

March 3, 2018 · 1 min · 34 words · Chris Dunn

Microsoft’s co-founder wants to teach AI common sense

AI still lacks what most 10-year-olds possess: ordinary common sense. We want to jump start that research to achieve major breakthroughs in the field. Currently, AI recognizes objects, but cant explain what it sees, says Etzioni. It cant read a textbook and understand the questions in the back of the book. It is devoid of common sense. This is an extremely complicated challenge, said Allen. or If I put my socks in the drawer, will they still be there tomorrow?...

March 3, 2018 · 1 min · 127 words · Kristin Garcia

“Fakeapp” Android Malware Steals Facebook Credentials

How does the Fakeapp malware work? The crawler has the ability to use the search functionality on Facebook and collect the results. Only download apps that are from trusted sources. Source:Symantec,Bleeping Computer Read More source: www.techworm.net

March 3, 2018 · 1 min · 36 words · Douglas Mueller

Google Launches Flutter Beta For Android And iOS Developers

The primary new feature in the first beta is improved integration with Dart 2. Flutter now supports the pre-release version of Dart 2, which offers better support for client-side development, too. Developers can check out theissue trackerandGetting Started guidefor more information. Source:Google Read More source: www.techworm.net

March 2, 2018 · 1 min · 46 words · Jesse Aguilar

Samsung’s Galaxy S9 loses to Apple iPhone 7 in speed test

While the Exynos 9810 chip outperforms the Snapdragon 845, it doesnt quite match Apples A11 Bionic chip. Check out AnandTechsbenchmark results here. Source:AnandTech Read More source: www.techworm.net

March 2, 2018 · 1 min · 27 words · Justin Johnson

Nokia revives the 8110 slider phone from ‘The Matrix’

Look whos back? The handset has an IP52 rating for dust and water resistance. The phone offers around an astounding 25 days of battery standby, FM radio and 3.5mm headphone jack. The Nokia 8110 will be available in two colors: banana yellow and traditional black. The handset is expected to cost 79 euros ($97) and will be available from May. source: www.techworm.net

February 27, 2018 · 1 min · 62 words · Austin Anderson

Western Digital Announces World’s Fastest 400GB SanDisk Extreme microSD card

It also offers extreme speeds and fast transfer for 4K Ultra HD video. However, the write performance is less striking at just 90MB/s. According to the company, these unprecedented speeds are possible due to leveraging of Western Digital proprietary technology. Our expertise in flash memory and microSD card electronics enables us to achieve unmatched performance. The company claims that the technology can now be demonstrated to boost the performance of SD cards....

February 27, 2018 · 1 min · 89 words · Cassandra Manning

Samsung announces the Galaxy S9 with improved camera, AR features

With the Galaxy S9 and S9+, we have reimagined the smartphone camera. Samsung lets users create an emoji that looks, sounds and acts like them. source: www.techworm.net

February 26, 2018 · 1 min · 27 words · Brittney Tate

Google Assistant will be available in more than 30 languages by the end of 2018

With this new feature, the Assistant will be able to understand you in multiple languages fluently. These capabilities will spread out to the iPhone version of Google Assistant as well. In addition, Google also announced two new features to its assistant: routines and location-based reminders. source: www.techworm.net

February 25, 2018 · 1 min · 47 words · Ricardo Young

Microsoft Announces Multi-Instance Support For UWP Apps In Windows 10 Version 1803

Previously, only single instance of UWP app could run at a time. In other words, Microsoft in the past allowed multiple UWP apps to open at once. But now, it will allow to launch the same app multiple times. Now, a UWP app can opt-in to support multiple instances. Instead, it will create a new instance, running in a separate process, the company explains. you’re free to check out Microsofts complete documentation forUWP console apps here....

February 25, 2018 · 1 min · 81 words · April Bennett

Google discloses ‘high-severity’ exploit in Windows 10 before it’s patched

The vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges if exploited. Apparently, there are actually two bugs in this vulnerability, named 1427 and 1428. In this case, the Windows 10 vulnerability is in the SvcMoveFileInheritSecurity remote procedure call (RPC). Currently, the issue has been listed as high-severity by Google because of its ease of exploitation. Microsoft had confirmed the ACG bypass and said it would fix the issue in Februarys Patch Tuesday release....

February 22, 2018 · 1 min · 94 words · James Hamilton