Technology

SEATTLE — Amazon has asked a federal court to let it depose President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, arguing that hearing from them is essential to determining if they intervened against the internet company when the Pentagon awarded a multibillion-dollar contract to a competitor. The request, which was unsealed on Monday, escalates a legal […]

SAN FRANCISCO — White House officials on Monday unveiled plans to increase federal funding for the development of artificial intelligence and quantum computing, two cutting-edge technologies that defense officials say will play a key role in national security. The funding, part of the Trump administration’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal, would direct more money for A.I.

Slot machines long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with the lever that gamblers had to pull, replacing it with buttons By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press February 10, 2020, 9:25 PM 3 min read ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago

Xerox says it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid was rejected February 10, 2020, 4:59 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Xerox says it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority said it was looking into what it called a “grave” security lapse by the maker of an app promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party that led to the exposure of personal data of all 6.5 million eligible voters in Israel, including full names and identity card numbers.

A device which can produce life-like 3D human sized projections without the need for large amounts of equipment has been developed. Portl uses a modified 4K LCD screen capable of showing pre-recorded video or live images of a person, including their shadows broadcast from another location. BBC Click finds out more. See more at Click’s

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed robots that can self-assemble to form various structures. The M-Blocks can climb over and around one another, leap through the air, and roll across the ground. They are now being developed for inspection tasks and could eventually be used for disaster relief –

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Europe and NASA’s Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun’s elusive poles. The $1.5 billion spacecraft will join NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched 1 1/2 years ago, in coming perilously close to the sun in order to unveil its

A space station delivery from Virginia has been delayed because of trouble with ground equipment By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer February 9, 2020, 11:19 PM 1 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Northrop Grumman delayed a space station delivery from Virginia on Sunday because of trouble with ground equipment. The company came within two

SAN FRANCISCO — New Orleans’s city government crippled. A maritime cargo facility temporarily closed. Hospitals forced to turn away patients. Small businesses shuttered. The cause in each of these incidents: ransomware attacks. In recent years, hackers have taken to locking down entire computer networks and demanding payments to let users back into their systems. The