Bits Blog: Report Stresses Importance of Agreement to Avoid Cyber Conflict
New RAND research sketches out potential scenarios of cyberwar between the United States and China. Among the biggest risks are a fight that could spill into the physical world.
Bits Blog: Apple Delays Release of New Apple Watch Software
Apple said it was delaying the release of a software update to Apple Watch because of a bug in the software.
Bits Blog: Apple Says iPhone Pre-Orders Are Beating Last Year’s Pace
Global pre-orders for the company’s iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are on track to beat last year’s sales of 10 million new iPhones in the first weekend last year.
Bits Blog: Apple Says iPhone Pre-Orders Are Beating Last Year’s Pace
Global pre-orders for the company’s iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are on track to beat last year’s sales of 10 million new iPhones in the first weekend last year.
Bits Blog: Google Follows Amazon Web Services Into On-Demand Supercomputing
The growing competition between the two companies could take so-called machine learning to the masses.
Bits Blog: Dell Agrees to Sell Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
The usual deal is a bit like Niketown agreeing to sell Adidas sneakers. “This is unique,” Kirk Schell, vice president of Dell Commercial Client Solutions, said in an interview. “We don’t do this with anybody.”
Bits Blog: Humanizing Technology: A History of Human-Computer Interaction
The rise of modern computing owes much to human-centered software design. A leading computer scientist has built a web site highlighting the work of the field’s pioneers.
