#Google, Samsung, and 16 others receive post-password certification This morning, the plot to kill the password got a little stronger. 18 different companies received an official FIDO certification for 31 different products,
a fingerprint reader can authenticate a user without sharing the fingerprint itself, using a zero-knowledge proof to protect sensitive biometric data.
whether it's a fingerprint reader, a voiceprint detector, or even a more exotic system that hasn't been invented yet.
receiving a certification as a universal two-factor server. Yubico also received a certification for two different USB security keys
which are designed for use as a physical second factor. Google announced support for Yubico keys in October, allowing users to opt for the physical keys rather than the standard four-digit authentication code.
But two-factor authentication is just the first step of the process, and a number of FIDO services have moved already into more ambitious territory.
letting users authenticate through a combination fingerprint reader and biometric wristband. Samsung's secure identification framework was certified also,
as well as a system that would use Samsung's fingerprint reader to log into online stores. Today's certification also included a number of software development tools
and there's also reason to believe more services are on the way. Alibaba, Visa and Bank of america are all on the FIDO board,
One name missing from the list was Microsoft, which plans to integrate Windows 10 and FIDO once the next version of the specification is released.
Microsoft has taken an active role in managing the spec this year, with Microsoft executive Dustin Ingalls taking on duties as President of the FIDO alliance in January n
#Facebook is testing a new tool to lock down user logins As services go mobile,
Once you've logged in on a phone or tablet, that login will usually stick around until you actively turn it off, a particular problem if that phone ends up lost, stolen,
or just re-sold. There are tools to protect against that, but you may not have checked them out in a while.
Login alerts will send you an email any time there's a new login, while device management can show you every device that's accessed your account.
You can find versions of those tools from Google Facebook, Paypal, or half a dozen other services,
but most users skip past them, if they even know they're there. Today, Facebook is releasing a new feature that will give those tools a higher profile.
It's called Security Checkup, and should be popping up into select users'News Feeds starting today.
The Checkup will pop-up over top of the site, prompting users to explore"a couple options you have to increase your security."
"From there, Facebook will walk users through password security options and show the computers logged into different Facebook services.
If anything's fishy, it should be obvious from there. Those tools were already available to Facebook users,
but thanks to Security Checkup, they'll be a lot harder to miss. It's a minor update,
but an interesting one. For years, the conventional wisdom has been that security should be invisible,
interfering as little as possible with user experience. Security Checkup is the opposite, forcing itself into view
and encouraging users to grapple with options they probably didn't know existed. Beyond Facebook
it's a sign that after a year full of bad security news, a more conspicuous approach to security may be coming back into style e
#Intel's new storage chip is 1, 000 times faster than flash memory Intel and Micron have a new way to store data that they say is denser, tougher,
and faster than the competition, and it's already starting production. In a live keynote today, the companies announced 3d Xpoint, a new category of nonvolatile memory that claims to be 1,
000 times faster than the NAND architecture underlying most flash memory cards and solid state drives. The new architecture does without transistors entirely,
relying on a bulk material property change to switch bits from a low-resistance to a high-resistance state.
From there memory cells are layered in an intricate three-dimensional checkerboard pattern that Intel researchers say is 10 times denser than conventional memory."
"For decades, the industry has searched for ways to reduce the lag time between the processor
and data to allow much faster analysis, "said Intel VP Rob Crooke in a statement."
"This new class of nonvolatile memory achieves this goal and brings game-changing performance to memory and storage solutions."
but its earliest applications are likely to be in real-time data analysis, where fast access to large datasets is at a premium.
Intel singled out fraud detection and disease tracking as likely early applications, but said the chip could also be used to power more immersive gaming experiences
if brought to the PC. Because the memory is durable and nonvolatile, it's likely to be used primarily for long-term storage,
#Nvidia recalls all Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard Nvidia promised spectacular, unprecedented gaming performance from its 8-inch Shield Tablet last year,
The company is now recalling its first Android tablet device due to a potential fire hazard posed by the battery,
though Nvidia is being extra cautious and"asking consumers to stop using the recalled tablet,
"When it launched the Shield Tablet, Nvidia made a big deal out of the extra thermal dissipation of its design,
claiming it was double what you'd get from a typical tablet. So the Shield Tablet was designed deliberately to handle greater loads and heat than usual,
but apparently its battery hasn't lived up to the same high standards. Nvidia has set up a replacement program
and a dedicated website to help owners of Shield Tablets purchased between July of last year
and today swap their faulty devices i
#New prosthetic limbs can be controlled by the mind NEW YORK Engineers at Johns hopkins university Applied Physics lab have developed a next-generation prosthetic:
A robotic arm that has 26 joints and can be controlled by a person mind, just like a regular arm.
A video posted on Youtube last Thursday displayed the technology via a test vehicle equipped with mock-up DADSS,
#Researchers make breakthrough advance towards potentially super-fast Internet A team of researchers from the University of California,
San diego, has surpassed the limits of transmitting fibre optic signals; thereby making a substantial breakthrough which can result in super-fast and cheap Internet.
Highlighting the feat achieved by the researchers, a paper published in the university's Science journal on June 26 has revealed that the researchers managed to break the barriers in the way of increasing the maximum power,
and hence the distance, for the transmission of optical signals through optical fibres. According to the details shared in the paper,
researchers were able to transmit the fibre optic signals 12,000 kilometres-that is, nearly 20 times farther than the earlier maximum limit-without any significant degrading of signals.
theoretically at least, the rate of data transmission through optical fibres can be increased without distorting the information which travels through the fibre optic cable.
#Google: Youtube has overtaken cable TV in terms of popularity During Google's 2015 second-quarter earnings call last week,
Google's chief business officer Omid Kordestani revealed that the company's video-sharing service Youtube has witnessed a tremendous growth in popularity over the last one year.
Asserting that Youtube's popularity has surpassed cable TV's popularity for a whole generation of consumers,
Kordestani said that Youtube has seen a threefold increase in the number of homepage visits year-on-year.
According to the details shared by Kordestani, the Youtube video-sharing platform -which was launched by Google back in 2006-now reaches a much higher number of 18-to 49-year-olds in the US than any other cable network in the country.
Kordestani also said that the average length of homepage visits on Youtube has increased 60 percent since last year.
In addition, there has also been a 50 percent year-on-year increase in average visit times on the mobile,
which have reached now 40 minutes per session. Highlighting the fact that"once users are in Youtube,
they are spending more time per session watching videos, "Kordestani said that the increasing popularity of Youtube among the younger demographics can be described as a revolution of"the television experience for the digital age
#HPV Vaccine Is Effective Against Multiple Cancer-Causing Strains The human papillomavirus vaccine, Cervarix, not only has the potential to prevent cervical cancer,
it is also effective against other common cancer-causing stains, according to a recent study. Researchers found that Cervavix was effective aside from just the two HPV types, 16 and 18,
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#Hyundai becomes first with Android Auto LOS ANGELES --Whether it's hunting for directions or tracking down trivia answers,
Hyundai thinks it has found the most seamless way yet to let drivers integrate their smartphones seamlessly into their cars.
Hyundai says it is the first automaker to launch Android Auto in a production car,
a service that will go initially into its new Sonata sedan. All that's needed to get it is a free software flash at a dealership.
Android Auto and the yet-to-arrive Apple Carplay are aimed at preventing drivers from becoming distracted.
It should make it possible to undertake many smartphone functions while barreling down the interstate at 60 miles per hour.
With the Android Auto companion app users will be able to access Google maps, send text messages,
query their phones for information, play music storeed in the phone and other functions. And they can do it any of three ways:
the car's touchscreen, steering wheel controls or voice.""Android Auto aligns with Hyundai's core interior design principles of safety,
intuitiveness and simplicity,"said Dave Zuchowski, CEO of Hyundai Motor America, in a statement.""We launched this highly anticipated feature on our best-selling Sonata,
adding to our promise of value.""USA TODAY was allowed to be among the first in the automotive media to test the system.
We found ourselves relying heavily on the voice commands, simply because it's the easiest way to keep focused on the road.
The navigation system worked fine, but it was duplicative of a key function that the car was already able to perform through its own navigation system.
More useful was the ability to text others and tap the smartphone's music collection.
The function that really made Android Auto worthwhile was the ability to seek information. From finding the nearest dry cleaner to settling bets about presidential history,
The decision to make Android Auto available for free should engender lots of warm feelings from Sonata buyers.
"Together with his partner, pediatrician Dr. Barry Heath, Finette has developed a smartphone-based medical intelligence platform that allows community health workers without medical training to diagnose
"We use that data and put it in our algorithm and scoring systems to try to gauge respiratory distress."
On his smartphone, Finette played one of the training videos available on the Medsinc platform,
Finette brought up a screen on his smartphone with a large red dot.""We built this thing you just tap every time you feel a heartbeat,
a health science software company eventually sold to Oracle, volunteers as a strategic advisor to THINKMD.
I got involved with software was wanted because I to participate in creating artificial intelligence software that would behave as a doctor,
"Rosenblum said.""Thirty years later we're finally doing it.""Like Rosenblum and Donowitz, THINKMD and Medsinc is attracting interest
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#These smart glasses know when you need a nap From heart sensors to concussion trackers,
You can use these gadgets to tell how far you've run, how hard you've trained,
With the free smartphone app, I was able to tell exactly how tired I was,
Alcohol levels would be measured under the skin's surface on a touchpad with an infrared light scanner.
Researchers have considered putting the touchpad in a natural spot for drivers, mimicking a vehicle start button.
such as creating a touch-ID system programmed to the driver's fingerprints on the touchpad.
These systems require drivers to blow air into a device plugged into the car's ignition, measuring alcohol levels in a similar fashion as a breathalyzer.
#Apple, Google and 140 others ask Obama to reject ackdooraccess to encrypted data Apple and Google are adding their names to an open letter to President Obama asking him to quash any moves to create ackdooraccess to encrypted data on smartphones and other communication devices.
More than 140 tech firms, civil society organizations, and cryptologists have signed a letter to be sent on Tuesday,
though the Washington post says it has obtained a copy of it in advance. trong encryption is the cornerstone of the modern information economy security,
Last year, both Apple and Google revealed they were now encrypting their phonesdata by default,
It also calls for the government to not eakencommercial software e
#Google and Twitter sitting in a tree, putting tweets in search results for you and me In February,
Twitter signed a firehose deal with Google to bring tweets right into Google search results. This week, that integration started rolling out on mobile,
with a promise to also update the desktop version hortly. As I wrote while covering the announcement,
Google is hoping to boost its real-time search chops while Twitter is aiming for more users and engagement.
Yet at the end of the day, this is one of those rare partnerships that benefit the user first
and the companies later (Twitter is getting an undisclosed amount of money from Google, and Google can potentially monetize tweets with its own ads,
but right now it unclear if either will be significant). First and foremost, this partnership means Google users finally have access to Twitter stream.
Because tweets are often full of timely information, this means searching for anything relatively recent on Google will start bringing up messages sent out on Twitter.
Many events often happen on Twitter first, and that data that can be incredibly useful to have indexed for users to quickly find.
Twitter search engine works, but it nothing special. Google is the king of search, and with Twitter data, it suddenly about to get even more useful.
Assuming that Google users find the tweets theye looking for they will only think more highly of the search engine,
and presumably use it more. In this way, Google is next in line as the one to benefit from this new partnership.
You think Twitter would be next, but there actually one more entity to acknowledge: Twitter users.
Yes, we realize there is a big overlap between Google users and Twitter users. Still, if we examine them separately,
it clear they both win. Twitter users start to benefit once incoming Google users act on the tweets they find.
That can be a favorite, a retweet, or even a reply. If that starts to happen at scale,
and Google has plenty of that, Twitter users should see more content on the social network,
especially in relation to tweets that Google deems important and relevant. Last on the list is Twitter itself,
if the company can convert all this new traffic into users who keep coming back. Signing up to engage is one thing
but actually choosing to become an active Twitter user is what the company really needs.
That no easy feat, and so Twitter opportunity to benefit from this partnership requires the most work.
To recap, here the order of winners: Google users, Google, Twitter users, and Twitter. The biggest loser?
#This was a big week for driverless, anti-alcohol, and parking space-sensing cars For fans of automated autos that don need drivers, don like alcohol,
and sniff out empty parking spaces, this was a big week. On Thursday, the federal government National Highway Traffic safety Administration showed a prototype vehicle with alcohol-detection technology.
Called Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, or a parental-sounding DADSS for short, it features two methods for preventing drunk drivers from driving.
One is a breathalyzer on the steering wheel that reads the driver breath and determines if the blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) level is over 0. 08 percent,
which is the legal limit in every state. The other is infrared an scanner on the vehicle start button that detects the BAC below the skin of the driver finger.
While this is not the first such alcohol detection system, it does have the imprimatur of the NHTSA,
which already carries huge clout in the marketplace for its vehicle safety ratings. The systems, in development with major auto makers, are at least five years away from market availability
and are projected to cost $400 as an optional safety add-on. The American Beverage Institute, an industry organization
has raised questions about whether either method can detect blood alcohol levels immediately after drinking. For those of us who have spent too much of our lifetimes cruising for empty parking spaces,
BMW demonstrated this week at the Telematics Automotive conference near Detroit a differentiator that could save us time.
The company announced it is developing ipark technology (sorry, Apple, youe apparently lost that trademark) that can show on the car navigation system the nearby empty parking spaces and their conditions,
The system uses algorithms that predict when parked cars will leave, which the company said is about 80 percent accurate.
Google has agreed to acknowledge accidents involving the testing of its driverless cars. The new transparency was announced at the end of the week
after Google cofounder Sergey Brin initially said on Wednesday his company would not release such accident reports,
and haptic feedback technology for the next iphones Apple is currently working on building orce Touchtechnology and haptic feedback into the screens of its new iphones,
The new features are very likely to show up in the next iphone, probably be called the iphone 6s,
which will debut this fall. Force Touch debuted on the Apple Watch, where it is used to change the watch face.
When you press harder on the screen, it senses the increased pressure by measuring the increased surface area occupied by the finger.
including the iphone. On the larger screen of a phone, it could open up all kinds of possibilities.
For instance, you may be able to Force Touch on any word on the screen to bring up a definition.
Or you may be able to Force Touch on the screen to change the backdrop image or animation on the home screen.
The end result could be the reduction of clutter in ios. A function that was activated once by a button might
instead be activated by a Force Touch, so the button is needed no longer. The source said that Apple will also couple the Force Touch feature with haptic feedback engine that might verify to the user that the for gesture has activated a feature.
The aptic Feedbackengine, as Apple brands it, sits just below the touchscreen and causes the device to vibrate
in order to alert you to incoming messages or other notifications. Venturebeat information dovetails with numerous earlier rumors that Force Touch would be part of the new phones.
Patently Apple reports that Foxconn, the Chinese company that assembles the iphone, expects its touchscreen subsidiary to see handset pressure sensor shipments increase by 4. 8 times this year.
A spike that big could be from advance orders from Apple for the new iphone
#The Backed Pack: Moky hides a trackpad in the surface of a keyboard The keyboard is a popular accessory for mobile devices
because it often much easier to type with than the tiny one featured on a smartphone or tablet.
But they take up a fair amount of space, and their footprints are made even larger by the trackpads that they sometimes bring along with them.
Moky is a twist on the typical mobile keyboard, featuring a large, invisible touchpad that controlled by the user gestures.
An infrared laser sensor module provides a thin optical surface on the keyboard. The device communicates wirelessly with whatever mobile device is used with it via Bluetooth Low energy 4. 0 technology.
The keyboard cover meanwhile, doubles as a portable device stand. Moky costs $149 and will ship in October.
Its maker is hoping to raise $30, 000 by July 9. The core technology may have broader potential.
Moky seems like a neat accessory for compatible mobile devices, but that means only Android and Windows for now, according to the Indiegogo campaign.
Only the keyboard itself is supported on ios devices as Apple doesn support mice or trackpads in that operating system.
Synaptics, for one, recently has shown off Smartbar technology that turns a keyboard space bar into a pointing device complement
and Apple is rumored also to be working on similar technology, perhaps for the Mac. From the campaign video, it not easy to tell just how easy it is to use Moky,
but the ability to conserve the space taken up by a trackpad would surely have allure for some users e
#El Ni#o Finally Arrives May Lead to Average Rainfall In July 2014, climatologists had predicted a 70 percent chance of a weak to moderate El niño in last August
along with an 80 percent chance of its occurrence by November. The predictions turned out to be wrong last year but last month the National oceanic and atmospheric administration Climate Prediction Center (CPC) reported a weak El niño condition.
The potential applications for anti-icing surfaces involve protection of aerofoils, protection of aerofoils, pipes of air conditioners and refrigerators, radar or telecommunication antennas,
#Nvidia's Tegra X1 Powers Smart cars At the Consumer electronics Show (CES) last week, Nvidia released demos of two computing platforms, Drive CX and Drive PX, for cars.
These computing platforms are part of the venture called Nvidia Drive and are powered by the Tegra X1 mobile chip.
Nvidia Drive PX is for the actual driving side of the smart car equation, while Drive CX deals with digital systems on the dashboard and elsewhere in the vehicle.
It is an image processing platform and it will have the capability to work with inputs from up to 12 cameras.
Nvidia also released a recording of a demo drive of a car with Drive PX that was able to find a space in a parking garage traveling at a speed of 8 kmph.
The famous graphics card manufacturer believes that this sort of situational awareness will help prevent accidents. Meanwhile Drive CX has been described as the digital cockpit computer,
and it will be the lifeline of a car infotainment system. It will facilitate digital instrument clusters
It will be able to power four full-HD screens simultaneously or even two 4k screens.
Drive CX will also be able to recognize speech and faces of it users. Nvidia senior manager for CUDA Libraries and Algorithms Jonathan Cohen, said,
ecause this is a neural network, wee shown it lots of examples of these 40 mile-per-hour limited speed signs.
Somehow it has learned to recognize the speed sign even though it hasn seen these signs before. This is the power of neural networks and the power of deep learning. p
#Gogoro's Electric scooter Has Swappable Batteries Taiwanese company, Gogoro has come up with a smart electric scooter that runs on swappable electric batteries.
and has worked with HTC, Microsoft, Nike, etc. Horace said, ur products and business model will impact a variety of consumer areas to create a metropolitan ecosystem with better connectivity, easier access to energy,
It also has Bluetooth connection. It can be connected through a smartphone app, through which a user can change settings on the scooter.
Like every modern machine the key is wireless. The scooter can cover about 60 miles on one battery with a Panasonic cell.
The Gogoro electric scooter can reach 50 km h in 4. 2 seconds. The top speed is 100 km h,
The scooter features 30 onboard sensors, applications for Android and ios, cloud connectivity. The Gogoro electric scooter does need not to be plugged in for charging it.
Instead, when the power runs low, the user can visit special stores that will be placed strategically around the city.
#Nvidia Unveils Tegrax1 Soc Drive CX And Drive PX Nvidia has unveiled a chip that can pump out the quality of a high gaming console on your smartphones.
Additionally, the famous graphics card manufacturer also released demos of two computing platforms, Drive CX and Drive PX, for cars.
The smartphone chip, Nvidia Tegra X1 Soc has an 8-core 64-bit CPU and a 256ore Maxwell-based GPU.
Nvidia claims that it is the first mobile chip that will provide a teraflop of processing power.
They also added that it is equivalent to the fastest supercomputer in the world in 2000.
The Tegra X1 is also much more efficient than the Tegra K1. Nvidia showed a demo of the Unreal Engine Elemental sequence to display the power and efficiency of the Tegra X1.
Jen-Hsun Huang, cofounder of Nvidia, said, ast year, when next generation game consoles were released,
they consumed 100 watts when running Unreal Engine Elemental demo. Now we can do it on Tegra X1 at 10 watts.
Nvidia believes that the first beneficiaries of the Soc will be cars. The Nvidia Drive CX is based on a single Tegra X1 platform
whereas the Driver PX is based on the dual Tegra X1s. Nvidia Drive CX will act as the digital cockpit computer,
and it will be the lifeline of a car infotainment system. It will also be able to power four full-HD screens simultaneously or even two 4k screens.
Drive CX will also be able to recognize speech and faces of it users. Meanwhile, Drive PX is an image processing platform
and it will have the capability to work with inputs from up to 12 cameras. All these cameras will work in tandem
and provide improved accuracy in the autopilot function of the car. Nvidia also released a recording of a demo drive of a car with Drive PX that was able to find a space in a parking garage traveling at a speed of 8 km h.
With these two platforms Nvidia hopes to revolutionize the dashboard and give a boost to the concept of driverless cars s
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