The free and open internet as we know it is at risk. Tomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote to initiate a process to repeal the strong net neutrality rules that have been in place since 2015. These rules protect the internet as an open, decentralized,...
LinkedIn is bringing its Today's Job Matches feature to mobile job seekers in an upcoming update. LinkedIn is rolling out new tools aimed at helping job seekers find new work and recruiters hunt down better matches for open positions....
There's a huge court case you need to hear about. It might not be on your radar yet because, frankly, some of it gets pretty technical. But the outcome is likely to have enormous repercussions for online privacy, net neutrality and the economy....
IBM's Watson first made headlines in 2011 when it was on the "Jeopardy" TV game show, and now it is boldly going to the final frontier, with the new Sony PlayStation virtual reality game "Star Trek: Bridge Crew." IBM and game developer Ubisoft on May...
Local municipalities are increasingly turning to smart city technology to reduce public crime through efforts such as connected lighting, targeted surveillance and data assets. One of the more innovative smart solutions is ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection, acoustic surveillance technology that uses sensors to detect, locate and...
Germany has always been a place for industrial invention and innovation, reflected by the creation of the concept of “Industrie 4.0” by the German Government. Last week saw Europe’s leading technologists involved in the digitalization of industry bought together at Hannover Messe to showcase their answers...
But today, the utilities sector is under pressure to simultaneously reduce costs and improve operational performance. Utilities are a bit late in digital innovations than retail, banking or insurance. With energy getting on the digital bandwagon with online customer engagement, smart sensors and better use of...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating the American Technology Council, an organization tasked with modernizing the federal government’s IT systems and the digital services they offer U.S. citizens. This could be good news for the Department of Health and Human Services, a...
University of Wisconsin, Madison, CIO Bruce Maas offers pointers on why CIOs and information technology leaders shouldn't shy away from scaling opportunities. CIOs and information technology leaders should embrace and initiate scaling projects to thrive in the evolving world of IT....
Net-A-Porter didn't know how much money it was leaving on the table when the Web site failed to keep up with traffic. New microservices captured it. Luxury fashion might seem to be an unlikely space to suffer from sudden onslaughts of high traffic, given the non-mass...