ComputersNews

Microsoft announces 1.3 billion Windows 10 users following earnings report

Following Microsoft’s earnings call on Monday, the software company announced that it had added 300 million users in the last year. The company celebrated it had surpassed 1 billion users in March 2020 and the company revealed that it reached a new all-time high of 1.3 billion users. Microsoft credited the spike of demand to the growth of users purchasing larger-screen devices including laptops…
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MobileNews

Pichai teases ‘significant’ announcements at Google I/O 2021 as product cycles return to normal

Alphabet this afternoon reported big Q1 earnings with notable year-over-year growth as ad spending returned. In prepared remarks, CEO Sundar Pichai told investors to expect “significant product updates and announcements” at Google I/O 2021 next month. That tease comes as Google’s “product releases are returning to a regular cadence” following a year of employees adjusting to work from…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Pricefx launches AI-powered market simulation tool

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. AI has the potential to add value to marketing and sales operations. According to a McKinsey survey, 40% of marketing departments using AI achieve 6% or higher revenue growth on average. In sales…
AI & RoboticsNews

Red Hat open-sources TrustyAI, an auditing tool for AI decision systems

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. The ability to automate decisions is becoming essential for enterprises that deal in industries where mission-critical processes involve many variables. For example, in the financial sector, assessing the risk of even a single transaction can become infinitely complex. But while the utility of AI-powered, automated…
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DefenseNews

Army Fields First New Air Defense Strykers in Europe

The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, is the first unit in the Army to receive the Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system, April 21, 2021. (Jordan Allen /U.S. Army) U.S. Army modernization…
MobileNews

iPhone: How to improve Face ID with a mask, including new Apple Watch Unlock feature

Wearing a face mask usually renders iPhone’s Face ID unusable. Even though it sounds like a first-world problem in the current circumstances, there are a lot of people, especially medical professionals, who would value Face ID on iPhone to work while wearing protective equipment. Read on for how to use Face ID with a mask. Update April 27, 2021: There’s a new option to unlock your iPhone with…
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