Tag: News

November 12, 2018

Now that they’re about to control the House, Democrats are planning to investigate Trump administration activities that appeared to be aimed at hurting major media concerns—namely the attempted blockage of the AT&T-Time Warner merger and the targeting of Amazon over […]

November 12, 2018

Tech giants including Alphabet and Microsoft are reportedly backing a call for greater online regulation targeting everything from cyber-attacks and election interference to intellectual property theft and barriers to Internet access. The initiative, known as the “Paris Call for Trust […]

November 12, 2018

Apple’s renewed focus on the Mac side of its business continues this month with a long-awaited make-over for what the company claims is “the most beloved notebook ever”. There’s some truth to that claim, as the slimline MacBook Air has […]

November 9, 2018

The 2018 Government Innovation Awards — a joint effort of GCN, FCW, Washington Technology and Defense Systems — honored a broad range of projects, individuals and companies working at all levels of government. At the Nov. 8 awards dinner, however, […]

November 9, 2018

A new audit from the Department of Treasury’s Inspector General found a number of IT security flaws around the agency’s management of collateral national security systems. The report documents a range of sloppy or incomplete IT security control practices for […]

November 8, 2018

The tech industry is obsessed with making things thin, and Acer is no exception. The company bills the new Swift 7 as the world’s thinnest laptop, measuring 8.98mm thick at its widest point. Designed for professionals and frequent travelers, this […]

November 8, 2018

Several cabinet officials are likely to leave government service ahead of the expected flurry of investigations once Democrats take control of the House of Representatives in January. The General Service Administration’s chief Emily Murphy could join some other, more high-profile […]

November 8, 2018

Today, Google Cloud announced Kubeflow pipelines and AI Hub, two tools designed to help data scientists put the models they create to work across their organizations. Rajen Sheth, director of product management for Google Cloud’s AI and ML products says […]

November 7, 2018

AT&T is terminating the broadband service of more than a dozen customers who were accused multiple times of copyright infringement, according to a report by Axios today. “It’s the first time AT&T has discontinued customer service over piracy allegations since […]

November 7, 2018

After a major press event last week, Apple is now bringing the hardware it announced at that show to store shelves. Starting on Wednesday, Apple (AAPL, +0.80%) will begin selling in stores and online the new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, […]