Monthly Archives: June 2016
FAA Sets First Commercial Drone Rules: No Package Delivery Yet
The Federal Aviation Administration's long-awaited commercial drone rules are now finalized to allow businesses to use drones weighing up to 55 pounds for aerial...
Intel Back in Court to Fight EU’s 2009 $1.4 Billion Fine
Intel is continuing to fight the $1.4 billion fine levied seven years ago by European regulators who said the giant chip maker used its...
Telehealth Adoption Grows, but Hurdles Remain
Although 61 percent of U.S. adults are willing to receive non-urgent health care advice, exams or counseling in a virtual setting, just 16 percent...
IBM Adds New Bluemix OpenWhisk Tools for IoT Development
IBM has announced a set of new tools for its Bluemix OpenWhisk event-driven programming model, which uses Docker containers.The new tools will enable developers...
Red Hat Composes Ansible to Help Build Containers
Red Hat is expanding its open-source Ansible platform with a new module called Ansible Container that enables organizations to build and deploy containers. Ansible...
FCC’s Wheeler Delivers 5G Pep Talk Ahead of Policy Intro
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., June 20, to create enthusiasm for...
More Security Firms Attribute DNC Server Breach to Russian Hackers
Two more cyber-security firms have found evidence that the hack of the Democratic National Convention's servers bears the hallmarks of known Russian espionage groups.On...
Google Offers Computer Science Students Free Access to Cloud Platform
Google has launched a program to give students in computer science and related courses at accredited U.S. universities free access to all of the...
Microsoft Releases Flow Workflow Automation App for iOS
Microsoft first unveiled Flow, a business-focused alternative to IFTTT, in late April. On June 20, Microsoft released the Flow app for iOS, allowing users...
Pica8 Adds 25/50/100GbE Networking to SDN OS
Pica8 is enhancing its white-box network operating system with support for fast 25/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet networking.Company officials on June 21 unveiled PicOS 2.7.1, which...