• How to downgrade back to iOS 9 if you don't like iOS 10

    How to downgrade back to iOS 9 if you don't like iOS 10
    There are a lot of reasons as to why you want to revert back to iOS 9 after installing iOS 10. It’s not difficult to revert, but you need to do it sooner than later.
    Each version of iOS is signed (approved) by Apple. When iOS updates are released, the previous version remains signed for a short period of time. Eventually, Apple stops signing the previous version, which prevents you from installing the old version.
    Here’s how to revert back to iOS 9..ipsw fileFirst, you need to find
  • Russian hackers allegedly target the World Anti-Doping Agency

    Russian hackers allegedly target the World Anti-Doping Agency
    The same Russian state-sponsored hackers that allegedly breached the Democratic National Committee may have also targeted the World Anti-Doping Agency.
    On Tuesday, the sports drug-testing agency blamed a recent breach of its network on a Russian hacking group known as APT 28 or Fancy Bear.
    The hackers gained access to the agency’s database and stole information about  athletes including confidential medical data. Some of that data has already been publicly released, and the hack
  • Toshiba's new SSD line features rock-bottom pricing

    Toshiba's new SSD line features rock-bottom pricing
    Toshiba America Electronic Components today announced a new line of SSDs under its OCZ brand, and those drive prices are comparable to some of the lowest in the industry based on similar technology.
    The new OCZ VX500 SSD line is targeted at mainstream desktop and notebook users who may want to upgrade from the hard disk drive (HDD) that came with their machine to an SSD with better performance.
    The VX500 series is a 2.5-in form factor, 7mm thick SSD based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash, w
  • Twitter close to loosening grip on 140-character limit

    Twitter close to loosening grip on 140-character limit
    Twitter reportedly will loosen the reins on its 140-character limit on tweets as soon as next week.
    Reports emerged in June that Twitter was looking to greatly expand its character limit - maybe even giving users a 10,000-character limit. But while a change may be in the offing, it doesn't look to be nearly that dramatic.
    According to The Verge, Twitter will make a change to its character limit on Sept. 19.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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  • iOS 10 upgrade eats early worms, sends iPhone owners on hunt for iTunes

    iOS 10 upgrade eats early worms, sends iPhone owners on hunt for iTunes
    Some iPhone owners today reported that they were flummoxed by iOS 10, which failed to install, crippled their devices and sent them on a hunt for a Mac or PC armed with iTunes.
    "I updated my iPad Pro 9.7 and iPhone 6S and both devices now request to connect to iTunes," wrote DjTaym in a message posted to Apple's support forum. "Once connected, I get a message that an error has occurred and that a restore is necessary. It reverts back to iOS 9.3.5."
    Another customer was a lot hotter under the co
  • IDG Contributor Network: Moonlighting for CIOs: how to get a second job

    IDG Contributor Network: Moonlighting for CIOs: how to get a second job
    I am not talking about moonlighting as a club “muscle” or flipping burgers at night of course. But any CIO should consider seriously expanding their reach in their organization and getting a second set of responsibilities different from IT.Why is this important?
    Most IT leaders are extremely busy, and adding new workload seems to be counter productive in the short term. However, there is a lot of value in getting involved in new areas:
    Business value: IT leaders are in a rare executi
  • Could machine learning help Google's cloud catch up to AWS and Azure?

    Could machine learning help Google's cloud catch up to AWS and Azure?
    Google has been offering public cloud services for several years now, but the company has continued to lag behind Amazon and Microsoft in customer growth. Under the leadership of VMware co-founder Diane Greene, who serves as the executive vice president of Google Cloud Enterprise, the tech titan has focused harder on forging partnerships and developing products to appeal to large customers. It has added a number of key customers under Greene's tenure, including Spotify.  One such
  • AMD's Vega GPUs will start shipping in the first half of 2017

    AMD's Vega GPUs will start shipping in the first half of 2017
    AMD has been tight-lipped about its upcoming GPUs code-named Vega, but here's a new, key detail: They will start rolling out in the first half of 2017.The first Vega GPUs will be aimed at high-end enthusiast PCs, Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at AMD, said during a chat Tuesday at the Deutsche Bank 2016 Technology Conference in Las Vegas.Some earlier estimates put the release of Vega GPUs at late this year. AMD's roadmap listed it for release next year, though the timeframe wasn't cl
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  • Mergers create greater security risk

    Mergers create greater security risk
    Corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be fraught with risks related to financial matters, company culture, personnel, IT systems integration and other areas.
    Security risks, both cyber and physical, certainly belong on the list of concerns. And with the ongoing shortage of professionals who are expert in various aspects of data protection—coupled with the seemingly endless stream of reports about data breaches and other security threats—this has become an even bigger conc
  • Riverbed upgrades set sights on the SD-WAN edge, cloud integration

    Riverbed upgrades set sights on the SD-WAN edge, cloud integration
    At Riverbed’s Disrupt event in New York’s upscale Conrad Hotel today, the company announced new products designed to help customers move their enterprise network more fully into the cloud arena.
    At the heart of the announcements, Version 2.0 of Riverbed’s SteelConnect software-defined WAN product which adds router capabilities to the gateway hardware for the first time, letting users replace legacy routers.
    Version 2.0 also integrates SteelCentral – the company’s a
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 won't come cheap, leaked details suggest

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 won't come cheap, leaked details suggest
    Microsoft's upcoming Dynamics 365 cloud software promises a one-stop shop for ERP and CRM, but its modular convenience could come at a considerable cost, with strong incentives to sign up for bundle pricing.So suggests a blog post published Monday but since taken down by Microsoft partner Encore Business Solutions. The blog post outlined how pricing and licensing will work for the new enterprise software. (A cached version of the post is still online.)To read this article in full or to leave a c
  • BrandPost: Verizon 2016 DBIR: Action Steps and Best Practices for a More Secure Future

    BrandPost: Verizon 2016 DBIR: Action Steps and Best Practices for a More Secure Future
    When it comes to matters of IT security, talk is cheap. Despite ongoing concern about the continuously changing threat landscape, it’s time to turn strategy into action by putting the right security platforms and policies in place to adequately protect the enterprise.And the first line of defense must be internal: Despite attempts to promote security awareness, internal users are still a major source of data breaches and security snafus, according to Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Invest
  • New Yorker sues Apple over botched iPhone Upgrade Program pre-order

    New Yorker sues Apple over botched iPhone Upgrade Program pre-order
    A New York man yesterday sued Apple in federal court, claiming that the company misled him and others when it pitched the iPhone Upgrade Program last year.
    The lawsuit asked for class action status, a move that if approved would let others join the case.
    Emil Frank of Brooklyn, N.Y., complained that he had not been able to pre-order an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus on Friday because Apple limited the number of devices for Upgrade Program participants while letting others reserve new phones.
    "[Apple] allow
  • Azure Service Fabric enters public beta for Linux workloads

    Azure Service Fabric enters public beta for Linux workloads
    Developers who want help running Linux- and Java-based microservice applications will have a new Microsoft service to take for a spin. Microsoft announced Tuesday that it's launching the public beta of Service Fabric support for running applications on the popular open source operating system with the popular programming language. It's an expansion of Service Fabric's capabilities, at a time when Microsoft is spending more effort to support Linux in addition to platforms it controls.Se
  • The scoop on Cisco’s resurgence in collaboration and its long range plans for IoT

    The scoop on Cisco’s resurgence in collaboration and its long range plans for IoT
    Rowan Trollope was hired four years ago to breathe new life into Cisco’s collaboration group, the results of which are partially on display with new capabilities coming out in Apple’s release of iOS 10. In fact, he did so well with collaboration he was also given responsibility for Cisco’s Internet of Things efforts. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Trollope, who is senior vice president and general manager, IoT and Applications, to see how he man
  • Your old Apple Watch will feel brand new with watchOS 3, out now

    Your old Apple Watch will feel brand new with watchOS 3, out now
    Apple just took the wraps off the Apple Watch Series 2, but you don’t need to buy a whole new device to refresh your watch. With watchOS 3, which just rolled out as a free upgrade, using your old Apple Watch will feel like a totally different experience.
    The third version of watchOS significantly speeds up your watch so apps will launch seven times faster than they did previously. Glances have gone by the wayside, replaced with a new Dock that puts your 10 most-used apps at your fingertip
  • Java founder James Gosling endorses Apache takeover of NetBeans Java IDE

    Java founder James Gosling endorses Apache takeover of NetBeans Java IDE
    NetBeans, the venerable open source Java IDE that originated at Sun Microsystems, would move from Oracle's jurisdiction to the Apache Software Foundation under a proposal unveiled today. The plan is being endorsed by Java founder James Gosling, a longtime fan of the IDE.
    Moving NetBeans to a neutral venue like Apache, with its strong governance model, would help the project attract more contributions from various organizations, according to the proposal posted in the Apache wiki. "Large co
  • Deep-dive review: iOS 10 adds speed and smarts

    Deep-dive review: iOS 10 adds speed and smarts
    Ten versions of iOS have been released since the iPhone's debut in 2007. At the time, the groundbreaking OS, coupled with innovative touchscreen hardware, changed the mobile landscape and altered what people expect from their mobile devices.
    Now, a decade later, comes a feature-rich iOS 10, delivering subtle refinements to the user interface, new capabilities and important enhancements to oft-used applications. The overall effect is a cohesive OS made more useful by tying together functions in
  • How to make hybrid cloud work

    How to make hybrid cloud work
    Last year, hybrid cloud was a priority for many enterprises, although with a certain amount of confusion about what it involved. This year, those ambitious plans are showing up as an approach to hybrid cloud that relies on platform as a service (PaaS) to take full advantage of cloud models.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  • War between Windows 10 and Linux coming to Intel's Joule board

    War between Windows 10 and Linux coming to Intel's Joule board
    Microsoft is challenging Linux's domination in Raspberry Pi-type computers by bringing support for Windows 10 OS to more developer boards.The newest computer to get a version of Windows 10 will be Intel's Joule, which has cutting-edge hardware compared to Raspberry Pi 3.To be specific, Joule will get support for Windows 10 IoT Core -- a slimmed down version of Windows 10 -- by year-end, Microsoft said in a blog post last week. Joule currently supports only the Linux OS.With Windows 10 IoT Core,
  • IDG Contributor Network: Do you know how to get real feedback?

    IDG Contributor Network: Do you know how to get real feedback?
    “Mary, give me some feedback.” This is from Lydia, my favorite coffee shop manager, who I visit on a daily basis.She asks me this three to five times a week. One day the café was a little quiet, so I asked her what inspires her to ask. Let’s all listen closely to the role model leader at my coffee shop. She told me things like this:It doesn’t matter what I think is great or correct if it’s not having a positive effect on customers, the company or fellow emplo
  • 15% off Veepeak USB Rechargeable LED Motion Sensor Light for Closet with Magnetic Mounting - Deal Alert

    15% off Veepeak USB Rechargeable LED Motion Sensor Light for Closet with Magnetic Mounting - Deal Alert
    The Veepeak Rechargeable Motion Sensor Light offers a simple solution to lighting any area inside your home. The portable and detachable design makes it versatile enough to be used as a night light in hallways and bedrooms or as a cabinet or closet light for dim areas. Installation is a breeze, the magnetic strip with 3M adhesive allows you to quickly mount wherever you need extra light.  This light is motion activated and will automatically turn on once it detects motion; when no move
  • Hackers found 47 new vulnerabilities in 23 IoT devices at DEF CON

    Hackers found 47 new vulnerabilities in 23 IoT devices at DEF CON
    Smart door locks, padlocks, thermostats, refrigerators, wheelchairs and even solar panel arrays were among the internet-of-things devices that fell to hackers during the IoT Village held at the DEF CON security conference in August.A month after the conference ended, the results are in: 47 new vulnerabilities affecting 23 devices from 21 manufacturers were disclosed during the IoT security talks, workshops and onsite hacking contests.The types of vulnerabilities found ranged from poor design dec
  • Facebook privacy class action heads to Europe's top court -- sort of

    Facebook privacy class action heads to Europe's top court -- sort of
    A class-action-style lawsuit accusing Facebook of targeting advertising based on allegedly illegally processed personal data is heading for the European Union's highest court.However, the Court of Justice of the EU is not being asked to rule on the substance of the case.Instead, the Austrian Supreme Court has asked the CJEU to clarify whether someone who has become famous for their litigation of privacy rights can sue a company as an ordinary consumer under Austrian law.The someone in quest
  • IDG Contributor Network: iPhone 7 reviews roundup: Is it worth the money?

    IDG Contributor Network: iPhone 7 reviews roundup: Is it worth the money?
    Preorders for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have already flooded into Apple's online store as many people try to get their hands on the newest iPhone. But is it worth spending the money on the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus?Before you buy one, it’s worth taking the time to find out what the critics think of the latest iPhone. For your convenience I’ve assembled some of the most notable reviews of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus below. Reading them will help you make up your mind about buying the newest iPhone
  • How IT greases the wheels of aerospace-and-defense supply chain

    How IT greases the wheels of aerospace-and-defense supply chain
    Orbital ATK Ken Bell, CIO, Orbital ATKThe aerospace and defense supply chain is under pressure. According to FinancialTimes.com, in 2020, Boeing and Airbus are expected to deliver more than 1,800 passenger jets, a 45 percent increase over 2013.That means all of the thousands of companies that manufacture seats and dashboards and carbon fiber and rubber and paint and wheels have to work faster. But throwing money at the problem is not a viable approach. When customers step up their dema
  • IDG Contributor Network: 6 ways to spruce up your online business’s image

    IDG Contributor Network: 6 ways to spruce up your online business’s image
    The power of the internet has made it possible for anyone to launch and grow a business, without needing access to some of the same infrastructural elements that previous business owners and entrepreneurs required in the past. All it takes is a high quality product or service that satisfies a palpable pain point and it’s possible to be successful.However, as time has passed, these low barriers to starting a business have ultimately watered down many industries and forced small businesses t
  • 40% off HooToo 64GB Lightning Connector USB 3.0 Drive for iOS - Deal Alert

    40% off HooToo 64GB Lightning Connector USB 3.0 Drive for iOS - Deal Alert
    This small, rugged and blazing fast USB 3.0 key features 64GB of storage and an extended lightning connector that will fit all of your iOS devices, even with their cases attached. Quickly move files between your devices. Pack it with audio and video files and HooToo's built-in media app effortlessly plays them directly to your iPhone or iPad in most major formats including .mkv, .avi, and .mp4. Its aluminum alloy design is roughly the size of a house key and weighs only .25oz. Averages 4.5 out o
  • Tech companies want ICANN transition to happen as planned

    The U.S. government's plan to end its oversight of the internet's domain name system should move forward as promised, despite last-minute efforts by some Republican lawmakers to derail the process, a coalition of tech companies and trade groups said.The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) should end its supervision of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Oct. 1 as planned, said a letter signed by Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yah
  • FTC focuses on combating ransomware

    FTC focuses on combating ransomware
    Ransomware, where a hacker commandeers a user's computer files and threatens to permanently delete them unless an extortion payment is made, is on a sharp uptick and now ranks "among the most troubling cyberthreats," the head of the Federal Trade Commission is warning.[ Related: The history of ransomware ]FTC Chair Edith Ramirez addressed the issue at a recent forum that the agency convened to examine the spread of ransomware and explore strategies to combat the crime."The spate of ransomware in
  • 22% off Jaybird X2 Sport Wireless Bluetooth Headphones - Deal Alert

    22% off Jaybird X2 Sport Wireless Bluetooth Headphones - Deal Alert
    With a regular list price of $149.99, the current discount makes the Jaybird X2 Sport is now available with a 22% discount for this deal. Features include:Premium Bluetooth Audio For Skip-Free Music Outdoors
    8 Hours of Music + Calls With Complete Remote Controls
    Secure Over/Under-Ear Fit Options
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    Includes Comply Premium Sport Memory Foam Ear Tips, Patented Secure-Fit Ear Fins, Friction-Fit Silicone Sport Carrying Case, Silicone Ear Tips, Charging Cable & Cor
  • IDG Contributor Network: Hands on with Elementary OS Loki

    IDG Contributor Network: Hands on with Elementary OS Loki
    Elementary OS is a unique Ubuntu derivative that emphasizes the look and feel. The latest version of elementary OS (version 0.4), codenamed Loki was released last week.
    As a Linux user, I take personal interest in Elementary OS. I look at it as an OS that could be running on my own machines. I have been using it for a while on Dell XPS 13 (2016).What’s good about Loki?I must admit that elementary OS is one of the best looking Linux distributions out there. The elementary OS team really wo
  • SAS adds cognitive computing support

    SAS adds cognitive computing support
    At SAS's Analytics Experience conference in Las Vegas yesterday, the analytics powerhouse unveiled two new additions to its SAS Viya analytics platform aimed at supporting cognitive computing: SAS Visual Investigator and SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning."Cognitive computing is disruptive, combining technologies such as natural language processing, image processing, text mining and machine learning to augment human intelligence," Oliver Schabenberger, SAS executive vice president and C
  • Cisco/Apple bolster WiFi, business apps and voice collaboration with iOS 10 release

    Cisco/Apple bolster WiFi, business apps and voice collaboration with iOS 10 release
    The Cisco and Apple partnership has yielded a ton of new business features that include improved Wi-Fi connectivity, business app prioritization capabilities and the tighter integration of voice for collaboration – all via the today’s release of iOS 10 for Apple’s iPhone and iPad.
    Today’s announcement is a reflection of how important and integral mobile smartphones have become to businesses. For example Cisco earlier this year stated that smartphone traffic would exceed
  • 5 ways Cisco could become an iPhone's best friend

    5 ways Cisco could become an iPhone's best friend
    Favored status for Apple iPhones and iPads on Cisco Systems networks starts Tuesday, giving users better Wi-Fi roaming, integrated VoIP calls and priority for the most important business apps.
    The benefits that the two companies envisioned more than a year ago start to come to fruition with iOS 10, which comes out Tuesday. They are designed to give the Apple devices enhanced capabilities on Cisco enterprise networks. The deal is a recognition that mobile devices have become primary tools for ma
  • Career Roadmap: Making a career in DevOps

    Career Roadmap: Making a career in DevOps
    Variety is the spice of life, and it's also what makes a DevOps career endlessly fascinating and intriguing. But while DevOps requires an intimate knowledge of a myriad of technologies -- software, infrastructure, middleware, as well as business processes and operational best practices -- the most important skills to have for a successful DevOps career aren't technical at all: They're interpersonal, says Eric Sigler, head of DevOps at incident resolution software platform company PagerDuty."Crit
  • Empower your employees by embracing shadow IT

    Empower your employees by embracing shadow IT
    Shadow IT is often viewed as something that opens up businesses to data and security threats, leaving IT without control over business apps and services. But that attitude is changing as more businesses adopt a friendly attitude towards unconventional IT practices."Some CIOs certainly see 'shadow' IT as a negative, hence the less flattering terms 'feral' or 'rogue' IT, but more progressive CIOs know that, given today's technology and the increasing savvy of the business, it's in their best inter
  • Bottom line: Should you upgrade to iOS 10?

    Bottom line: Should you upgrade to iOS 10?
    Let’s cut right to the chase: iOS 10 looks great, works really well, and does more to freshen up the iOS experience than any update before it. It brings some pretty significant changes like the all-new lock screen behaviors, but iOS 10 still feels familiar enough that the new gestures become old hat after just a few days.
    The apps that got the biggest overhauls are, frankly, the apps that needed them: Music and Maps. The former is less of a mess in general, and the latter is easier to use
  • Is your security awareness training program working?

    Is your security awareness training program working?
    Employees at Axe Investment, the fictional firm of biollionaire Bobby Axelrod in Showtimes new series, Billions, were downright angry when they learned that surprise SEC raid was only a test. Axelrod, though, found the mock raid fruitful as it revealed the internal weak links of his organization.
    These are metrics that enterprises should be using to evaluate the success of their security awareness programs. In order for awareness training to work, it has to keep everyone in the enterprise, well
  • Which iPhones, iPads, and iPods support iOS 10?

    Which iPhones, iPads, and iPods support iOS 10?
    The iPhone 7 will ship out with iOS 10, but that doesn’t mean that you need a brand-new Apple device to install iOS 10.
    First previewed during WWDC, iOS 10 features a redesigned Lock screen, super-sized emoji and other iMessage apps, as well as Siri support for third-party services. After months in public beta, the official release of iOS 10 is finally here. You can install the free upgrade right now, but only on a iOS 10-compatible device from the list below.
    To upgrade your supported&nb
  • 6 questions CISOs need to ask about containers

    6 questions CISOs need to ask about containers
    Shoring up containersImage by ThinkstockContainer technology promises greater agility and efficiency when it comes to building and deploying applications, a critical ability in this age of zero tolerance for downtime and great expectations for capabilities on demand. But with any new technology comes new risk, and security professionals must be able to accurately determine the risk-reward balance of containers for their organizations. Lars Herrmann, general manager, Integrated Solutions Business
  • 25 awesome iOS 10 features that will change your life

    Dive into the feature-packed iOS 10Packed with new features, hidden functionalities, and third-party app integrations, iOS 10 has plenty to explore. Here are our favorite bells and whistles you can try for yourself once the official release is finally out.Facial recognition that's not creepyImage by AppleTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  • How Dyn is rising to the cloud challenge

    How Dyn is rising to the cloud challenge
    Trying to capture an end-to-end picture of application performance across a single enterprise is challenging enough. Providing that level of visibility for hybrid- and public-cloud-enabled applications presents a whole new level of difficulty. Enter Dyn, which is an early leader in the emerging internet performance management (IPM) market. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  • H-1B bill advances in House -- as does anxiety about it

    H-1B bill advances in House -- as does anxiety about it
    The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will vote on H-1B legislation aimed at closing a loophole that has made it inexpensive to replace U.S. workers with visa holders.
    But the bill, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Scott Peters (D-Calif.), is worrisome, as well. It may do little to protect U.S. workers from displacement, say critics, who fear the legislation -- if approved -- could be used as a cudgel against more comprehensive H-1B reforms.
    The “Protect and Grow
  • Why my older Chromebook has a right to live, even if Google says it's over

    Why my older Chromebook has a right to live, even if Google says it's over
    When I found out that Google plans to retire most Chromebooks after just five years, my thoughts raced to the Samsung’s Series 5 550 I bought four years ago. By Google's clock, this computer has a year left to live. I couldn't believe it'd all end so soon. I wouldn't believe.
    I bought the Series 5 550 while hopped up on the idea that all I needed from a computer was a web browser. At $450, it was pricey compared to what Chromebooks cost today, but fairly cheap for a laptop at th
  • Challenger nudges Java, Node.js for Swift app dev

    Challenger nudges Java, Node.js for Swift app dev
    PerfectlySoft is continuing to promote Apple's Swift language for use in server-side development with its modularized Perfect 2.0 framework, which will vie with Java and Node.js.
    Open source Perfect is for the server side of mobile application development, accommodating functions like back-end data access. PerfectlySoft CEO Sean Stephens has ambitions of competing with Node.js, the popular server-side JavaScript platform, and even Java. "There's a huge opportunity for enterprises and organizati
  • Canada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US

    Canada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US
    Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone.The Samsung Note7 smartphone battery has the potential to overheat and burn, posing a potential fire hazard, Health Canada, a Canadian federal government department said Monday.The problem with the lithium-ion batteries may, however, turn out to be more serious in the U.S. where already reports of over 70 cases have been received by Samsung, according to the Canadian a
  • Nvidia's updated Drive PX 2 computer will drive autonomous cabs

    Nvidia's updated Drive PX 2 computer will drive autonomous cabs
    Recent accidents involving Tesla cars may have been a setback for self-driving cars, but Nvidia believes a fast computer under the hood could make autonomous cars and cabs truly viable.The company's new Drive PX 2 model is a palm-sized computer for autonomous cars that will marry mapping with artificial intelligence for automated highway and point-to-point driving. The computer's horsepower will help a car navigate, avoid collisions and make driving decisions.The Drive PX 2 could be attractive t
  • Nvidia's new Pascal GPUs can give smart answers

    Nvidia's new Pascal GPUs can give smart answers
    Autonomous cars need a new kind of horsepower to identify objects, avoid obstacles and change lanes. There's a good chance that will come from graphics processors in data centers or even the trunks of cars.With this scenario in mind, Nvidia has built two new GPUs -- the Tesla P4 and P40 -- based on the Pascal architecture and designed for servers or computers that will help drive autonomous cars. In recent years, Tesla GPUs have been targeted at supercomputing, but they are now being tweaked for

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