Technology

AFP A middle-aged white man sees himself as a young black woman being taunted by a racist. A grandmother glimpses herself as a teen. A star athlete experiences what life would be like in a wheelchair. These are not plots of dystopian movies. They are experiences that take place in virtual reality, which technologists believe will be the next major ...

Bloomberg Marissa Mayer is hopeful of keeping her job leading Yahoo! Inc. even if the struggling Web pioneer changes hands. Under pressure from investors and facing a potential proxy fight, the chief executive officer has pledged to do what’s best for shareholders as Yahoo reviews alternatives for separating its core internet business from a stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ...

Relaxnews Amazon is working on a platform aimed at teachers and students. According to Techcrunch the platform will enable educators to host and share course materials and the company has already started targeting teachers with something called the Amazon Education Wait List. A message on the site reads –”Someday soon, educators everywhere will have free and unlimited access to first-class ...

Relaxnews A new update for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android users is now available and Adobe recommends downloading and installing it as soon as possible The latest patch – update version 21.0.0.182 – addresses 23 separate potential exploits including one that, according to Adobe, is already being used by hackers for nefarious reasons. Although a number of major websites from ...

Relaxnews Google has made a beta version of its new mobile operating system, Android N, available to developers on a handful of devices (the Nexus 5X, 6, 6P, 9, the Nexus Player and the Pixel C), revealing new features such as a multi-window mode, a simplified notifications system, new options for managing data use and enhanced battery saving. The main ...

Relaxnews Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a press event at which it is expected to unveil new iPhone and iPad models. In keeping with its practice, Apple revealed little about the event other than it will take place on March 21 at the company’s campus in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino in California. A message on copies ...

Relaxnews Lufthansa is adding new functions to its mobile app, bringing peace of mind to flyers worried about losing their bags. Now, if a case takes a wrong turn, passengers can send a forwarding order directly from their smartphone to get missing bags delivered to their door. What air passenger hasn’t nervously waited next to the baggage carousel, wrestling for ...

Relaxnews Barcelona, Spain, the Samsung Galaxy S7 went on sale worldwide on Friday. Samsung kept things pretty classic for this 2016 upgrade to its flagship handset. The 5.1-inch Galaxy S7 and 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 edge (with rounded edges) are similar in design to the current S6 and S6 edge, but get improved processing performance of around 30% and 4GB of ...

Washington / AFP Google has announced that it would implement changes in how it applies the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ for online searches made in Europe. The changes, to be implemented next week, would close a loophole that allowed Europeans to find deleted entries by using Google.com instead of the search page for their local country. “Starting next week, ...

SAN FRANCISCO / AP Amazon.com is introducing two devices designed to amplify the role its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in people’s homes and lives. The products are echoes of Amazon’s Echo, a cylinder-shaped speaker with Internet-connected microphones that became Alexa’s first major showcase when it debuted in late 2014. Set these gadgets up and they’ll listen for your voice and ...