In an unmarked, windowless building at a confidential location, bad things happen to good hardware.
Surface Pens are forced to scribble nonstop for months. Packaged Surface devices crash hard inside a “shock tower.” And Surface laptops endure a grievous gauntlet – tests mimicking a lifetime of exposure to high heat, deep cold, rain, humidity, dust, fog, chemicals and ultraviolet radiation. (more…)
• Young adults lax on passwords, more comfortable with biometric and multifactor authentication
• People now prioritize security over convenience when logging into apps
CAMBRIDGE, MA – 29 Jan 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today released a global[1] study examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, which found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into applications and devices. Generational differences also emerged showing that younger adults are putting less care into traditional password hygiene, yet are more likely to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password managers to improve their personal security. (more…)
Julie Dorsey is a Computer Science professor at Yale and the founder of Mental Canvas, a software company that is developing a new class of graphical-media-design system that lies between 2D drawing and 3D computer-aided design. The Mental Canvas technology was used in an animated spatial sketch of the coming new building for the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY). Below, Julie talks about her vision, her process and encouraging innovative thinking in students. (more…)
German reinsurance company Munich Re has been collecting and analysing data on natural catastrophes for over forty years, building up a unique knowledge base. (more…)
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and ARMONK, NY – 16 Jan 2018: A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. (more…)
IBM Inventors Receive Record 9,043 Patents in 2017 in Areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing
ARMONK, N.Y. – 09 Jan 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,043 patents in 2017, marking the company’s 25th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership and crossing the 100,000-patent milestone. The new patents were granted to a diverse group of more than 8,500 IBM researchers, engineers, scientists and designers in 47 different U.S. states and 47 countries. (more…)
Two years ago, Chad Corzine was exhausted, overweight and working 16-hour days for his father’s company. After a particularly grueling month of work travel, he decided to eat better and grow his own veggies on his small apartment balcony in Los Angeles. It was no easy feat. (more…)
A team of Brown students led by the University’s virtual reality artist-in-residence have created an immersive experience to expose new generations of students to a dramatic, historically important Revolutionary War event. (more…)
