Articles by Peter Grad
Tech Xplore / Homeland Security warns of Windows worm
The Homeland Security's cybersecurity advisory division is cautioning Windows 10 users of the possibility of a wave of cyberattacks due to the recent publication of an exploit code.
Tech Xplore / Apple patents socially-distant selfies
Apple has been granted a patent for software that creates socially-distant group selfies.
Tech Xplore / Google Search shaves seconds with snippet-to-source feature
The columnist George Will once said of baseball that it is a game "measured in inches and seconds."
Tech Xplore / Digital Braille speaker communicates using mid-air pulses
Researchers at Bayreuth University have developed a digital-age speaker system that permits the blind to read Braille using ultrasound waves in mid-air.
Tech Xplore / Raspberry unveils new 8GB Pi 4 and 64-bit OS
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally released the 8GB version of the Pi 4.
Tech Xplore / Research finds some AI advances are over-hyped
Is it possible some instances of artificial intelligence are not as intelligent as we thought?
Tech Xplore / Wallpaper image crashing Android phones
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but apparently one image is worth potentially thousands of headaches for Android users recently.
Tech Xplore / Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation
The world's largest all-electric plane has successfully completed a test flight, the first step in a long process its developers say will led to an era of low-cost, pollution-free air travel.
Tech Xplore / Report: Most Chrome security bugs rooted in faulty memory code
Google researchers have revealed that nearly three-quarters of all Chrome web browser security bugs stem from memory coding problems. They say their means of combatting memory management vulnerabilities through isolating ...
Tech Xplore / German firm introducing game-changing solar-wind-wave energy platform
A German power firm will launch demonstrations of a one-of-a-kind, triple-threat power generating platform off Iraklio, Greece, later this year.
Tech Xplore / New jailbreak tool unlocks almost all iPhones
A new jailbreak tool that works on almost all iPhones in use today was released Saturday.
Tech Xplore / Digital device serves up a taste of virtual food
We're used to measuring our digital devices by how fast they are, how clear the sound is, how crisp the display is, how large the storage capacity is.
Tech Xplore / Pac-Man reinvented by Nvidia AI on its 40th birthday
Forty years ago Friday the most popular video game of all time was released.
Tech Xplore / Bluetooth flaw allows impersonation of trusted devices
A flaw in a Bluetooth protocol is leaving millions of devices vulnerable to attacks, according to a study released by a Swiss research institute.
Tech Xplore / Microsoft OpenAI computer is world's 5th most powerful
Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has built the fifth most powerful computer on Earth.