Google Lens helps make your smartphone camera smarter. Point your phone at text, and Lens translates. Point your phone at a restaurant, and Lens shows you reviews and images of menu items. Focus on a flower, and Lens tries to identify it. In part, Google Lens relies on machine learning to identify objects. For example, ...

When you’re convinced that it is time to move business applications away from bare metal servers, should you choose virtual machines (VMs) or containers and why? To learn more check out this free TechRepublic PDF download, From the download: Experts say it’s important to understand that virtual machines and containers aren’t mutually exclusive. The basic ...

The traditional Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) model goes something like this: Planning Implementation Testing Documentation Deployment and maintenance Maintaining The SDLC model has been used for years and it has served the industry well. However, with the advent and widespread usage of containerized applications, the old model doesn’t really work all that well. Why? ...

If you live within the realm of IT, chances are you’ve heard of Kubernetes. This is especially true if your company is of the enterprise sort. But, if you’ve managed to duck and dodge your way out of Kubernetes influence, you might be wondering what exactly is this technology. Learn more about Kubernetes in this ...

Although many manufacturers introduced products that leveraged a stylus–including everything from the Apple Newton to the Philips Nino–when Apple introduced its digital Pencil in 2015, it truly changed the way users work with tablet computers. Whereas previous styluses enabled writing and drawing, the Apple Pencil produced a remarkably different experience; the pressure a user applies ...

A new 3D printer has the software and material to create a synthetic heart that is as squishy as the real thing. Stratasys announced the new printer, along with three new materials and new software to power the whole platform. From the download: The J750 Digital Anatomy 3D Printer turns out hearts as close to ...

Business travelers are some of the most at-risk victims of cyberattacks, but don’t seem to realize it, according to an IBM Security report conducted by Morning Consult. The transportation industry has become the second-most attacked industry, and since January 2018, some 566 million records have been either leaked or compromised in the travel industry, the ...

Some people use Google Sheets to manage text. For example, some people use a Google Sheet with rows and columns that contain detailed descriptions of specific software features; others use a Google Sheet to serve as a planning and/or project tracking tool, with text that describes key project milestones, details, and future actions. These Google ...

The total number of security vulnerabilities reported increased 92% over the last year, according to Bugcrowd’s report Priority One: The State of Crowdsourced Security in 2019. The top five vulnerabilities discovered by security researchers were broken access control, sensitive data exposure, server security misconfiguration, broken authentication and session management, and cross-site scripting—most of which are ...

Consider where we were on December 31, 1999: Nobody was quite sure what would happen to computer systems when the clock struck midnight; security mattered but not in the post-September 11 way of constant cyberwar; legacy companies like Digital Equipment Corp. were still relevant although under the Compaq banner; broadband internet access was just beginning ...