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Shadow Brokers' latest leak reveals what could be zero day exploits for Windows 7, 8, XP and Server 2003. It also points to significant NSA reach in the Middle Eastern banking system, including Syria, Qatar, and Yemen.

The analytics firm's data shows that consumers now have considerable interest in VR, while augmented reality technology is expected to have considerable productivity benefits in the work environment. AR and VR is expected to have an compound annual growth rate of 58%.

Daqri has teamed with Heat Engine, headed by Xbox developer Seamus Blackley, to create instant 3D solutions from Daqri’s augmented reality technology.

A malicous email featuring an infected Word document is being used in a phishing scam. The DNSMessenger attack acts on PowerShell to infect a system.

Loook's latest app will provide BGC with detailed 3D landscape visualizations for use in mine and environment reclamation. The proof of concept integrates geological and monitoring datasets to visualize potential changes.

TSUBAME3.0 will utilize Nvidia Tesla P100 GPUs to reach up to 47 PFLOPS of AI computing power and 12.2 petaflops of double precision power.

The Mirai botnet now has a Windows variant via a C++ trojan. The virus can modify the registry, modify Microsoft SQL Databases, and identify and infect IoT devices. Security firms are rolling out updates for the new threat.

Though it would be hard to configure to different hardware, Xbox head Phil Spencer says Xbox 360 on PC is possible. Such an implementation would likely mitigate the issues of current third-party options.

Nokia’s Lumia 1020 camera has been used in a DNA sequencing analysis that is expected to help doctors perform targeted analysis on things like tumors.

The top search engine firm has unveiled its new Beijing lab and signals a future in which phone cameras and AR could help users navigate the Internet.

The Windows Defender team found that the Anniversary Update stopped two known zero day exploits with its mitigations. It would have achieved this with the need of a patch.

A backdoor in WhatsApp end-to-end encryption discovered last year is still active and could mean messages are actually not encrypted and can be read by third parties.

The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund will be based out of Harvard and MIT, and seeks to foster discussion about the social and economic impact of AI. According to Reid Hoffman, the initiative seeks to foster the good in AI and reduce harm.

Nearly half of respondents in a 1E survey say organizations are opting for an in-place Windows 10 upgrade and are missing out on Microsoft’s security features that come with a clean install.

Intel wants HERE data and services to develop its interest in autonomous and connected vehicles. The companies plan to jointly develop a highly scalable proof-of-concept architecture that supports real-time updates of high-definition (HD) maps.

The ability to create real-like touch feedback in mixed reality is one of the biggest challenges for Microsoft’s HoloLens. French company Immersion is using Ultrahaptics to bring touch to augmented reality.

The appropriately named ImageGate uses a method of embedding malware in images and graphic files and targets social networking websites for distribution.

The computer engineers were able to get the AI to learn about numbers and mass by imitating the interactions that babies have with the surrounding world, on a much simpler level.

On a global scale, mobile accounted for 51.3% of all internet usage in October. However, there is a different scenario in the US and UK and could the PC survive thanks to Microsoft’s Surface Studio?

A frequent visitors to Downing Street during previous Prime Ministers, Bill Gates is hoping to meet with Theresa May next week. Microsoft and the Gates Foundation have considerable presence in the UK and Gates has previously expressed worry about Brexit.