Fred O'Connor

Reporter

Fred O'Connor writes about wearables, Apple, IT careers, health IT and general technology news for the IDG News Service.

Toyota funds AI research to build autonomous cars

Jawbone responds to Up activity tracker criticisms with software update

Responding to customer complaints, Jawbone will add automatic sleep tracking to its Up line of trackers, among other new features.

Adblock Plus releases ad-blocking browser for Android, iOS

Adblock Plus will let users block ads that pop up when they're browsing the Web with mobile devices.

Blackberry buys Good Technology as it further expands into mobile device security

Blackberry buys Good Technology as it further expands into mobile device security

Blackberry placed rivalries aside and purchased Good Technology as the phone maker moves further into the mobile security market.

IDC lowers its 2015 outlook for the PC and tablet markets

IDC lowers its 2015 outlook for the PC and tablet markets

A strong U.S. dollar, a lack of interest in upgrading hardware and a surplus of notebooks will contribute to the declines

Android Wear update brings Google Translate to your wrist

An update to Android Wear will bring Google Translate and interactive watch faces to the wearable OS.

Puerto Rico is out as Project Ara's first test market, but Google isn't nixing the program

A series of mysterious tweets implied big changes were coming to the modular smartphone program

Samsung Pay joins crowded mobile wallet race

Google and Apple are just two of the rivals Samsung will face

FIS seeks to boost financial software portfolio with $9.1B Sungard acquisition

SunGard, owned for the past decade by a group of private equity firms, had been planning to launch an IPO

Tesla patches Model S after researchers hack car's software

With physical access to the car, the researchers were able to exploit six flaws and eventually access the infotainment system

Judge rules Apple iMessage lawsuit can't be tried as class-action case

User alleges iMessage doesn't deliver all text messages after people switch from iPhones to rival devices

Symantec: Well-heeled hacking group Black Vine behind Anthem breach

Black Vine has been active since 2012 and is behind several hacks targeting different industries

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