Industry

China likely to become No. 1 in supercomputing this week

With 3.1 million cores and the ability to run at speeds of 55 petaflops, the Tianhe-2 is expected to take first place on the Top500 list this week.

Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers

Investigating robberies or searching for missing persons are among the most common reasons for requests, Apple said

Samsung’s next big thing – born in the USA?

The leading smartphone maker is opening startup accelerators as it seeks to gain an edge over the competition

Internet Society urges transparency in intellectual property discussions

The nonprofit group proposed a set of principles aimed at improving IP discussions

802.11ac: Meaningless, or Just Misunderstood?

I’ve had some truly amazing conversations regarding the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac standard in recent weeks, and the controversy here is fascinating – and also of way more than passing interest to the future of enterprise WLANs.

Facebook to announce mysterious new product next week

'A small team has been working on a big idea,' a letter to the media says

Digital surveillance programs in other countries trigger controversy

Details about surveillance programs in the UK, Germany and India are sketchy, but the US is not alone in electronic data collection

As once-mighty Symbian enters hospice, will it be missed?

Facebook sets new product reveal for June 20

Company sends out press invitations, though no word on what's coming

Oxford English Dictionary breaks own rule, lists ‘tweet’

Other techie words like 'live blog,' 'flash mob,' 'search engine optimization' and '3d Printer' are also added