Yes, telephony networks have a critical, underlying flaw. Unfortunately, so do IP networks.
Motherboard recently ran an article discussing how lobbyists for telecom companies were arguing that the vulnerabilities in their networks due…
Nokia 8 pictures, details leak… looks cheaper than the 6?
VentureBeat has a piece on the upcoming Nokia 8, HMD's flagship entry. It lists the customary high-end specs expected; Snapdragon…
Using the Speex codec in Java
JSpeex is a Java implementation of the Speex codec. By default, Java ships with either no encoding or the venerable…
Making WordPress fly on a single host
WordPress is an awesome tool for blogging. It is extremely feature rich out of the box, is complemented by a…
Oculus makes news for planning rumoured wireless headset. Join the club.
The unfortunately beleaguered headset maker Facebook Oculus made the news at Bloomberg for a rumoured wireless headset that, according to…
Hey Google vs OK Google: The screen makes an impact, but the logic is also subtly different
Thanks to the Nokia 6, I am now in possession of a Google Assistant phone. This gave me the perfect…
TensorFlow SSE 4.1 and other CPU flags: recompiling is easier than it seems
When running TensorFlow using the official binaries, something that will happen more often now that macOS builds no longer support…
Nokia 6 Amazon Edition: A look at the ad-enhanced phone
The Nokia 6: Amazon Edition is here, right in time for Prime Day. Unfortunately, for me, the Prime Day deals…
AI turning UI mockups into code? “Over 77% of the time”
Previously, I've covered both DNNs and voice assistants. Today, I look at a different use case for DNNs: generating source…
IBM’s Watson Speech-To-Text censors Dick Van Dyke’s… surname.
IBM's Watson Speech-to-Text comes with a built-in profanity filter. Unfortunately, Dick Van Dyke, a name that is the bane of…