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Apple Execs challenge interviewers to bend the iPhone Air

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:14:01 +0000

During an interview, senior Apple execs put the iPhone Air to the test by challenging people to bend it. This is how it went. Read more...

Uber challenge will give you $1,000 if you ditch your car for a while

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:40:01 +0000

Uber's new experiment will give $1,000 to people who can ditch their cars for some time. The participants will have to record experiences using transport modes like public transit and rideshare. Read more...

Real or fake voice? FTC gives you $25,000 if you help solve huge tech challenge of AI era

Martin Hodás — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:30:01 +0000

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is now accepting submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge, aiming to counter the misuse of AI tools able to generate synthetic voices of real persons. Read more...

Microsoft reveals details of requests filed by U.S. government to access customer data

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has disclosed details of three cases where it fought secrecy orders issued by the U.S. government accessing customer data. The orders came from federal courts in Maryland and New York. Read more...

Sony launches PS4 Tournaments: Challenger Series, a seasonal gaming competition

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:34:01 +0000

A new event for PlayStation 4 owners has been announced called PS4 Tournaments: Challenger Series. The seasonal tournament starts August 6 where participants stand a chance to win prizes in real life. Read more...

Engineering students develop fastest Hyperloop pod

Paul Hill — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:18:01 +0000

Warr University has set a new record with its Hyperloop pod, managing to reach speeds of 467km/h, up from the previous record of 323km/h, which it also set. Musk envisaged pods travelling 1,200km/h. Read more...

Microsoft's Minecraft-based Malmo Challenge puts collaborative AI to the test

Gabriel Nunes — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:24:01 +0000

Most AI-based software focus only on outperforming humans, but the development of collaborative AI is also of great importance. Microsoft's Malmo Challenge goal is to further understand how to do it. Read more...

Intel giving out $1.3 million for great wearable ideas

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 20 May 2014 07:57:45 +0000

Intel is pushing its vision of a future filled with wearables by giving out money for great new ideas. The top 10 contestants in its Make it Wearable challenge will receive funding for their projects Read more...

Windows Phone reportedly gets 'smoked' by Android but does not pay up [Update]

Brad Sams — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:37:46 +0000

The ‘Smoked by Windows Phone' campaign hit a snag when an individual who claims they bested a Windows Phone device in a race, was denied a prize. Read more...

Google aims Online Marketing Challenge at Students

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:09:30 +0000

Students from anywhere in the world can sign up for the Google Online Marketing Challenge, a hands-on competition which will give undergraduate and post-graduate students direct experience with online advertising and marketing. Student groups will... Read more...

MTV, RealNetworks Challenge Apple Music

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:57:39 +0000

Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks and digital media company RealNetworks announced Tuesday a digital music joint venture that will compete with Apple's dominant trinity of the iTunes store, iPod player and iPhone. MTV will merge its... Read more...

Sport Airplane Wins NASA Challenge

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:39:53 +0000

The US Space Agency NASA has just awarded $250,000 in prize money this weekend to teams competing in a personal aircraft vehicle race sponsored by the Cafe Foundation at the Charles Schultz Sonoma County Airport... Read more...

Broadband challenge faces Britain

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:35:12 +0000

Time is running out to get the UK in shape to cope with the next wave of net use, says a report. Tough decisions on how to encourage telecoms firms to build faster networks must... Read more...

Russian Satellites To Challenge America's GPS Monopoly

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:28:15 +0000

Russia's space agency is preparing to launch eight satellites that will nearly complete a system designed to compete directly, by 2009, with the existing global positioning system technology of the United States. GLONASS (Global Navigation... Read more...

Linux users challenge Microsoft to "Show Us The Code"

Steven Parker — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:10:39 +0000

Spy @ Bink.nu reports: In a move that hardly has me falling off my chair with surprise, a group of Linux supporters have issued an open challenge to Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer to "Show Us... Read more...

WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:30:30 +0000

Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. U.S. cities and companies are eyeing an emerging technology known as WiMax as a way to make high-speed wireless... Read more...

RADEON X850 XT 512MB: Not a Significant Design Challenge

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:36:35 +0000

ATI Technologies showcased on Thursday its first graphics card with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, especially noticing that the design challenge about the actual board was not that serious. Still, it is yet unclear whether and... Read more...

Intel CEO: Dual-Core Design Addresses Power Challenge

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:46:21 +0000

Intel Corp.'s decision to move to a multicore architecture for its next-generation CPUs is a recognition that the computer industry is facing an increasing power-management challenge in its chip designs, Intel CEO Craig Barrett said... Read more...

EFF challenge privacy ruling

Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:24:38 +0000

Back in June, a court ruled that a ISP who read users emails (without consent) had not acted illegally. Essentially, a Bookstore owner who offered free email accounts via his website monitored emails from competitors,... Read more...

Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 Beta Challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:41:37 +0000

Ever wondered what perks there are to being a Microsoft beta tester? In the latest communication with its beta testers on the Live Communications Server program tests have (like on most beta's) been given the... Read more...

MS announces Rallisport 2 challenge

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:04:34 +0000

Microsoft is offering Rallisport Challenge 2 fans the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the LG super racing weekend in Belgium at the end of July - as part of its latest Xbox Live... Read more...

Microsoft to Cut Price of Xbox to Challenge Sony

Marcel Klum — Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:31:42 +0000

Thank you Toxikk :) Microsoft Corp. is taking its videogame battle with Sony Corp. to a new low in the U.S. The American company is laying plans to drop the price... Read more...

Nokia faces challenge to Symbian purchase

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:02:27 +0000

Symbian shareholders are considering blocking a move by mobile handset manufacturer Nokia to take a majority stake in the UK-based mobile phone software company. Psion has agreed to sell its 31.1pc stake in Symbian to... Read more...

Intel faces tough 2004 DDR-2 challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:37:13 +0000

SENIOR MEMORY analyst Nam Hyung Kim at iSuppli said in a weekly report that in his view it's unlikely Intel will succeed in shifting the market to DDR-2 during 2004. According to Kim, the major... Read more...

Sharman to challenge court order

Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:10:16 +0000

Lawyers representing Sharman Networks on Tuesday informed the Federal Court of Australia they intend to challenge the validity of the court order that resulted in raids at several locations across Australia last week. ... Read more...

The Windows Server 2003 Challenge Contest

Tom Warren — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:36:16 +0000

Are you an Information Technology professional or a service partner with customers using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server System integrated server software? If so, enter the Microsoft sponsored "Windows Server 2003 Challenge" and... Read more...

MS XSN Sports Brand to Include RalliSport Challenge 2

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:19:08 +0000

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that "RalliSport Challenge 2," the highly anticipated second installment in the internationally acclaimed "RalliSport Challenge" franchise, will be the first Xbox® racing title in the new XSN Sports brand. The... Read more...

Microsoft CEO says security woes challenge innovation

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:45:03 +0000

Security woes threaten innovation in the computer industry, but they also offer an opportunity to innovate that the industry should seize, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday. "Today we're faced with another new and... Read more...

Hackers' challenge Web site goes dark

Fri, 04 Jul 2003 04:10:29 +0000

One day after news broke about an online contest for malicious hackers, the Web site set up for the contest is offline and security experts are casting doubt on the severity of the threat posed... Read more...

Novell may challenge SCO Linux claims

Wed, 28 May 2003 10:47:38 +0000

Novell, the second of in the chain of four companies to own rights to the Unix operating system, is expected to challenge rights infringement claims that the current owner of those rights, SCO Group, is... Read more...

IDSA To Challenge Washington State Law

Marcel Klum — Wed, 21 May 2003 18:51:43 +0000

In a report from Reuters today, The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) stated that it would challenge the bill signed yesterday by Washington State Gov. Gary Locke, in court. The bill makes it... Read more...

Digital copyright law up for a challenge

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:10:38 +0000

As the deadline approaches for public comment on the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the US, experts are offering advice on how to persuade the feds to allow exemptions that change access controls on... Read more...

Sun presents XML Office challenge to Microsoft

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:01:33 +0000

Sun Microsystems Corp has floated a series of XML-based specifications designed to crack-open Microsoft Corp's Office monopoly and improve interoperability with StarOffice. Sun has lined-up partners to form a technical committee at... Read more...

RalliSport Challenge demo

Marcel Klum — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:31:36 +0000

Get behind the wheel of 4 cars from the game's 29 machines on 4 very different tracks. Test your skill against 3 AI cars in each contest and fight through nasty weather conditions. Glare, ice,... Read more...

ATI - VE3D Unreal Tournament 2003 Deathmatch Challenge

Marcel Klum — Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:37:17 +0000

ATI Technologies Inc. today announced that the grand-prize winner of the upcoming ATI - VE3D Unreal Tournament 2003 Deathmatch Challenge - sponsored by ATI and VE3D.com - will receive the award-winning RADEON 9700 PRO (valued... Read more...

Mozilla group catches bug challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 13:14:13 +0000

In a tech industry equivalent to guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar, the development group behind the Mozilla browser is challenging geeks to guess the exact date and time when the project's... Read more...

Microsoft Visual Studio "Everett" Beta Challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Oct 2002 07:29:20 +0000

Thanks code_red ELIGIBILITY No purchase necessary. The Challenge is open to all beta testers who are registered to participate in the Free Microsoft Visual Studio "Everett" beta test program. You... Read more...

SiS, S3 prepare to challenge discrete graphics leaders

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:00:15 +0000

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) and S3 Graphics Inc. are preparing to face off against PC graphics leaders as they strive to maintain share in value and mainstream applications with newly launched discrete graphics controllers.... Read more...

Let's Challenge Linux Security Assumptions

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 11:38:07 +0000

or rather, let Paul Thurrott do that :) This is a follow-up to an earlier posting of Paul's, "Windows More Secure Than Linux? Yep!" Heres what Paul says in his follow-up: When... Read more...

Court approves cloning challenge

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:46:25 +0000

I thought this might interest you although it's not tech related :P The Court of Appeal has allowed a government challenge to a High Court decision that wrecked legislation designed to regulate cloning.... Read more...