Gradient review – Macworld UK

Gradient full review Gradient is a cheap and cheerful program for creating CSS3 colour transitions. These can be used for page backgrounds, buttons and other block elements on your website. Web design has come a long way from the days when animated GIFs and blinking text were de rigueur. Developers have much more control over…

NXP expands UWB portfolio for IoT smart locks and RTLS tags

Dutch chip-maker NXP Semiconductors has expanded its ultra-wideband (UWB) portfolio to include new integrated circuits (ICs) for IoT use cases including smart locks and real-time location system (RTLS) tags. UWB technology, a one-time competitor of Wi-Fi and some-time facility for military surveillance, has seen a resurgence, suddenly, following its inclusion in smartphones from Apple and…

How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be the model

After a wide-ranging 16-month investigation, a congressional subcommittee examining dominance in the technology industry last week recommended more than two dozen updates to the U.S. antitrust system, including implementing nondiscrimination rules that would limit “preferential or discriminatory treatment” by dominant platforms. But such rules can be hard to enforce, experts said, and attempts by the…

New Framework Released to Protect Machine Learning Systems From Adversarial Attacks

Microsoft, in collaboration with MITRE, IBM, NVIDIA, and Bosch, has released a new open framework that aims to help security analysts detect, respond to, and remediate adversarial attacks against machine learning (ML) systems. Called the Adversarial ML Threat Matrix, the initiative is an attempt to organize the different techniques employed by malicious adversaries in subverting…

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 Review

The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 has a decent stereo frequency response. While it really lacks a thumpy low-bass, it’s still able to produce punch and boom. Since it has a v-shaped sound profile overall, its mid-range is well-balanced while its treble range is bright, making it especially well-suited for rock and pop music. It’s still…