Techno-News Blog. Microsoft’s conversational system for speech recognition has achieved a 5.1 percent error rate, its best performance to date and at a level of parity with human transcribers. Next steps include deeper understanding of meaning. More...

Techno-News Blog. A new paradigm of transaction execution called blockchain could eliminate the need for all of these middlemen. In a blockchain, transactions are verified by distributed nodes, and anyone can join or leave the network as they please without disrupting the network’s ability to form consensus on transactions. More...

Techno-News Blog. This year, IT spending across industries will increase by 4.5 percent, rising to $2.1 trillion, and then increase by another 4 percent in 2018. IDC, which conducted the research, indicates that cloud infrastructure and mobile devices will be the source of the upswing. More...

Techno-News Blog. Shipments of wearable devices continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, showing a 10.3 percent improvement over the same period last year, according to a new report from International Data Corp. (IDC). More...

Techno-News Blog. Any faculty member who has looked out at a sea of open laptops in class can tell you that the devices are the go-to technology for college and university students today. More...

Techno-News Blog. Nearly four in five, 77 percent, of education institutions are unprepared for IT risks, according to a new survey from Netwrix. More...

Techno-News Blog. Colleges and universities are subject to various laws and regulations regarding the accessibility of the IT resources they provide. Accessibility leadership can and should come from different levels of an organization. More...

Techno-News Blog. The controversial issue of whether or not students should be allowed to use laptops in class has had many outspoken people on both sides. Proponents of laptop use in class definitely have a compelling case. More...

Techno-News Blog. A lack of widely available broadband is correlated to a smaller percentage of residents with college degrees or certificates. That’s the suggestion of a presentation made recently in Florida to the Higher Education Coordinating Council. More...

Techno-News Blog. How can we help students chart a course for themselves and prepare them for the careers and gigs of an AI world. More...