Over recent weeks, a split has emerged between two different types of Coronavirus contact-tracing – the so-called centralised and decentralised versions. Both types use Bluetooth signals to log when smartphone owners are close to each […]
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Security Flaws Found in NHS Contact-Tracing App
Wide-ranging security flaws have been flagged in the Covid-19 contact-tracing app being piloted in the Isle of Wight. The security researchers involved have warned the problems pose risks to users’ privacy and could be abused […]
Crisis Drives Changes in eCommerce Purchasing Behaviors
The COVID-19 crisis is driving the global growth of eCommerce sales, with millions of consumers worldwide in quarantine shopping for goods, services and entertainment online. Transaction volumes in most retail sectors have seen a 74 […]
SpaceX’s Historic Astronaut Launch
On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in a mission called Demo-2. It will mark the first time in history that a commercial aerospace company […]
How Has Social Media Usage Changed?
As usage soars, what are social media platforms doing to help support and inform users? As a large chunk of the global population hunkers down in isolation away from their friends and family, technology has […]
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story. Hutchins saved the internet from what was, […]
Elon Musk’s relationship with the A.I. community
Multiple AI researchers from different companies told CNBC that they see Musk’s AI comments as inappropriate and urged the public not to take his views on AI too seriously. The smartest computers can still only […]
Navy Reports Describe Encounters With UFO
While some of the encounters have been reported publicly before, the Navy records are an official accounting of the incidents, including descriptions from the pilots of what they saw. Navy fighter pilots reported close encounters […]
AI Models Can’t Comprehend Humans During Pandemic
Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks —forcing humans to step in to set them straight. When covid-19 hit, we started buying things we’d never bought before. The shift was sudden: the mainstays […]