Twitter is ending “Fleets,” the temporary tweet program. The company cited an overall lack of popularity with users and no surge in new accounts as reasons for abandoning the mechanic. Twitter is the top news platform on social media. […]
Tech giants in China face fines over monopolies and the handling of user data. Chinese businesses like Didi, Alibaba, and Tencent have been hit hard by antitrust regulators crying foul over potentially monopolistic practices and privacy concerns. However, China is building an extensive “social credit system.” […]
New security robots are fulfilling archetypal human role: the old-fashioned beat cop. The autonomous bots have been purchased by real estate groups and similar companies to patrol neighborhoods at a walking pace, looking for crime. Humanoid robots face many hurdles. […]
Deepfakes are doctored images and videos passed on as real and meant to deceive. Technology has advanced to the point that deepfakes are difficult to discern from real videos, causing misinformation concerns. Facebook claims to have made a breakthrough. […]
Protecting yourself with strong passwords in cyberspace is a must. It’s important to avoid easily-guessable passwords like “password” or cultural references like “Frodo.” One lawmaker Tweeted a picture that had his password on a sticky note. […]
Using robotic appendages affects our brain activity governing related body parts. While prosthetics have often been used to fill in for missing or failing body parts, there’s another side to the coin. Prosthetics can “replace” or “enhance.” […]
Once “cutting-edge,” the lithium-ion battery may soon be a thing of the past. An Australian manufacturing company claims to have developed an aluminum-ion battery that charges in 1/60th the time. Lithium-ion broke the mold in the 1990s. […]
Popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin is no longer acceptable tender at Tesla. Its mining and encryption measures involve a taxing computer process that many call an “environmental disaster.” What makes it so environmentally unfriendly? […]
Artificial intelligence recently broke a record by selling a painting for $700,000. The painting was a collaboration between a robot named Sophia and a human counterpart. How does the public respond to computer-made art? […]
X-rays were recently used to read a letter that was folded and locked shut. The 300-year-old correspondence gave up its secrets without being broken thanks to hyper-sensitive scanning equipment. X-ray tech uses atomic electrons for its imagery. […]
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