There is little doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming almost every facet of human life. How far this transformation will go and what the full ramifications for society will be are still unknown, but this hasn’t prevented
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A rapidly growing number of companies are taking advantage of cryptocurrencies to raise massive amounts of funding through what are called initial coin offerings, or ICOs. It is not just technology companies that
In response to millions of people fleeing Florida in the face of Hurricane Irma, Tesla has “flipped a switch” in some of its cars to temporarily extend their range. Tesla cars receive software updates
There has been a flurry of activity on the dark Web this week. A hacker, claiming to be the author of the recent ransomware NotPetya, has surfaced on the dark Web. They’re offering the “master key”, which they claim can decrypt all
It would be nice to think that Uber’s problems are going to be fixed with the resignation of its CEO, Travis Kalanick. Of course, the shareholders who instigated the demand for his resignation were not necessarily expressing a
Apple is reportedly working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine, which would be dedicated to carrying out artificial intelligence (AI) processing on its mobile devices. The addition of this type of
The Facebook Live video of the murder of 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr by Steve Stephens has been watched at least 1,6m times. It took Facebook three hours to take the video down, and by that
WikiLeaks has released what it claims is the largest leak of intelligence documents in history. It contains 8 761 documents from the CIA detailing some of its hacking arsenal. The release, code-named “Vault 7” by WikiLeaks, covers documents
As the market leader, Fitbit has always been regarded as being synonymous with wearables in general. Its launch as a public company was at a point when the hype of wearables was at a peak with claims of the technology bring about a revolution in
Snapchat’s parent company Snap has filed for its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Hoping to raise US$3bn, the IPO would value Snap at between $20bn and $25bn, putting it at almost twice the expected valuation