Data
A data ‘black hole’: Europol ordered to delete vast store of personal data
The EU’s police agency, Europol, will be forced to delete much of a vast store of personal data that it has been found to have [… Read more ]
Mois : janvier 2022
Cybersecurity
Meta Says Its AI Can Lip Read to Boost Speech Recognition
The main technique that is used during face to face communication is speech, but this involves a lot more than just listening to the words [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure
ON NOVEMBER 26, the World Health Organization designated the strain of coronavirus surging in South Africa a “variant of concern” and christened it Omicron. The next day, University of [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
DeepMind’s David Silver on games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters
David Silver thinks games are the key to creativity. After competing in national Scrabble competitions as a kid, he went on to study at Cambridge [… Read more ]
Robots
5 mistakes robotics startups should avoid
Years ago, robots were inflexible, hard to program, stationary and, except for industries with long production runs, cost-prohibitive. Plus, they were blind, deaf, incapable of [… Read more ]
Fintech
China is pushing for broader use of its digital currency, but challenges remain
China is ramping up efforts to roll out the digital yuan to the broader population, as the country’s technology giants like Alibaba and Tencent jump [… Read more ]
Bitcoin
WHY AREN’T MORE WOMEN INTO BITCOIN?
If you could inspire one group of people to embrace Bitcoin, which would it be? A whole country? Bond traders? Family office managers? While any [… Read more ]
Fintech
European VC predictions: What’s in store for 2022?
Investors are preparing for another record year of European venture capital activity, but frothy valuations, overseas competition and accessing talent are among the potential headwinds. [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
Apache Log4j Vulnerability
On Dec 9, 2021, the world was alerted to the Log4j vulnerability [CVE-2021-44228 aka Log4Shell]. Tock… Most likely bad actors already knew about this prior [… Read more ]
Bitcoin
Binance.US Is Building an Office in the Solana Metaverse
Crypto exchange Binance.US is building a space in Portals, a metaverse platform built on the Solana blockchain. Portals recreates a dense urban environment where users can explore [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
A.I. could make your company more productive—but not if it makes your people less happy
Artificial intelligence is all about productivity, right? A.I.-based software programs, such as Hubstaff, record keyboard strokes, mouse movements, and the websites employees visit when they [… Read more ]
Metaverse
Apple said to have ruled out a metaverse for its mixed reality headset
Don’t expect Apple to follow others into the metaverse. According to the latest newsletter from Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple has rejected the idea of a metaverse (in this case, [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
The ambient intelligence decade
Technology zoomed ahead in 2020 and 2021, spurred in large part by the global pandemic. Companies embraced digital transformation and AI, driven by a need to [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
AI Weekly: The implications of self-driving tractors and coming AI regulations
It’s 2022, and developments in the AI industry are off to a slow — but nonetheless eventful — start. While the spread of the Omicron [… Read more ]
Cybersecurity
Algorithms that detect cancer can be fooled by hacked images
Artificial intelligence programs that check medical images for evidence of cancer can be duped by hacks and cyberattacks, according to a new study. Researchers demonstrated that [… Read more ]