Imagine the following scenario. A phone rings. An office worker answers it and hears his boss, in a panic, tell him that she forgot to transfer money to the new contractor before she left for the day ...
By now, we’re all familiar with the term « metaverse. » Some believe the term is an immersive virtual reality where we escape the « real world, » moving through virtual environments with ease an...
Autonomous vehicle start-ups have raised billions of dollars based on promises to develop cars that can drive themselves. But it would seem that some experts and industry executives are beginning to d...
A survey of artificial intelligence researchers found that 36 per cent believe AIs could cause a catastrophe on the scale of nuclear war More than one-third of artificial intelligence researchers arou...
Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers. Revolut spokesperson Michael Bo...
Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute, the victim of Tuesday’s $160 million hack, has over $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt to several counterparties, according to on-chain data. The large...
Does the Metaverse need to be on a blockchain? Blockchain-based solutions have seen financial, legal, gaming and social applications, albeit at a relatively small scale over the last few years. Howeve...
Artificial intelligence thinkers seem to emerge from two communities. One is what I call blue-sky visionaries who speculate about the future possibilities of the technology, invoking utopian fantasies...
Every day, people throughout your organization make decisions—possibly hundreds of them—that either increase or decrease its sustainability. Which supplier should we choose? Do we procure green glass ...
Are coders doomed? That question has been bouncing around computer-programming communities ever since OpenAI’s large language model, GPT-3, surprised everyone with its ability to create html websites ...
As the weather gets hot and dry, things get a little bit tense these days. While it’s been possible for humans to be on the lookout for fires (there are even organizations that make it easy to volunte...
If someone showed you a photo of a crocodile and asked whether it was a bird, you might laugh—and then, if you were patient and kind, help them identify the animal. Such real-world, and sometimes dumb...
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has been asked by the Indian government and the central bank to introduce more stringent checks to help curb the use of illegal digital lending applications in In...
Chrome, comme la plupart des navigateurs aujourd’hui, peut enregistrer les mots de passe et en créer de nouveaux lors d’inscriptions. Les fonctions élémentaires d’un gestionnaire de mots de passe, en ...
Après plusieurs mois de bêta, QNAP met à jour son système d’exploitation pour ses NAS. Contrairement à ce que son numéro pourrait laisser penser, cette version 5.0.1 n’est pas mineure. Elle apporte d’...