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 that people say. Reading someone’s lips can also be a crucial...
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 British Columbi...
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 and co-found a video game company. Later, after earnin...
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 tactile sensing, uninte...
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 on board. But will Chinese citizens — who already u...
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 of these groups would have a major impact if, say, 5% o...
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. European start...
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 to Dec 9th as it’s been reported that the vu...
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 buildings and intera...
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 work. Tim...
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, an all-vi...
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 connect remote workers, improve efficiency...
It’s 2022, and developments in the AI industry are off to a slow — but nonetheless eventful — start. While the spread of the Omicron variant put a damper on in-person conferences, enterprises aren’t l...
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 a computer program cou...
La FTC menace de sanctionner les entreprises qui ne corrigeraient pas Log4j. En toile de fond, une condamnation exemplaire déjà infligée à Equifax. Pas envie de finir comme Equifax ? Patchez Log4j. La...