Asia-Pacific internet address registry strategist says smaller nations get better access – when their broadband works The move to virtual meetings among internet governance bodies has had mixed results, according to Joyce Chen, a senior advisor for …
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Lees meerAll work and no play makes… you’re coming with us, you clown Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is heading back to jail after he pleaded guilty to defrauding several thousand people out of millions of dollars by pushing what he claimed was a new, bett…
Lees meerAnd you've told your users their info may be harvested by Amazon, right? Across regions, yeah? Did you know if you upload pictures, text, audio, code, and other content to some Amazon Web Services' AI systems for processing, the internet giant may q…
Lees meerCounterfeit and repurposed semiconductors still a problem If you're looking for cheap electronic sensors, the internet has lots of possibilities, but buyer beware: they aren't always exactly legit.…
Lees meer'Project Ubin' might be faster and cheaper than current tools, even for central banks Singapore’s experimental digital-ledger-powered payments service has proven itself ready to handle actual transactions in multiple currencies, according to the org…
Lees meerYou wanted an android butler? Well, first it's gotta learn to hold a wire, then we can talk about folding sheets Video An MIT team has built a robot that can plug cables into jacks.…
Lees meerMicrosoft, Google, Facebook and pals weigh in on F-1, M-1 visa lawsuit Big Tech has thrown its support behind a legal challenge to a Trump administration rule that will force foreign students to leave the US if their university courses are online-on…
Lees meerThe only winning move is... not to play? Verizon has turned to Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI to automate its customer-service phone calls and chatbot conversations.…
Lees meerAnalytics, automation set healthcare’s digital pulse racing Sponsored Digital transformation has never been more critical in the healthcare sector than in its response to COVID-19. Amid operational challenges that will likely remain in 2020 and bey…
Lees meerPlus: IB students kick up a stink over algorithm grading, and more In brief A man was charged after he was mistakenly identified as a thief by facial-recognition software used by the Detroit Police Department.…
Lees meerRedmond will retain stake in popular chatbot service Microsoft has kicked a five-year-old out onto the cold, hard Chinese streets by spinning off its Xiaobing (or Xiaoice) business.…
Lees meerNationwide network operator gets into tizzy with chimney owners IoT biz Sigfox’s British network operator WND-UK has stopped paying people who host its network aerials on their roofs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, WND-UK has pledged to m…
Lees meerInvestigation follows Canada's decision to give image-scraping biz the boot Following Canada's lead earlier this week, privacy watchdogs in Britain and Australia today launched a joint investigation into how Clearview AI harvests and uses billions o…
Lees meerWith air travel in a horrible hole it’s ahead of its time in a weirdly viral way The beardy-Branson backed company attempting to build a new supersonic airliner will reveal its tech to the world in October.…
Lees meerThey're more than happy to take Uncle Sam's coin no matter the protests from some corners of Silicon Valley Despite all those protests, internal and external, by tech workers against their employers' selling AI to the US military, the Pentagon’s Joi…
Lees meerPeggy Johnson will take over after she approached ailing upstart Augmented-reality flop Magic Leap has received an unexpected credibility boost: a top Microsoft exec has jumped ship, and will take over as CEO in August.…
Lees meerMicroprocessor core designer says it just wants to focus on designing microprocessor cores Arm today said it hopes to transfer its Internet-of-Things management cloud to its owner Softbank so that the chip designer can focus on its primarily functio…
Lees meerPlus: Experts back a national cloud for ML research In brief Cops in Detroit have admitted using facial-recognition technology that fails to accurately identify potential suspects a whopping 96 per cent of the time.…
Lees meerPlus: IBM emits BlueGene/Q CPU blueprints – and 'fastest' open-source RISC-V core emerges If you're doodling your own computer chip yet wondering if you'll ever see it physically manufactured, Google is offering to fabricate it for you for free.…
Lees meerPrivately owned vehicles still illegal on public highways, however Electric scooters are finally coming to the UK after the Department for Transport confirmed it would allow limited trials of rented two-wheelers from this weekend.…
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