The U.S. government’s highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla’s Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made the detailed request in an 11-page letter sent to the electric car maker that was dated Tuesday. The letter is part of a wide-ranging investigation […]
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MTN Cameroon appealed for a license to deploy and operate a trial for 5G networks from the country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Board, aiming to provide Cameroonians entry to more modernized uses of information technologies, Business in Cameroon reports. Local media reported that the subsidiary of the South African telecommunications company MTN Group, MTN Cameroon (MTNC), has […]
Philippines operator Parasat Cable TV has selected Harmonic’s CableOS Cloud-Native Core Platform to modernize its broadband operations. Harmonic is expected to enable Parasat Cable TV to expand broadband capacity and bring internet access to subscribers. The Cable TV is replacing a legacy and proprietary Huawei Remote MAC-PHY with Harmonic’s standards-based DAA that includes the CableOS […]
Hugely popular online games and celebrity culture in China are the latest targets in the ruling Communist Party’s campaign to encourage the public to fall in line with its vision for a powerful, more wholesome country. The message? Play less, study and work more. Rules that take effect Wednesday cut the amount of game time […]
Microsoft’s accommodations to President Joe Biden’s executive order to hinder cyberattacks on the U.S. will support public and private sectors in establishing the right infrastructure for a bolstered up Zero Trust network security model. After a full year of ransomware and supply chain attacks, Microsoft is one of 18 cybersecurity firms selected to work in […]
China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector. Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays starting […]
Every few days, my 8-year-old son, Neal, asks if he can “earn something” on Roblox, a popular online video game platform. That’s his way of suggesting I buy him Robux, the platform’s currency, in exchange for him doing a chore or extra academic assignment. While I usually decline these requests, his persistence made me wonder […]
Understanding Apple’s approach to success is simple; it focuses on innovating around an already-existing product, advancing it to levels that embed it in an ecosystem of software and services. So, for users expecting to get their hands on the upcoming iPhone 13, you should note that the already-existing functions will likely stay the same; except […]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed on Thursday that at least 10 governmental agencies such as the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented facial recognition technology into its systems, disclosing a debatable use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In a previous report, GAO also publicized how federal agencies acquired useful […]
Earlier this week, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) removed the 80 Million Tiny Images dataset used to train machine learning systems in distinguishing individuals under the pretense that it uses racist and misogynistic labels to identify people. On Monday, the technology institute published a letter on its Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) website, […]