In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralyzed man unable to speak — and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen. It will take years of additional research but the study, reported Wednesday, marks an important step toward one day restoring more natural communication for people […]
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“Cryptocurrency is a scam and always has been,” are the words used by Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer to describe the burgeoning digital currency ecosystem, as he resurfaced on Twitter after two years of absence. But Palmer didn’t stop there. He described cryptocurrency industry to be “a right-wing, hyper-capitalistic system, serving the protection of powerful cartel […]
It began in February with a tweet by pop star Rihanna that sparked widespread condemnation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of massive farmer protests near the capital, souring an already troubled relationship between the government and Twitter. Moving to contain the backlash, officials hit Twitter with multiple injunctions to block hundreds of tweets […]
Toyota plans to hire more people and invest heavily in its subsidiary Woven Planet to work on mobility technology so the Japanese automaker stays competitive amid the global shift to using artificial intelligence and robotics in everyday driving. “Toyota’s traditional strength in hardware is something we never want to lose. To make safe mobility we […]
The agency in charge of Ireland’s cyber security is to get an increased budget and a major staff increase, the Government announced today. The expansion would bring the strength of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from 25 to 45 within 18 months, with a further promise to increase it to 70 within five years. […]
Governments have enlisted the help of hackers throughout the entirety of the digital age, as user data continues being the target of many institutions, be them governmental or otherwise. These targets not only include state secrets, but also engulf an array of intellectual property as well as academic knowledge. Headlines have previously proved the effectiveness of these […]
Tech experts in China who find a weakness in computer security would be required to tell the government and couldn’t sell that knowledge under rules further tightening the Communist Party’s control over information. The rules would ban private sector experts who find “zero day,” or previously unknown security weaknesses, and sell the information to police, […]
Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada. The expansion will include 1,800 fast-charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers to be installed by 2025 and […]
If its digital, its ICT, and in an increasingly digital-first era, ICT investment should be every company’s top priority. The benefits cannot be overstated, and the razor edge granted to companies by automation, virtualization, and digitization puts them ahead of some serious curves in the world of business. Information communication technology refers to basically everything that takes place in the […]
The UAE’s Central Bank announced on Monday plans to rollout a new digital currency in accordance with its monetary 2023-2026 strategy, according to the state-run WAM news agency. However, while the report surfaced for a short period of time, the state-run news agency had pulled it from its platform for unknown reasons. In preparation for the digital […]