Hackers in China used fake Facebook accounts and impostor websites to try to break into the computers and smartphones of Uyghur Muslims, the social network said Wednesday. The company said the sophisticated, covert operation targeted Uyghur activists, journalists and dissidents from China’s Xinjiang region, as well as individuals living in Turkey, Kazakhstan, the U.S., Syria, […]
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Many were initially skeptical of the prospects offered by cloud gaming; the ability to stream the latest AAA games at their highest quality on any given hardware with just a solid Internet connection is a rhapsody in and of itself. The gaming industry’s dabble in cloud technology was certainly packing huge potential, but with many […]
Male bosses are burning women out at a lot more alarming rates than female bosses in tech workplaces during the pandemic, reports Girls in Tech group in their Tech’s 2021 study, “The Tech Workplace for Women in the Pandemic,” published Monday. Girls in Tech, a San Francisco-based global nonprofit, works to erase the gender gap […]
The CEO of BetterUp Inc. said Wednesday that he hired Prince Harry as an executive because of his tenacious advocacy for the kind of mental health services that his firm provides, and the publicity brought by the move is merely a perk. Chief Executive Alexi Robichaux spoke to The Associated Press a day after the […]
Intel announced Tuesday it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO looks to turnaround the struggling chipmaker. The California-based company says the Arizona expansion will cost about $20 billion and create 3,000 permanent jobs as Intel builds a foundry business to provide chips for other […]
NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) rotorcraft can attempt its first flight, however, both it and its team must meet a series of daunting milestones. Ingenuity remains attached to […]
A recent paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence has found several common yet serious flaws with machine learning (ML) made for COVID-19 diagnosis and prognosis. At the start of the worldwide pandemic, companies such as DarwinAI, as well as major U.S. chipmaker Nvidia and groups such as the American College of Radiology kickstarted efforts to […]
Craftly.AI has launched a web-based AI-powered copywriter that leverages natural language processing and machine learning (ML) to research and write original content. Craftly notes, “let us get right to the point. Writing is hard” and proceeds to inform on how the platform can change that, at least on the copyrighting front, if not Shakespearean plays […]
China looked to Europe as an amicable partner as the continent’s leaders resisted being drawn into President Donald Trump’s conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and human rights. On Monday, that image shattered when the European Union joined Washington, Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Chinese officials over accusations they abused ethnic minorities. Beijing […]
GameStop, the video game retailer at the center of a social-media driven investment frenzy, said it lost $215 million in the 12 months ended Jan. 30 as it dealt with pandemic-related shutdowns and moved to transform itself into a more online-focused company. The company’s latest results, which fell short of Wall Street’s expectations, offered few […]