Social media, the internet, and other digital tools, which were once hailed as great forces for human empowerment, connectivity, and liberation, have quickly come to be seen as a serious threat to democratic stability and human freedom. Social media platforms are demonstrating the potential to exacerbate risks such as authoritarian privacy violations, partisan echo chambers, […]
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Technology often follows a pattern of getting hyped up at its conception, only to die down and become an obscure concept for some time, only to pop back up with renewed vigor, innovation, and purpose. In line with modern technology’s recent tendency towards personalization, interoperability, customizability, and modularity over the last decade, might modular phones […]
An app designed to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians use public transit will debut at a Washington subway station on Tuesday. Waymap aims to expand travel options for blind and visually impaired people with step-by-step audio directions that it says are accurate up to 3 feet (0.9 meter) throughout a trip. The app does […]
Every Virtual Reality (VR) videogame fan loves a good shoot-out. To be immersed in the dust and intensity of a raging firefight with your buddies, aiming weapons manually and physically tossing a grenade into a window. Few videogames today can match the emersion of such an experience. That is not what modern armed forces have […]
According to a report by Citi GPS, the Metaverse will be worth 8 to 13 trillion dollars, but a major infrastructure investment by tech companies is needed in order to reach this market potential. The entire addressable market for the Metaverse is estimated to be between $8 and $13 trillion, according to Citi’s latest Global […]
Women never failed to leave their mark as they created their path in various professional industries, and one industry is no stranger to the success of the historic women of the tech industry. Throughout the years, we have read the books of some of the most intellectual women from Jane Austen and Anna Frank, who […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began publishing notices early on Thursday that detailed the extent of potential impact of new 5G wireless service on sensitive aircraft electronics. The FAA has been in talks with airplane makers, airlines and wireless carriers to reduce the impact of new wireless service set to begin on Jan. 19. The […]
Norway’s data privacy watchdog on Wednesday fined gay dating app Grindr 65 million kroner ($7.16 million) for sending sensitive personal data to hundreds of potential advertising partners without users’ consent — a breach of strict European Union privacy rules. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said it imposed its highest fine to date because the California-based […]
Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But you may not see it in your neighborhood anytime soon. Hundreds of little robots _ knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas _ are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. While […]
In a series of GITEX robotics creations, Airvolute, a Slovakia-based business, displayed its latest drone in GITEX Global week. The autonomous invention is designed to support indoor applications and is fully functional with or without GPS.For instance, Airvolute’s drones will assist businesses by simplifying indoor scanning processes by scanning any closed and confined warehouse without […]