Category: Tech

Tue 25 February 2020: (REUTERS) Huawei unveiled an upgrade to its folding smartphone on Monday, with a more robust and higher quality display that it hopes will persuade consumers to switch to the new design. The new Mate XS comes a year after the Chinese tech giant showed off its first folding phone, which had […]

Mon 24 February 2020: Everyone knows enough about deepfake videos to find them either creepy or entertaining, but few people know the impressive tech behind them. As coverage of deepfake technology becomes more prevalent, it’s reasonable to wonder how these videos even work. Advancements in motion capturing and facial recognition over the past decade have been staggering […]

Fri 21 February 2020: (REUTERS)Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus quarantine do so, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Friday. Russia has temporarily barred Chinese nationals from entering the country to curb the spread of the virus, but has […]

Tue 18 February 2020: A team of biomedical engineer has developed a “bio-ink” that can be used in making 3D printed scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace damaged ones in the body. According to the Science Daily website, engineers at the New Jersey-based Rutgers University have used versions of hyaluronic acid and […]

Sun 16 February 2020: Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, has backed the regulation of harmful online content, suggesting a mixed system based on existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries to do so. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Zuckerberg on Saturday called for a legal framework that encodes “democratic and […]

Thu 13 February 2020: The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said Wednesday it now has more than two billion users around the world, as it reaffirmed its stand on the need for strong encryption to protect privacy. WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, has grown into one of the most-used services in the Facebook “family” of […]

Wed 12 February 2020: Samsung on Tuesday unveiled its second folding smartphone, a “Z Flip” handset with a lofty price tag aimed at “trendsetters.” The smartphone flips open, like a case, opening into a 6.7-inch screen, and fits in a pocket when folded. Ultrathin glass used for the screen can be folded and unfolded more […]

Tue 11 February 2020: Jim Shultz tried everything he could think of to stop facial recognition technology from being introduced in public schools in Lockport, a small city 20 miles east of Niagara Falls. He posted about the issue in a Facebook group and wrote an Op-Ed in The New York Times. He even filed […]