Thu 16 March 2023: Future US astronauts who walk on the moon will do so in sleeker, more flexible spacesuits thanks to NASA’s decision to do away with the bulky white suits Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo astronauts wore 50 years ago. The first prototype of a brand-new next-generation spacesuit, custom-fitted and equipped for […]
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Wed 15 March 2023: The long-awaited sequel to ChatGPT is now available, boasting of “human-level performance” in university-level exams. GPT-4, the next generation of OpenAI’s artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, was described as a “milestone” in the development of deep learning, which mimics how humans learn. “We’ve spent 6 months iteratively aligning GPT-4 using lessons from our […]
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Tue 14 March 2023: Cyber-security researchers said they have discovered a massive 200-300 per cent spike in YouTube videos containing links to malware that can steal sensitive financial data from the computers. YouTube is the most popular platform for watching videos and has over 122 million daily active users, according to Global Media Insight. The […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: HP is once again blocking users from using third-party ink cartridges in HP printers. People have grown increasingly frustrated with HPHewlett-Packard (HP) as it has used firmware updates to prevent the use of non-HP ink cartridges in its printers. The reason given by the company was security. People reported the problem […]
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Mon 13 March 2023: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US has warned that threat actors are now using fake rewards in so-called “play-to-earn” mobile and online games to steal millions worth of cryptocurrency. According to BleepingComputer, they do this by using specially designed game apps that offer enormous cash rewards directly proportional […]
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Sun 12 March 2023: If the upcoming Online Safety Bill requires WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, to weaken its end-to-end encryption for users, WhatsApp has threatened to leave the UK market. According to Wired, WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart slammed the legislation as the most alarming set of online regulations in the western world during […]
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Sat 11 March 2023: Dubai-based Emirates airlines to introduce a robotic check-in system at airports in the country this year, local media reported. The robot named Sara will be able to perform the check-in process in three simple steps. The check-in robot is Al-enabled, will be able to assist travelers in six languages , and […]
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Sat 11 March 2023: In an effort to oust Twitter as the global “digital town square,” Meta Platforms Inc. is considering plans to release a new social media application. “We’re exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates. We believe there’s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office says it has been tracking a new asteroid dubbed 2023 DW that has “a very small chance” of affecting Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046. According to projections by the European Space Agency, the asteroid has a one in 625 chance of colliding with Earth, while NASA’s Jet Propulsion […]
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Fri 10 March 2023: Google-owned YouTube has announced that the “Overlay ads” ad format will no longer appear on YouTube, starting from April 6. “Starting on April 6th, 2023, the ‘Overlay ads’ ad format will no longer appear on YouTube to help improve the viewer experience and shift engagement to higher performing ad formats on […]
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