Tue 22 December 2020: Apple has decided to tap outside partners for elements of the system, including lidar sensors, which help self-driving cars get a three-dimensional view of the road, two people familiar with the company’s plans said. Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that […]
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Sat 19 December 2020: Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short by the usual 40-minute limit for free subscribers. Zoom Video Communications Inc, whose technology has become a feature of household get togethers in 2020’s socially distanced world, said it […]
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Sat 19 December 2020: The Chinese tech company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd offered facial recognition software to clients which can identify the face of a Uighur person, according to a report. Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify […]
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Sat 19 December 2020: December 2020 is a month loaded with celestial spectacles. In the last few weeks, we have witnessed the Geminids meteor shower and a total Solar Eclipse. Now get ready for the ‘Great Conjunction’ when the two giants of our Solar System – Jupiter and the Saturn – come very close to each […]
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Fri 18 December 2020: In what could come as a major relief for those using the WhatsApp web version, the instant messaging app is now rolling out audio and video calling feature allowing users to make or receive audio and video calls right on the desktop screen, as per reports. According to WABetaInfo, a website […]
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Fri 18 December 2020: Twitter Inc is planning to create a new type of account for bots next year that will identify them as automated, the company said in a blog post on Thursday finalizing plans for a reboot of its long-paused verification program. The company said bot accounts “can bring a lot of value […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Apple Inc plans to manufacture up to 96 million iPhones in the first half of 2021, a nearly 30% year-on-year increase owing to strong demand for its 5G handsets, Nikkei reported on Tuesday. It has asked suppliers to produce around 95 million to 96 million iPhones, including the latest iPhone 12 […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Facebook announced Tuesday it has removed hundreds of accounts linked to rival French and Russian networks that sought to sway public opinion in Africa. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts denouncing each other as “fake news”. […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: The European Union’s rights watchdog has warned of the risks of using artificial intelligence in predictive policing, medical diagnoses and targeted advertising as the bloc mulls rules next year to address the challenges posed by the technology. While AI is widely used by law enforcement agencies, rights groups say it is […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: The U.S. government has acknowledged reports that hackers backed by a foreign government have breached the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency within the Commerce Department. “We have been working closely with our agency partners regarding recently discovered activity on government networks,” a spokesperson for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told AFP. “CISA is providing technical assistance […]
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