Mon 17 February 2020: The British government will invest 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in what it says is the world’s most powerful supercomputer to provide more accurate weather and climate forecasts. The new supercomputer, which will be managed by the country’s Met Office, will be used to help more accurately predict storms, select the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launched Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth. The mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA, successfully blasted off from the Kennedy […]
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Sat 08 February 2020: Twitter confirmed on Friday that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook Inc and its Messenger platform were hacked. A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the accounts were hacked through a third-party platform. “As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the […]
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Wed 05 February 2020: (AFP) Twitter unveiled a plan Tuesday to curb the spread of manipulated content including “deepfake” videos as part of a move to fight misinformation which could result in violence or other harm. The policy was announced after Twitter asked for comments last year on ways to reduce “synthetic and manipulated media” […]
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Wed 05 February 2020: Google on Tuesday said that a software glitch resulted in some Photo app smartphone videos being given to the wrong people. Google was notifying those who may have been affected. “We are very sorry this happened,” Google said in reply to an AFP inquiry. “We fixed the underlying issue and have […]
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Tue 04 February 2020: (REUTERS) Chinese citizens are using mapping programmes and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighborhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face. Both data mapping company QuantUrban and a third-party Wechat mini-program developer have created platforms that take official information on the neighbourhoods […]
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