Thu 17 October 2024: Ever found yourself unable to resist checking out a social media notification? Or sending a random picture just to keep a Snapchat “streak” going? Or simply getting stuck staring at YouTube because it auto-played yet another cute cat video? If so, you’re far from alone. And if we adults can’t resist […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: The recent attacks on walkie-talkies and pagers in Lebanon have highlighted the hidden vulnerabilities in everyday technology. These incidents underscore the need for individuals to understand the potential risks associated with their devices and to take proactive steps to protect themselves in an increasingly digital world where safety can be compromised. […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: Freedom on the Net report says Kyrgyzstan showed sharpest downgrade, while Iceland had ‘freest online environment’. Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th year in a row, with Myanmar and China tied for the world’s worst record, a new study says. Freedom House, a pro-democracy research group based in the […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: Europa Clipper is headed to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, where an ocean is thought to lie below the surface. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is on an almost six-year, 3 billion kilometres (1.8b miles) mission to learn whether conditions on Jupiter’s moon could sustain life in what scientists believe could be a deep […]
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Sun 13 October 2024: Social media platform TikTok said it will slash hundreds of jobs, with a significant number of employees in Malaysia expected to be affected, as the company shifts to AI-assisted content moderation. TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, said Friday it would cut several hundred jobs around the world, without providing a breakdown […]
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Sat 12 October 2024: In April, US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to ban Chinese-built electric vehicles (EVs), labelling them an “existential threat to the American auto industry”. The proposed ban arose from concerns that Chinese car makers have an unfair advantage due to government financial support. Following a months-long investigation into digital connections that could enable […]
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Sat 12 October 2024: Job recruiters in today’s world use filtering systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI), allegedly “algorithmically discriminating” against people based on their race, gender, language and religion. Yeliz Bozkurt Gumrukcuoglu, a professor of private law at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul, told Anadolu that tech giants like Meta, Google and Amazon have […]
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Fri 11 October 2024: Over a dozen US states filed a lawsuit against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the platform is deliberately designed to be addictive for minors. The lawsuits were submitted independently in 13 states and the District of Columbia, claiming that TikTok has breached consumer protection laws and exacerbated a mental health crisis […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes decided Tuesday to allow the social media platform X to resume operations in the country after it met its legal obligations, including the payment of fines. The legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk’s company and the Brazilian government officially came to an end […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the Nobel Prize in physics 2024 for their pioneering work in the field of machine learning. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday the scientists were honoured “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. Hopfield, whose […]
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