Technology Google boss Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation The head of Google and parent company Alphabet has called for artificial intelligence (AI) to be regulated.Writing in the Financial Times, Sundar Pichai said it was "too important not to" impose regulation
Technology Attention Amazon shoppers: E-retailer fires staffers for sharing customers' private data Amazon has fired a number of employees for breaking company policy by sharing private customer data with a third party on the heels of another privacy scandal involving its Ring doorbell cameras.The
Technology Microsoft Asks 400 Million People To Buy A New PC…And Other Small Business Tech News After recently announcing that they will be ending support for the Windows 7 Operating System, Microsoft released a statement this week suggesting that its nearly 400 million users still on Windows 7 switch
Technology Instagram Scammers Are Exploiting The Australia Bushfires For Cash And Clout The bushfires ravaging Australia have killed dozens of people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate. Millions of acres are burnt. More than a billion animals are feared dead.
Silicon Valley Event On Machine Learning Tackles The Latest Riddles Vexing AI Self-Driving Cars There’s a child’s riddle that asks you to indicate what can be held in your left hand and yet cannot be held in your right hand.Take a moment to ponder
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It Until recently, Hoan Ton-That’s greatest hits included an obscure iPhone game and an app that let people put Donald Trump’s distinctive yellow hair on their own photos.Then Mr. Ton-That — an
CoreLink touts 5,000 ortho implants using 3D printed technology CoreLink announced that it completed the implantation of more than 5,000 3D printed orthopedic devices using its proprietary Mimetic Metal technology.The St. Louis–based company went over the 5,000-implant threshold
How FinTech Is Transforming Microfinance The world is moving towards digitalisation in true sense. Digital payments are strengthening the movement. Staggering statistics are coming to the fore that are pointing at the extent to which people are embracing
Program brings students into the STEM conversation For as long as he can recall, Aditya Bora has been engrossed by all things engineering related. Now, the 16-year-old junior at Johns Creek High is sharing that fascination with students around the
Violent Solar Storms Are Happening Closer to Earth Than Anyone Thought Was Possible The spectacular solar storms that paint the polar skies in beautiful greens and pinks have a darker side: They have the power to wreak havoc on our electrical grid, communication systems and satellites.
'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens A startup focused on "invisible computing" Thursday unveiled a smart contact lens which delivers an augmented reality display in a user's field of vision.The Mojo Vision contact lens offers a display with
UK tech investment grew faster than the US and China in 2019 Investment in the U.K.’s technology sector grew at a faster pace than in the U.S. and China last year, according to new research released Wednesday.Venture capital funding for British
2019 was the second-warmest year on record, NASA and NOAA say In a time of climate anxiety, 2019 was the second-warmest year since scientists began taking temperatures in 1880, government scientists announced Wednesday.The near-record temperatures cemented the past decade’s title as the
Amazon and Facebook Are the Most 'Evil' Tech Companies, According to Experts. Google Isn't Far Behind Tech companies have a bad reputation, especially among those who pay attention to more than just the user interface of their favorite apps. That doesn't mean they are entirely bad--in fact they have
Pinterest Overtakes Snapchat in Popularity Among US Users Pinterest is now the third largest social media platform in the United States, a position which it’s expected to keep for the foreseeable future.This data comes from eMarketer’s latest estimates,
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Google is about to do something great for users and terrible for advertisers Google may be about to spur a dramatic shake-up in the digital advertising ecosystem that’s gotten incrementally more invasive in the way it tracks users around the web and studies their behavior
Giving back to Nepal what Nepal gave to them Three schoolmates grew up together in Budanilkantha boarding school in Kathmandu. One went to MIT for higher studies, the other to Harvard, and the third to New York University.The three kept in
How Fast Is Technology Changing College Athletics? Blink, And You’ll Miss It Stanford University fell behind in 2017-not in academics, or in athletics (they are consistently ranked #1 in the Learfield Director’s Cup for best overall sports program), but in stadium Wi-Fi performance. In
Delta Air Lines becomes first company to join IBM’s quantum computing hub at NC State A little more than a year and a half after IBM launched a quantum computing hub on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus, Delta Air Lines will be the first industry partner
The technology of the future paints a very lonely picture for all of us While standing next to Samsung's new softball-shaped robot Ballie at the CES tech show this week, a company spokesperson told me the personal assistant prototype may one day be able to roll over
Nepal's only international airport hit by power shortage The Tribhuvan Airport, the only international airport in Nepal, is facing severe power shortage, according to a media report. A notice issued by the airport's management said all stakeholders have been asked to
Tap into connectivity prospects Developing cross-border connectivity with major infrastructures like energy grid, highways and railways should be looked from broader perspective of socio-economic transformation of NepalThe rising economic clout of China and India as the next
India’s Delta Corp finally wins gaming license for Nepal casino India’s largest casino operator Delta Corp has been issued a gaming license in Nepal, more than two years after first striking a casino management deal in the country.On Thursday, Delta Corp
Facebook Again Refuses To Ban Political Ads, Even False Ones Instead, Facebook said it will offer users slightly more control over how many political ads they see and make its online library of political ads easier to browse.These steps appear unlikely to
