36.5M Android Phones Could Be Infected With ‘Judy’ Malware
May 29, 2017 05:11 am UTC| Technology
Reports came out last week that a new type of malware of unknown origins might have infected as many as 36.5 million Android devices. It was spread by 41 apps that a Korean development company created, which was then...
Demand For Nintendo Switch Keeps Growing, More Production Boosts Reported
May 29, 2017 05:11 am UTC| Technology
Recently, Nintendo reportedly had to double its production of the Switch hybrid console in order to keep up with demand from eager gamers. Unfortunately, it seems the company sorely underestimated how much it would need to...
Designing games that change perceptions, opinions and even players' real-life actions
May 27, 2017 04:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In 1904, Lizzie Magie patented The Landlords Game, a board game about property ownership, with the specific goal of teaching players about how a system of land grabbing impoverishes tenants and enriches property owners....
Google’s latest Go victory shows machines are no longer just learning, they're teaching
May 27, 2017 04:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Just over 20 years ago was the first time a computer beat a human world champion in a chess match, when IBMs Deep Blue supercomputer beat Gary Kasparov in a narrow victory of 3½ games to 2½. Just under a...
Here Is The Fossil Fuel Power Plant That Doesn’t Produce Carbon Emissions
May 26, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Technology
For the longest time, the world has lived with a simple truth; power plants using fossil fuels contribute to carbon emissions, period. However, a trio of trailblazers decided that this didnt have to be the case and that...
SpaceX Tests Falcon Heavy, Huge Rocket For Manned Space Missions
May 26, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Technology
For the most part, rocket launches by SpaceX were so far involved in delivering goods such as satellites into space. That was with the Falcon 9. With the Falcon Heavy rocket, things are a bit different as the rocket is...
Driverless Car Tests Can Be 99.99% Faster And Cheaper, Researchers Claim
May 26, 2017 09:58 am UTC| Technology
Testing self-driving technology is an important step to developing cars that can drive themselves with an acceptable level of control. Unfortunately, such tests can take a lot of time. According to researchers from the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight