AI: evolution is making us treat it like a human, and we need to kick the habit
May 17, 2023 07:49 am UTC| Technology
The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology becoming more intelligent than us. His fear is that AI will one day succeed in manipulating...
Smart moves: how Auckland can get more for its money from on-demand public transport
May 17, 2023 07:46 am UTC| Technology
Public transport systems are facing a critical challenge: how to improve services without increasing infrastructure and cost. As urban populations grow and demand increases, innovative solutions are needed to ensure the...
PUBLISH Launches 'News Tip' NFT Campaign to Tokenize News Tips for Public Reporting
May 17, 2023 07:39 am UTC| Business Technology
PUBLISH, Inc. announced on the 17th that it has entered into a business agreement to tokenize news articles from leading news outlets NewsHooplus and Safe Times as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), launching the News Tip NFT...
We're using VR to help find the next generation of basketball stars
May 16, 2023 13:25 pm UTC| Technology
Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry is one of the worlds leading basketball players and unquestionably the greatest shooter of all time. The video below may look like its on a loop, but its actually Curry sinking...
May 16, 2023 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In just a few months, higher education has moved from being afraid of how generative AI like ChatGPT could help students cheat, to cautiously embracing it by allowing students to use it under certain circumstances. In...
Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Greenlighted by EU
May 16, 2023 08:40 am UTC| Business Economy Technology
Microsoft has won another approval for its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc., an American video game holding company. The European Union (EU) just approved the tech firms $69 billion takeover deal, removing a big...
Toyota Data Breach Places Over 2 Million Vehicles in Japan at Risk
May 15, 2023 23:49 pm UTC| Economy Business Technology
Toyota admitted that a decade-long data breach in its cloud-based Connected service put some information on more than 2 million vehicles in Japan at risk. The breach spanned from January 2012 to April 2023. The...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects