The world’s data explained: how much we're producing and where it's all stored
May 09, 2021 09:06 am UTC| Technology
Ancient humans stored information in cave paintings, the oldest we know of are over 40,000 years old. As humans evolved, the emergence of languages and the invention of writing led to detailed information being stored in...
New Chia cryptocurrency promises to be greener than Bitcoin, but may drive up hard drive prices
May 09, 2021 09:04 am UTC| Technology
It has been a big year for cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is worth six times what it was 12 months ago, and the joke currency Dogecoin has seen a hundredfold increase in price. A boom in non-fungible tokens, or NFTs tradable...
Samsung Electronics to share 505 patented technologies to S. Korean SMEs
May 08, 2021 23:59 pm UTC| Technology
Samsung Electronics will share its 505 patented technologies with local small and medium enterprises via a government technology transfer program to overcome the market challenges triggered by the pandemic. The list of...
Remote working has led to managers spying more on staff – here are three ways to curb it
May 07, 2021 12:52 pm UTC| Technology
With so many more people working from home during the pandemic, employers have stepped up the extent to which they are monitoring them online. Not so many years ago, employees were having to adjust to having their work...
May 07, 2021 10:11 am UTC| Technology
Sony has been one of the companies affected by the semiconductor shortage worldwide resulting in the continuous difficulty to find available PS5 consoles in stores. However, Sony is reportedly considering remedying the...
May 07, 2021 09:44 am UTC| Technology
Google celebrated World Password Day by reminding its users how vulnerable these sets of characters can be. On that note, the tech giant announced its plan to have Google Account users be automatically enrolled to...
May 07, 2021 08:58 am UTC| Technology
More well-known video game developers and publishers are confirmed to join this years Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The announcement comes nearly a month after the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) confirmed...
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