Social Media Revolution Series
Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society
Jul 21, 2020 14:27 pm UTC| Technology
In case 2020 wasnt dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among others. Each...
Floating wind farms: how to make them the future of green electricity
Jul 21, 2020 14:08 pm UTC| Technology
Since 2010, wind energy has seen sustained growth worldwide, with the amount of energy generated by offshore wind increasing by nearly 30% each year. Countries around the world need to ramp up renewable energy supply...
Coronavirus: how the pandemic has exposed AI’s limitations
Jul 21, 2020 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It should have been artificial intelligences moment in the sun. With billions of dollars of investment in recent years, AI has been touted as a solution to every conceivable problem. So when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived,...
Why facial recognition algorithms can't be perfectly fair
Jul 21, 2020 14:01 pm UTC| Technology
In June 2020, a facial recognition algorithm led to the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams, an African-American, for a crime he did not commit. After a shoplifting incident in in a pricey area of Detroit, Michigan, his...
Jul 20, 2020 10:31 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
South Korean blockchain firm Lambda256 is joining a national research and development (RD) project on cybercrime activity tracking technology as one of the projects joint research institutes. The project is scheduled to...
Jul 20, 2020 08:42 am UTC| Technology
Virtual events have become a major part of the year, given the current worldwide conditions. However, OnePlus plans on making the launch of OnePlus Nord a little more realistic with the help of augmented reality (AR)...
Jul 20, 2020 06:13 am UTC| Technology
Supposed renders of the upcoming Pixel 5 series suggest that Google is not planning to unveil a major design change. However, one feature may be coming back this year after being completely removed from last years...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects