Deepfakes: five ways in which they are brilliant business opportunities
Feb 13, 2020 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
A visitor to The Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida presses a doorbell beside a dark life-sized screen. A darkened figure wearing a dapper suit and sporting a pencil moustache slowly leaves his easel and comes...
Hackers could shut down satellites – or turn them into weapons
Feb 13, 2020 00:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Last month, SpaceX became the operator of the worlds largest active satellite constellation. As of the end of January, the company had 242 satellites orbiting the planet with plans to launch 42,000 over the next decade....
When laser surgery turns into a nightmare, the toll can be enormous
Feb 13, 2020 00:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Technology
It will soon be a year since Jessica Starr, a popular weatherperson on Detroit TV, took her own life. Her husband said she did so because of complications related to her recent laser refractive surgery. Such...
HS2: the government has failed to value the real benefits – expert
Feb 13, 2020 00:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
A new high-speed rail route between London and the north of England has finally been given the go-ahead. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, announced the governments decision, despite the dramatic escalation in...
Feb 12, 2020 09:22 am UTC| Technology
The wait for the release of Cyberpunk 2077 has been extended for a few more months, so it was great news when CD Projekt Red was reportedly launching an all-new trailer of the game. Unfortunately, that has to wait as well...
‘The Last of Us 2’ playable demo: How to reserve a slot to experience 1-hour of gameplay at PAX East
Feb 12, 2020 09:15 am UTC| Technology
The wait for The Last of Us 2 is winding down to just a few months. Proving that the game is coming along well, Naughty Dog confirmed that its biggest PAX East 2020 attraction would be a hands-on demo that will allow fans...
Feb 12, 2020 06:27 am UTC| Technology
Warcraft 3: Reforged finally launched last Jan. 28 after missing its initial 2019 deadline, and, needless to say, there are several aspects of the game that still requires work. It appears that Blizzard Entertainment is...
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