Technology

Future Cities Built by Robots Mimicking Animals

Today, buildings are constructed by human workers brick by brick. A few decades from now, entire cities will be built by AI robots that mimic nature, according to a report published in Science Robotics. The report was prepared by Dr. Mirko Kovac, who directs the Aerial Robotics Laboratory at the Imperial London College in the ...

Armin Auctor

Robot builders.

EU’s Copyright Law May Expel Google News, Wikipedia, and Reddit

European Parliament has approved a controversial copyright law that will change the way content is posted and monitored online in the region. The legislation was passed with 384 votes in favor and 274 votes against. The law was approved despite strong protests by online websites, rights activists, and even founders of the Internet. New copyright ...

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The European Parliament.

Facebook Again in Deep Trouble as Partnership With Huawei Revealed

With Huawei on the radar for spying on behalf of the Chinese government, it is facing an international boycott and its 5G equipment has been banned in several nations. In the U.S., a more serious security breach occurred when Facebook entered into an agreement with Huawei that gave the Chinese company access to user data. ...

Jack Roberts

Facebook logo.

Are College Seniors in the U.S. Outperforming China, India, and Russia?

Undergraduate computer science programs at universities and colleges in the United States appear to produce more skilled students on average than equivalent programs in China, India, and Russia, according to new Stanford-led research. An international group of scholars, led by the Graduate School of Education’s Prashant Loyalka, found that undergraduate seniors studying computer science in the ...

Troy Oakes

Computer science students.

Why China Leading the Global 5G Race Is Something to Worry About

China has rapidly deployed 5G equipment throughout the country and is expected to widely roll out next-generation mobile Internet service sometime this year. This would make China one of the first countries in the world where 5G services are made available on a large scale, putting it in a leadership position. Having an authoritarian government ...

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Russian and Chinese Hackers Interfering in Indonesian Elections

Hackers from Russia and China are trying to meddle in Indonesian elections, according to Arief Budiman, the head of Indonesia’s General Elections Commission. Indonesian elections start next month and the official believes that the hackers may be attempting to discredit the democratic election process. Hacking Indonesian elections “They try to hack our system… Not only ...

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US General Lashes out Against Google for Assisting China

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and one of the top generals in the country, Joseph Dunford has accused Google’s AI program in China of benefiting Beijing’s military. The comments have set off a storm and Google executives are reportedly planning to meet the general to allay his fears. He was speaking at a ...

Jack Roberts

Are Pilots Depending Too Much on Airplane Automation?

The crash of two Boeing 737 Max 8 planes in a span of less than six months has pushed the aviation industry to the edge. Airplane automation systems have been found to be involved in the events leading to the crashes. Similarity in crashes In the first Boeing 737 crash in Indonesia, the pilots are ...

Armin Auctor

WhatsApp Founder Gives Dire Warning to Facebook Users

The co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, has asked people to delete their Facebook accounts since the company follows a policy of trading user information for revenue through ads. Acton’s statements come on the back of a federal investigation against the company’s data deals. Avoiding Facebook In 2014, Acton sold WhatsApp to Facebook for US$19 billion. ...

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WhatsApp on a mobile phone.

World’s First Remote Brain Surgery Done Through 5G in China

A surgeon from China, Dr. Ling Zhipei, has conducted the world’s first remote brain surgery over a 5G network on a patient located more than a thousand miles away. Dr. Ling is a surgeon at the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing. 5G surgery “I take turns working in Beijing and Hainan, and the ...

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