Chinese telecom company Huawei is currently under media scrutiny after its CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on behalf of the U.S. administration. American intelligence agencies view the company with intense suspicion because of its connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its push to infiltrate the American market with not-so-benign intentions. Huawei ...
Artificial Intelligence is proclaimed as being the cornerstone for establishing a new world order for human beings. Unfortunately, this new world can either be a paradise or turn into our worst nightmare. Looking at emerging AI trends, there are three specific developments that should be a cause of worry for any sensible human. Unregulated government ...
The Chinese communist government routinely collects all kinds of data on its citizens as part of its surveillance system. Now, electric automakers are forced to share real-time data of their customer vehicles. Electric automakers sharing car data According to media reports, more than 200 auto manufacturers, including BMW, Daimler, and Tesla, have been sharing data with ...
With China being a huge gaming market, it was inevitable that games integrating elements from Chinese culture would not only hit the market, but also become popular. The success of Glory of the King, a multiplayer online game that has accumulated more than 200 million users, is proof of this trend. The game, produced by ...
The popularity of online shopping has attracted hordes of cybercriminals on the lookout for security vulnerabilities that can be used to steal financial information and wealth. According to security researchers Carbon Black, the 2017 holiday shopping season saw a 57 percent increase in cybercrime. With Christmas fast approaching, the criminals are expected to increase their ...
Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) have found a way to improve the performance of quantum computers. The discovery might help in efficiently scaling quantum computing technologies to address complex problems. However, scientists also warn that the creation of powerful quantum computers can have devastating consequences on current security practices. Improving quantum computing ...
When it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the U.S. is definitely ahead of China as far as technology is concerned. However, China comfortably beats America in terms of data size and cheap labor, opening up the possibility that the communist nation may one day become an AI superpower. Cheap labor and AI In the U.S., AI ...
The Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) of New Zealand has rejected a proposal from telecom carrier Spark to use Huawei tech in providing 5G services due to security concerns. In August, neighbor Australia also blocked Huawei from rolling out 5G technology in the country for the same reason. Banning Huawei 5G in ...
Google has removed 13 malware-infected apps from its Play Store after it was discovered that they installed malware on users’ devices. According to estimates by Lukas Stefanko, a researcher at ESET antivirus and Internet security company, the apps have been downloaded more than 560,000 times. The malware-infected apps The malware-infected apps, listed as driving games, ...
The United States’ military research division, DARPA, is investing millions of dollars in identifying doctored images and videos, known as deepfakes. Since some of these deepfakes look convincing to most people, DARPA wants to develop software to spot them before international governments and rogue agencies use the technology against the country. DARPA and deepfakes The ...
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