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 ...
Google seems to be working hard at turning Chrome OS into a full-fledged operating system. A strong focus is being placed on ensuring that users have a better Linux app experience. To this end, Google is planning to bring in multiple changes to the Chrome OS. For one, Linux apps will soon be able to ...
Artificial Intelligence and gene editing are two of the most rapidly growing technologies in the world because of their amazing potential to transform humanity. However, combining AI with gene editing not only offers the potential of an incredible future where every human being is “perfect,” but also raises some serious ethical questions that are tough ...
Verizon’s media division Oath has unified the privacy policy of its two Internet brands, Yahoo and AOL, giving them the right to read users’ emails. The new policy also enables Oath to share all user data with Verizon. AOL breaching privacy “Oath’s automated systems may analyze all content (such as Mail and Messenger content including ...
The research team at Lockheed Martin has discovered a new way of navigation — using a quantum magnetometer. In China, a similar device is supposedly being developed with purely military interests in mind. The quantum magnetometer The team, led by engineer Michael DiMario, has built a prototype of their proposed quantum magnetometer device that consists ...
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