Quantum computing, if it ever gets started, might help us solve problems, like modeling complex chemical processes, that our existing computers can’t even scratch the surface of. However, unlike regular computers that can solve multiple problems, a quantum computer, at the moment, is far better at solving one specific problem only. Companies and researchers are using ...
Since the release of Apple’s iPhone X, the new biometric kid on the block is the iPhone X Face ID. In case you might be wondering. No, facial recognition is not a new concept. However, with its advent on the iPhone X, released in November of 2017, the biometric alternative to fingerprints for smartphones stepped ...
Apple confirmed that its iCloud data services in mainland China will be operated by a Chinese company in February 2018. The tech giant is complying with Chinese cybersecurity rules, introduced in July last year, which include a requirement for companies to store all data within China. The firm, Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data (GCBD), ...
Smart luggage is a recent offering that includes a myriad of battery-powered technologies. One brand allows the passenger to check in remotely via a smartphone app. Another has a built-in scale to prevent you from going over the weight allowance. There’s one that comes with GPS to track your luggage’s location with your phone. One ...
A serious design flaw in Intel chips has been discovered. It will require Microsoft, Linux, and Apple to update operating systems for computers all over the world. The problem has to do with the way certain Intel CPUs address certain types of memory, making it possible to potentially exploit parts of the computer memory that ...
As lawsuits mount over apple’s deliberate slow-down of old handsets, the company plans to replace all batteries in iPhone 6 devices and later. Some angry customers believe that the company purposefully degraded their product to drive customer upgrades — forcing people to buy newer models, as the older ones became unreasonably slower. Apple issued an unprecedented ...
Cyber-theft, and by that dint, cyber-security, are daily concerns for people with information that is coveted, or feared, by others. Virtual private networks (VPNs) are networks that are constructed using public wires — usually the Internet — to connect remote users or regional offices to a company’s private, internal network. A VPN secures the private network, ...
Just recently, the world was rattled by the announcement that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) entity was granted citizenship. In fact, the AI known as Sofia didn’t become a citizen of just any country, it was granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia. While this may come as a shock to some, others see it as a further step ...
Professor Stephen Hawking joined the 2017 Web Summit’s opening night by delivering a keynote speech on artificial intelligence (AI), wherein he stressed the potential of AI to transform the general human condition, and also touched upon the need for ethics and controllability in the development of AI. “We cannot predict what we might achieve when ...
Over the past few years, China AI experts have shown quite a steep development curve in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) research. In the coming decade, they intend to overtake their international competitors and become the No. 1 player in the AI market. It was not long ago that China was considered to be ...
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