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Alphabet perseveres through complex technological and practical problems to set new records. Alphabetâs High Altitude Loon Balloon system set a new milestone last month by linking 7 balloons together that were flying 600 km apart, and casting the Internet in a 1000 km diameter, and all from just one ground up-link... Read more
Artificial Intelligence System Detects Regularly Missed Cancer Tumors with 95% EfficiencyÂ
News September 17, 2018
The new AI system has a significantly higher success rate than trained specialists. Engineers and scientists from the Computer Vision Research Center at the University of Central Florida have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) System that can detect often missed tiny specs of tumors in lung cancer patients. The AI system claims to have a success... Read more
Apple unveiled the next generation of iPhones at the annual Apple Event CEO Tim Cook took the stage of the Steve Jobs Theater on Wednesday to share a few innovations from the Cupertino tech company, and the iPhone got its own special segment. After expounding on the great features... Read more
Apple has revealed the next generation Apple Watch S4, and here’s what you need to know On Wednesday, Apple kicked off a highly-anticipated live event from Steve Jobs Theater at its Cupertino headquarters. The Mission: Impossible theme, plenty of humorous throwaways, and a running agent, complete with furniture hurdles... Read more
Highly-Skilled Hackers? More Like User Error
NewsPrivacy and Security September 12, 2018
Reports find data breaches more often caused by human error than cyber attacks. The Identity Theft Resource Center continues to track year-over-year record-setting numbers of data breaches that compromise millions of consumer records every year. These attacks take many forms, including malware installed on point-of-sale systems, ransomware, phishing and... Read more
Uber, Lyft Spoofed For Phishing
NewsPrivacy and Security September 11, 2018
The inevitable threat to new tech hits lift-sharing services. The internet has given birth to a whole new way for hardworking individuals to earn a serious income. In today’s gig-economy, employers and workers all over the world can connect for both one-and-done opportunities and years’-long working relationships. Unfortunately, this... Read more
New Research Claims 26% Of Americans Have Deleted Facebook
NewsSocial Media September 10, 2018
The study, undertaken by the Pew Research Center (no relation to PewDiePie), is the latest in a year of bad news stories for Facebook. In worrying news for Mark Zuckerberg, the social media giant, a new study has revealed that some 26% of Americans have deleted the Facebook app from... Read more
Alex Jones, InfoWars Permanently Banned From Twitter
NewsSocial Media September 7, 2018
One of Jones’ last widespread platforms, Twitter takes action at last. It certainly took them long enough, but it Twitter finally caved on its tolerance of Alex Jones’ ongoing attacks and violent rhetoric, specifically where key politicians, victims and survivors of horrific tragedies, and basic common sense are concerned.... Read more
Esports are a big business, but don’t expect to see them in the Olympics anytime soon… The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has said that violent âesportâ video games are not consistent with âOlympic valuesâ and cannot therefore be considered for future Olympic Games. Speaking at the recent Asian Games, Bach said âIf you have egames where it’s about killing... Read more
Starting on September 7th, 2018, Sonyâs aftercare service for the PlayStation 2 will be no more. That such a service still exists for a console originally released in the year 2000, is testament to the fact that the âPS2â has the record for the worldâs bestselling gaming console of all time.... Read more
Snapchat Hacker Changes Map To Anti-Semitic Slur
NewsSocial Media September 4, 2018
Snapchat users were a little taken aback by a recent hacking event that altered the map of New York City in the platform. According to users who called out the platform and its parent company on Twitter, someone had changed “Manhattan” to “Jewtropolis.” The company was quick to apologize... Read more
No, Your iPhone Isnât Listening To Everything, Apple Says
MobileNewsPrivacy and Security September 3, 2018
Apple have insisted in a letter to US Federal authorities that despite the number of conspiracy theories going around, iPhones only listen to their users when they use the âHey Siriâ trigger phrase. Apple has also said that there is a clear visual indicator that lets users know when Siri is listening, to a... Read more
The fourth man involved is due to be sentenced next month. On Tuesday 28th August, a 26-year-old male found himself sentenced to nine months in prison for his part in the 2014 hacking of the online iCloud accounts of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, a host of other celebrities, and stealing the private information, including nude photos. The photos were later posted online and a basic... Read more
This could be bad news for Apple… Netflix has proven something in its nearly two decade-history: it’s a game-changing innovator who’s constantly experimenting in order to stay relevant and profitable. From its start taking on the age-old video rental store concept as a DVD-by-mail subscription all the way through... Read more
Facebook Dumps Its Data-Gathering VPN
NewsSocial MediaVPNs August 29, 2018
A popular television commercial brought a new phrase to the public vernacular: “That’s not how this works… that’s not how any of this works.” The woman in the commercial obviously has no clue how Facebook works as she shows her friends all the photos she’s posted to her wall…... Read more
Apple Removes 25,000 âGamblingâ Apps From China App StoreÂ
News August 28, 2018
Chinese officials and State Media criticize Apple for hosting gambling apps. News has emerged this week that Apple have been forced to cull some 25,000 gambling and lottery apps from its China App Store although at the time of writing, Apple have not confirmed the number. Apple were forced to remove the... Read more
Airbnb, the specialist short term renter has announced that it is suing the city of New York. The move is a response to a law passed in July, that legally requires the company to share hostsâ names and addresses with the authorities on a monthly basis. Airbnb claims that the... Read more
AI-created “deepfake” videos can be shockingly realistic, causing terrifying concern for misuse. When a video of a foul-mouthed former President Barack Obama (NSFW) went viral last year, it was good for a laugh. The straight-laced favorite leader was finally letting loose and saying the things he wanted to say!... Read more