Facial recognition tech fights coronavirus in Chinese city
Facial recognition tech linked to personal health codes has been rolled out in a Chinese city bordering Myanmar as authorities seek to squash a coronavirus outbreak.
Jul 13, 2021
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Films made for Netflix look more like TV shows—here's the technical reason why
The history of cinema as an art parallels its history as a technology. Ever wondered why the colour in The Wizard of Oz is so saturated? Well, it wasn't the first technicolor film, but it was the first to effectively advertise ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Recent technology cost forecasts underestimate the pace of technological change
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Oxford, and University of Brescia/RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment carried out the first systematic ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Pentagon reconsidering huge JEDI cloud-computing contract
The Pentagon is reconsidering how to make a massive shift to cloud computing, officials said Monday, suggesting it could scrap the so-called JEDI contract potentially worth $10 billion that was awarded to Microsoft Corp. ...
May 10, 2021
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Sure, video games want to get you hooked on spending. But there's no evidence they can manipulate you
The ABC's latest Four Corners report is an investigation into how videogames are "deliberately designed to get people hooked".
May 4, 2021
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Sex bots, virtual friends, VR lovers: Tech is changing the way we interact, and not always for the better
Twenty-first century technologies such as robots, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are creeping into every corner of our social and emotional lives—hacking how we form friendships, build intimacy, fall ...
May 3, 2021
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Girl Scout cookies take flight in Virginia drone deliveries
Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to people's doorsteps in a Virginia community.
Apr 28, 2021
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Max Schrems, reluctant Austrian David to internet Goliaths
Austrian online privacy activist Max Schrems has taken on a new battle: taking Google to task for the "illegal" tracking code on its Android mobile phones.
Apr 21, 2021
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Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at age 81
Charles "Chuck" Geschke—the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs—died at age 81.
Apr 18, 2021
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Report: Dubai 'jetman' didn't deploy chute in fatal crash
One of Dubai's famed "jetman" pilots killed in a crash in November failed to deploy the emergency parachute attached to the winged engines strapped to his back, an investigative report released Thursday found.
Apr 15, 2021
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