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22 Aug
False flag hacktivism on the rise as real activists turn away from hacking
Around the world, hacktivists appear to be hanging up their keyboards.
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22 Aug
AI in education: A toxic mix of buzzwords, hyperbole and unqualified expertise?
The UK government has developed a voracious appetite for artificial intelligence (AI), based on a promise of its apparently transformative power across myriad industries.
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21 Aug
Google and Mozilla block Kazakhstan internet surveillance
Internet giants Google and Mozilla have taken action to block the Kazakhstan government from intercepting the internet traffic of its citizens in what appeared to be an online surveillance scheme.
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20 Aug
QR code voter ID pilot paves way for future elections
Scanning a QR code may one day be the way in which voters in the UK confirm their identity, following a pilot in Watford, UK.
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19 Aug
Operation Yellowhammer: How could data flow be affected by a no-deal Brexit?
An official document detailing the potential outcomes of a no-deal Brexit, leaked over the weekend, has shed light on the likely aftermath of leaving the EU without a deal.
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19 Aug
Texas ransomware attack: Local governments are sitting ducks – and hackers know it
Over the weekend, news broke that a host of local government departments in the US state of Texas are fighting a severe ransomware attack.
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16 Aug
Take a seat: The mental health chatbots encroaching on the therapist’s couch
Chatbots are everywhere.
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16 Aug
Outside China, London is the most surveilled city in the world
Surveillance is on the increase around the world, but the extent to which citizens are under watchful eyes varies dramatically.
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15 Aug
Suprema data breach: What GDPR says about biometrics
The Suprema data breach, in which researchers say they discovered that the fingerprints, voice data, facial images, unencrypted usernames and passwords of more than one million people were publicly available, has drawn the condemnation of security experts and data privacy experts.
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14 Aug
AI & innovation: Will the next Tesla or Dyson even be human?
From boardrooms to editorial departments, interest around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is showing no sign of abating.
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12 Aug
A brief history of AI: The progression towards artificial general intelligence
Each day brings a new story of how artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved yet another apparent intellectual feat, often better than a human could have done it.
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9 Aug
Huawei Harmony OS isn’t just a defence… It’s an offence too
Huawei has finally unveiled Harmony OS, its long-awaited alternative to Google’s Android operating system, at the Huawei Developer Conference.
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6 Aug
With SoftBank’s backing, Cybereason set to join cybersecurity’s rapidly growing unicorn club
Cybereason has raised $200m in investment from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group and its affiliates, leaving the firm just shy of a $1bn valuation that would see it enter cybersecurity’s fast-growing unicorn club.
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6 Aug
New airship technology could see zeppelins return to our skies
On May 6 1937, the infamous Hindenburg disaster, in which an airship caught fire after an electrical spark ignited highly flammable hydrogen that had leaked out, claiming the lives of 36 people on board.
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5 Aug
Cloudflare drops 8chan as thorny topic of online freedoms returns
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare has terminated the service it provides for far-right imageboard site 8chan in response to it being used to publish the manifesto of the alleged El Paso shooter.
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1 Aug
Premier League predictions 2019-20: Here’s how the season will pan out (according to AI)
From Leicester City winning the title in 2016 to Liverpool overturning a 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in last season’s Champions League, football is impossible to predict.
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30 Jul
Capital One breach: What was stolen in the mega hack and how?
Financial services firm Capital One has confirmed that it suffered a data breach in which some 106 million customer records were stolen by a hacker.
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26 Jul
China, blockchain and the crypto “double-edged sword”: Is the tide turning for cryptocurrency?
When it comes to technology, China rarely mimics the rest of the world, and the fields of blockchain and cryptocurrency are no different.
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26 Jul
Boris Johnson wants to turn the UK in a GM crops haven. Can it work?
In his first speech as UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson laid out his vision for post-Brexit Britain, and while there were many predictable points, the issue of GM crops made an unexpected appearance.
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25 Jul
How “software flaws” have had tragic consequences for Boeing
On Wednesday, the world’s largest aerospace company Boeing reported its biggest ever quarterly loss, as ongoing issues facing its 737-MAX aircraft saw the company lose $2.9bn in the last quarter.
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24 Jul
Neuralink security “has to be solid” to avoid brain hacking
Almost anything can be hacked.
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23 Jul
What does Boris Johnson as Prime Minister mean for UK tech?
Boris Johnson has been confirmed as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having beaten current foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative leadership vote.
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19 Jul
Neuralink: Do we really need to merge our brains with AI?
If we don’t merge our brains with artificial intelligence, we’re toast.
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18 Jul
“Maximising safety through innovation”: How the UK is tackling driverless car regulation
The connected and autonomous vehicles industry is expected to be worth an estimated £52bn to the UK by 2035, with the automotive industry bracing for major change over the next decade.
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18 Jul
Data: The intangible accelerant of the new space age
It has been 50 years since man first walked on the Moon.
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15 Jul
Is this material the answer to terraforming Mars?
How do you terraform Mars?
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12 Jul
World first: Quantum entanglement photo captures “spooky action at a distance”
For the first time in history, scientists have successfully taken a photo of a type of quantum entanglement known as Bell entanglement, which Albert Einstein famously described as “spooky action at a distance”.
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10 Jul
The Bank of Amazon: How big tech is disrupting banking
The announcement that Facebook was entering the world of cryptocurrency through the launch of Libra has certainly sent shockwaves through the tech sphere, with its future as the “global currency” hotly debated.
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10 Jul
Off-grid solar is Africa’s best hope for prosperity – but business must take the lead
The World Bank recently announced it will invest $225m in off-grid solar electrification in Africa.
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9 Jul
Uber’s plan is to become the AWS of logistics: Uber CTO
Uber’s long-term plan is to become a platform for third-party companies, providing logistics’ answer to Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to the company’s CTO Thuan Pham.