Imagine you are working on your novel on your home computer. It’s nearly finished; you have already written approximately one million words. All of a sudden, the online word processing software tells you that you can no longer open the draft because it contains illegal information. Within an instant, all your words are lost. This […]
Monthly Archives: July 2022
This robot dog just taught itself to walk
The team’s algorithm, called Dreamer, uses past experiences to build up a model of the surrounding world. Dreamer also allows the robot to conduct trial-and-error calculations in a computer program as opposed to the real world, by predicting potential future outcomes of its potential actions. This allows it to learn faster than it could purely […]
Hackers are targeting industrial systems with malware
Getty Images reader comments 12 with 12 posters participating Share this story From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong files comes this: An industrial control engineer recently made a workstation part of a botnet after inadvertently installing malware advertising itself as a means for recovering lost passwords. Lost passwords happen in many organizations. A programmable logic controller—used to automate […]
A million-word novel got censored before it was even shared. Now Chinese users want answers.
The news blew up on social media on July 11 after a few prominent influencer accounts belatedly picked it up. It became the top trending topic on Weibo that day, with users questioning whether WPS is infringing on their privacy. Since then, The Economic Observer, a Chinese publication, has reported that several other online novelists […]
Breaking new ground: Sustainability in Malaysia
Technology is central to the country’s sustainability agenda. Malaysia’s commercial hub, Kuala Lumpur, has rolled out a smart city plan, which includes accelerating digital transformation by focusing on education and promoting cloud technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), among other areas. The Malaysian government has also emphasized technology investment in its Budget 2022, with up to […]
The Download: tracking teachers online, and how influencers navigate algorithms
Tyler said he was unable to enter phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “supporting Black excellence” into his Marketplace profile. However, phrases like “white supremacy” and “supporting white excellence” were allowed. TikTok apologized and blamed an automatic filter. However, these sorts of problems have cropped up and been flagged by creators again and again. Brooke […]
The book ban movement has a chilling new tactic: harassing teachers on social media
“This is a movement that was formed online, so it’s not so much that these activists are moving online so much as they are moving the target from schools to teachers and librarians,” Friedman says. “And it’s not going to stop there.” Vera has seen the impact of this firsthand. In the week since the […]
Griffin on Tech: The lesson from Uber’s cut-throat gameplan
Peter Griffin, Editor. 15 July 2022, 12:30 pm Big Tech is leaking like never before. Last year Frances Haugen walked out of Facebook with thousands of internal documents outlining how executives ignored evidence their platforms were causing harm to users. Weeks later she was in front of the US Congress giving testimony to lawmakers who […]
Low-code no-code applications will herald a revolution in app creativity and usability
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch Himanshu Arora, global business head, low code/no code, automation, and integration practice at Infosys, speak with Avrohom Gottheil, founder of AsktheCEO Media, about how low code/no code is set to change the innovation agenda for most organizations. Click here to […]
Estimating impact of data breaches on brands across industries and defining a future-ready strategy
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Vishal Salvi, CISO and head of cybersecurity at Infosys, and Ameya Kapnadak, chief growth officer and head of consulting at Interbrand, discuss with Bill Mew, digital ethics campaigner and CEO of CrisisTeam.co.uk, the steps that brands must take to safeguard themselves […]