Speakers, vacuums, doorbells and fridges – the government plans to make your ‘smart things’ more secure
The Australian government has introduced its first-ever standalone cyber security act. Along with two other…
Cellphones in schools: Most Americans favor class bans, but not all-day bans
Students unlock their cellphones from pouches that secure them during the school day at Bayside…
The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions – and risks
Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting personal. Chatbots are designed to imitate human interactions, and the…
How algorithmic bias shapes the hiring process
A public interest group filed a U.S. federal complaint against artificial intelligence hiring tool, HireVue,…
How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views
Foreign influence campaigns, or information operations, have been widespread in the run-up to the 2024…
Ancient humans were so good at surviving the last ice age they didn’t have to migrate like other species – new study
Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways to…
Space isn’t all about the ‘race’ – rival superpowers must work together for a better future
In recent years, a new “space race” has intensified between the United States and China.…
How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton received the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct.…
Seychelles experiencing significant increase in internet usage, says SCRA
According to the statistics provided by the SCRA, since June 2020, internet traffic data has…
AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people. It’s time we have a say in how it’s built
Since artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream over the past two years, many of the risks…