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Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 22, 2018
Facebook newsfeed changes
Facebook is taking another step to try to make itself more socially beneficial, saying it will boost news sources that its users rate as trustworthy in surveys. Social media experts..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 19, 2018
Wireless power for the world
Hiroshi Amano, the physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014, is currently developing a remote power supply system that sends energy to distant places..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 19, 2018
Killer Robots
More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers has warned about the dangers of autonomous weapons. Robotics leaders worry the creation of autonomous killer..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 16, 2018
Increased investment in electric cars
The Chairman of Ford Motor Company, Bill Ford, has announced that the organization will be significantly increasing its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 16, 2018
AI beats humans in reading
Alibaba Group, the Chinese based e-commerce company, has developed an Artificial intelligence software that has performed better than humans in a reading comprehension test..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 15, 2018
Driverless cars to be used as 'lethal weapons'?
Autonomous vehicles are in danger of being turned into “weapons”, leading governments around the world to block cars operated by foreign companies, the head of Baidu’s..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 9, 2018
The rise of Dogecoin
The value of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that originally started as a “joke” has continued to rise in the recent years along with other cryptocurrencies. The value of Dogecoin as..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 8, 2018
SpaceX launches secretive Zuma
SpaceX has successfully launched a top secretive aircraft which has been nicknamed Zuma. There are sparse details surrounding the launch of Zuma and it has been revealed..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 5, 2018
Apple products affected
Apple has confirmed all its Mac systems and iOS devices have been affected by two specific processor flaws that were disclosed recently. These flaws are called Spectre and..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 5, 2018
Kalanick to sell Uber shares
Reports have emerged that former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick will be selling shares in the company he co-founded, in a deal that is reportedly a little over $1 billion.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 4, 2018
Ripple comes second
Ripple has now become the second most valuable cryptocurrency in the world after Bitcoin. It has gained more than 49,500 percent over the last 12 months, and more than..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 4, 2018
An Intel bug
A significant vulnerability has been discovered in all Intel processor chips. Due to this vulnerability, players like Microsoft, Apple and Linux will have to update operating..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 28, 2017
Apple slows down older models
Apple has confirmed that it does deliberately slow down older models of the iPhone as they continue to age. The company has claimed that this has been done in a bid to try and protect..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 16, 2017
Did Uber act illegally?
According to a legal document that had been recently published, Uber has allegedly indulged in illegal activities such as the stealing of rival secrets and bribing officials..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 14, 2017
The future of net neutrality
America’s Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a controversial plan to repeal net neutrality protections that were put in place by former..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 12, 2017
Beyond Bitcoin
In 2017, the value of Bitcoins, and cryptocurrencies in general, has continued to surge. At Synergia Conclave – Security 360, Pindar Wong, internet pioneer and Managing..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 12, 2017
Cybersecurity: the board dilemma
The massive data breach at Equifax and the Target ended the careers of their Chief Executive Officers, who had each served in these companies for more than three decades..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 11, 2017
Reimagining Cyber 9/11?
The internet for all its possibilities is also highly vulnerable to external threats. During the first session of Synergia Conclave – Security 360, experts PC Haldar and Ajay Goel..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 11, 2017
Information Technology express
Padmabhushan award winner Dr. P.A Paulraj and one of the key drivers of the WiFi and 4G technology in the digital economy, was one of the keynote speakers at the..
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Dec 7, 2017
Uber paid bounty to hacker
Uber reportedly paid $100,000 to the man responsible for its data breach. The money was transferred to ensure this 20-year-old man from Florida, USA, destroyed the data..