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Month: December 2021

Booster Protection Fades Against Omicron

Protection against Omicron appears to wane more rapidly than Delta among people who are boosted, More data is ultimately needed to determine how long protection lasts against hospitalisation from Omicron. This will then shape the decision if, and when, to roll out a fourth jab among people with waning immunity. A fourth jab  may be

Motorola New Gadget

Motorola is launching a new version of its iconic Razr smartphone. The Lenovo-owned company has released two versions of the folding device already: one in 2019, and a more modern version in 2020. Chen Jin-Lenovo Executive revealed Motorola’s intentions by posting on Weibo, with the post suggesting that the device will have a better. Whatt

Brain Chip Helps a paralysed Man

Philip O-Keefe, a 62-year-old Australian who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), composed and posted the tweet using only his thoughts via a brain computer interface developed by neurotech startup Synchron. A paralysed man has made the first “direct-thought tweet” after having a computer chip implanted in his brain. The Stentrode device was first implanted

Bitcoin Price Change Prediction for 2022

Bitcoin has bounced between all-time price highs and record-breaking drops in 2021, in what has been one of the most tumultuous periods in the cryptocurrency’s history. The ups and downs have been driven by nationwide crackdowns, nation-state adoption, condemnation from high-profile investors. When bitcoin hits new highs, it attracts a lot of attention and price

China space criticizes Elon Musk

Elon Musk is facing a social media backlash after China complained that its space station was forced to avoid collisions with satellites launched by his Starlink Internet Services project. Starlink is a satellite internet network operated by Mr Musk’s SpaceX. Mr Musk is well known in China even as his electric carmaker Tesla comes under

Online Scam During Christmas

Often people forget there is a “real person on the other side of the computer” and the willingness to give away information like this online is mirrored in our approach to social media. online scams can happen, a number of different ways, but at the heart of it is usually fake content, whether that’s search

Riot Games fined $100

Riot Games, the studio best known for League of Legends, has agreed to pay $100m to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination case. The company will pay $80m to members of the class action suit and about $20m will cover legal costs. As part of the settlement, Riot agreed to workplace reforms, independent expert analysis

Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Responsible AI is a framework for organizations to figure out how to address both the legal and ethical challenges surrounding Artificial Intelligence . While many of the largest developers of Artificial Intelligence have established centers or guidelines around responsible Artificial Intelligence , even the smallest companies must create best practices around the responsible use of

Google: Cartoons Of Child Sexual Abuse Scan

Over the last two decades, tech giants have had to deal with an ever-growing deluge of videos and images of child sexual abuse on their platforms. As Apple recently found out, it’s a difficult problem to solve, where scanning people’s devices and online accounts for illegal content can lead to concerns about privacy. But it

India Blocks YouTube Channels

India has invoked its emergency powers under the IT Act for the first time, ordering YouTube to block 20 channels and banning two websites. Claiming that they were running anti-India content from Pakistan that affected the country’s sovereignty and integrity. “The channels and websites belong to a coordinated disinformation network operating from Pakistan and spreading