Month: February 2023
Cyber Threats to SMEs in 2023
Experts from Kaspersky analysed the weak points SMBs may have and outlined some major cyberthreats that entrepreneurs should be aware of and seek to address.The World Trade Organisation estimates that SMEs represent more than 90% of all businesses worldwide, and, according to Kaspersky, a cyber security incident is one of the most challenging types of
Google’s AI bot mistake
In the promotion for the bot, known as Bard, which was released on Twitter on Monday, the bot was asked about what to tell a nine-year-old about discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. It offered the response that the telescope was the first to take pictures of a planet outside the earth’s solar system,
Poland – Belarus checkpoints closed
In November 2021, after the beginning of the migration crisis, Poland suspended movement through the Kuznica checkpoint, also on the border with Belarus, which has not been reopened for the time being. Thus, at the border between the two countries, only one crossing point, Brest, is available for the transit of trucks and light vehicles.
Romanian rescuers in Turkey
So far, the Romanian mixed team has managed to rescue four people who were victims of the multiple earthquakes in Turkey. The Romanian team has now been moved to a new P + 8 building which has completely collapsed, in order to search for survivors and support Turkish teams, Two support teams from Romania, consisting
Olaf Scholz: NATO should not be part of Russian-Ukraine war
In a speech to the German lower house of parliament (Bundestag) ahead of a special meeting of the European Council to discuss the conflict, Scholz warned against a “public competition to outdo each other along the lines of battle tanks, submarines, aircraft…” Despite providing military assistance to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must
Quantum breakthrough
Quantum computers make use of the weird qualities of sub-atomic particles. So-called quantum particles can be in two places at the same time and also strangely connected even though they are millions of miles apart. Computer scientists have been trying to make an effective quantum computer for more than 20 years. Firms such as Google,
Microsoft deal to buy Activision
It’s worth noting that, away from the big guns, Activision Blizzard also happens to own a mobile game that consistently tops most-played charts the world over the humble but mighty Candy Crush. The $69bn acquisition deal would see Xbox-maker Microsoft acquire hit titles such as Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The United Kingdom’s Competition
drone factory on fire in Latvia
A US-owned drone factory near Riga airport in the Baltic nation of Latvia was ablaze Tuesday, according to emergency services in the small Baltic nation. Large plumes of black smoke were seen at the “Edge Autonomy” drone production plant on the outskirts of Riga. The Edge Autonomy unmanned aerial vehicle production plant was partially engulfed
China Urges USA to lift sanctions against Syria
China has urged the United States to immediately lift unilateral sanctions on Syria as the earthquake-stricken country is facing a serious humanitarian crisis. Noting that the United States has been involved in the Syrian crisis for a long time, Mao said the frequent U.S. military interventions and harsh economic sanctions on Syria have caused great
battle for the future of search
Microsoft might have an edge on ChatGPT as we know it today. While ChatGPT is based on GPT-3.5, a large language model released last year, Bing’s chat functionality is rumored to be based on the as-yet-unannounced GPT-4 model. The AI community continues to collectively speculate about exactly how powerful GPT-4 will be, with several entertaining