Month: April 2024
Blocking nude images on Meta
Meta’s recent decision to protect Facebook Messenger chats by default with end-to-end encryption (e2ee) has been fiercely criticised by government, police and leading children’s charities. end-to-end encryption means only sender and recipient can read messages meaning, critics say, Meta cannot spot and report child abuse material in messages. Client-side scanning refers to systems on a
Decentralized Finance
Decentralised finance, or “DeFi”, deserves sober consideration. It has the potential to rewire how the financial system works, with all the promise and perils that entails. The proliferation of innovation in DeFi is akin to the frenzy of invention in the early phase of the web. At a time when people live ever more of
Russian man in Australia’s worst data breach.
The cyber sanctions – the first of their kind in Australia – include financial penalties and a travel ban. A Russian man has been named and sanctioned for his role in Australia’s worst data breach. The personal information of 9.7m Australians was stolen from the country’s largest health insurer, Medibank, in late 2022. It is
The battle for dominance in nuclear technology
Most countries are trying to rapidly decarbonise their energy systems to address the climate crisis. Wind and solar now provide at least 12 per cent of the world’s power, and in some places, like the European Union, they provide more than fossil fuels. But there’s an increasing sense of urgency to clean up our energy
The Future of Shopping
Artificial intelligence-powered smart carts are rolling out in Big Apple supermarkets and they do practically everything except cook the food.The tech, which rolled out at Fairway in October, still has some glitches like Hoylie’s cart, which didn’t automatically detect some of the items she’d put in it. Soon, however, consumers won’t have to ask which
The fight against NATO expansion
As Nato foreign secretaries gathered in Brussels to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the treaty two days ago, Stoltenberg reiterated that Europe is on the brink of a potential war.Since Putin invaded Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people have died, millions more have fled their homes and towns and cities have been
Ukraine Future if Trump wins
Ukraine’s supporters have worked for months to craft ideas on how NATO could take a more forceful position of support for Kyiv amid fractures and pitfalls for the group. The stakes for the summit are high, following public tensions at the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky chided the U.S.
The US involvement in UKraine and Gaza wars
In China’s telling, America stands exposed as a hypocrite, quick to accuse China or Russia of breaking international law and abusing human rights, while supplying bombs used to kill civilians in Gaza. In Beijing it is said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine united the West, but Israel’s conflict with Hamas is dividing it again.wise foreign
America’s Protection of NATO countries
A world without American power endangers America for two reasons: because foes like Russia and China will feel emboldened, and because friends will lose faith in their old ally. “America First” isolationism, far from insulating the country, will only magnify the nuclear risks America faces.As the world’s first atomic power, America has long tried to
Samsung to doubles its investment in Texas
Samsung is one of just three firms, along with Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, capable of producing advanced logic semiconductors vital to artificial intelligence and national defense. To help finance the broader Texas expansion, Samsung is expected to receive billions of dollars in subsidies from the U.S. Chips Act. Samsung Electronics plans to more than