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Tesla Autopilot crash case
The electric vehicle (EV) maker faces a series of lawsuits over crashes related to the alleged use of its driver-assistant technology.Electric car giant Tesla has agreed to settle a lawsuit over a crash in 2018 which killed Apple engineer Walter Huang after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, collided with a highway barrier. The terms
TikTok to launch a photo sharing App to compete with Instagram
Instagram’s focus on making Reels more central to app has previously frustrated some users. TikTok is to take on social media rival, Instagram, by launching a photo-sharing app. Some users have received notifications saying their photo posts will be shared to a new “TikTok Notes” app unless they opt out. TikTok says it has not
ICT in Commercial Banks
Information communication technology has really revolutionized the banking sectors in most countries. like in Kenya, you can access banking services via a USSD code anytime. Should all the commercial banks adopt this simple but complicated technology?
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.