Today’s Tech Sightings: China’s Ehang Will Test World’s First Passenger Drone This Year Ehang – the Chinese company that unveiled an electric passenger drone in January – now has clearance to begin testing it in Nevada sometime this year. The permissions were secured through a partnership with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems and the […]
Passenger Drone Tests Begin This Year; Apps Put Wildlife at Risk
Posted June 8th, 2016 at 1:08 pm (UTC-4)
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India Tops World Smartphone Growth; The Most Hackable Nations
Posted June 7th, 2016 at 10:52 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Ericsson: India Will Have 810 Million Smartphone Users by 2021 India already has the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market, and that’s likely to continue. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, India’s mobile subscriptions will grow to 1.37 billion by 2021. In the first quarter of 2016, India added 21 million new mobile subscribers, compared […]
Cash-for-Grades App Pays Students to Learn, but Should It?
Posted June 2nd, 2016 at 2:05 pm (UTC-4)
A new app currently in development aims to motivate children to study and excel. But some critics say the controversial cash-for-grades model is ineffective. Launching first in the U.S. in December, the cash-for-grades e-learning app Incentify is based on the premise that children will be willing to study or do homework chores they don’t want […]
Facebook Reassures Thai Users After Arrests; UK Hospital Hires Watson
Posted May 11th, 2016 at 12:36 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Tells Thai Users Their Data Not Given to Government Recent arrests for violations of Thailand’s Computer Crime Act have sparked fears Facebook might have failed to protect user privacy from the country’s military government. But Facebook issued a statement to reassure users it has not shared their information with the government […]
Augmented Reality Takes on the PC; Your Newscast in Virtual Reality
Posted April 19th, 2016 at 11:59 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: This Mysterious Startup Wants to Kill Computers for Good It’s called Magic Leap – a new startup that is developing a headset or goggles it hopes will do away with computer screens for good. The plan is to use the headset to add an augmented reality layer to the real world view. […]
Asia Mobile Banking Apps Riddled With Malware
Posted April 15th, 2016 at 10:55 am (UTC-4)
Mobile users are more likely to fall victim to cyberattacks in Asia than in any other region, in part because the continent’s Android mobile banking system is riddled with malware, thanks to a lack of awareness and the proliferation of third-party software. While cybercriminals are likely to attack wherever they can get a foothold, the […]
India’s Biometrics Raise Privacy Fears; Malware Slams Major Media Websites
Posted March 16th, 2016 at 12:32 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: India’s Billion-member Biometric Database Raises Privacy Fears Biometrics might prove to be one solution to cybersecurity intrusions, but it is a cause for concern, particularly in India. Citing national security interests, the country’s parliament is getting ready to pass a bill that would give government agencies access to the world’s largest biometrics […]
Google AI Wins Second Go Match; Future Hacks Could Cause Injuries
Posted March 10th, 2016 at 11:57 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google’s AI Wins Pivotal Second Game in Match With Go Grandmaster AlphaGo, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, won a second round in the ancient Chinese board game Go against grandmaster Lee Sedol. No machine has ever beaten humans at Go, a complex strategy game where players vie for more ground. AlphaGo needs […]
Five App Makes Messaging Accessible to Deaf Users
Posted February 19th, 2016 at 11:03 am (UTC-4)
A mobile app developed by an 18-year-old high school entrepreneur in Poland is set to become a major missing link in communication for deaf people. The app, called Five, allows deaf users to create a sign language for chatting and messaging on their smartphone or iWatch. While there are largely universal sign language standards for […]