Capital One will pay a $ 80 million civil fine for its role in a 2019 security breach that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million customers, The Wall Street Journal report. In a scandalous report on his investigation into the burglary, the Office of the Comptroller of …
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Credit: Swoxid SA ‘Paper’ filter made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of capturing pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be used in personal protective equipment as well as in ventilation and air conditioning systems. As part of efforts to curb the COVID-19 …
Read More »Trump wants the US to cut back on every TikTok deal. No one knows how that worked.
WASHINGTON – If he were still running casinos in the rough and tumble Atlantic City, NJ, President Trump’s question about Microsoft’s possible acquisition of TikTok would be translated this way: I want a piece of the action. In exchange for blessing Microsoft’s purchase of the Chinese-owned social media platform, Mr. …
Read More »Alexa starts asking questions. How should we respond?
In the future, software in products like the Amazon Echo Studio will feature give-and-take calls. Sarah Tew / CNET Two years ago, Amazon announced a new feature for Alexa: the ability to ask questions. Dogs, as they are called, have been slowly running out since the announcement, and now it’s …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip could lead to an episode of ‘Black Mirror’ in real life: experts warn it could be hacked
The hype surrounding Elon Musk’s mysterious Neuralink brain-computer interface (BCI) is growing, as the billionaire tech CEO is slowly explaining how the chip would work, but experts have a caveat: the chip, along with other neural interfaces, could be hacked. (Photo: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay)Experts warn that brain-computer interface like …
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