When your email address falls into the wrong hands, not only is it inconvenient, but the consequences can be long-lasting. At best, you can get bombarded with annoying spam emails. At worst, it can trap you in a scheme to glean valuable data that can be used against you. Despite …
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A sightseeing floatplane that crashed in a mountainous area in southeast Alaska, killing all nine people on board, was equipped with technology to provide detailed information about the terrain, according to a federal accident report released Tuesday. The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board also …
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“I don’t use Facebook. I don’t even have an email. How could scammers possibly know anything about me?” That’s the question I hear from people over 60 all the time. If you assume that by staying off social media and avoiding the internet, you’re invisible to fraudsters, think again. The …
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TUCSON, Ariz. – As artificial intelligence becomes more mainstream, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking at how it can use the emerging technology. At the beginning of the year, deputies began a trial of Axon’s Draft One, which is a program that writes incident reports using AI. A body …
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Construction robots are no longer a far-off idea. They’re already changing job sites by tackling repetitive, heavy, and often dangerous tasks. The latest robot comes from Australia, where a spider-like machine named Charlotte is making headlines. Charlotte is designed to 3D print an entire 2,150-sq-ft home in just one day. …
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West Virginia Attorney General John “JB” McCuskey said Monday that his office is helping lead a new multi-state investigation into big tech firms, alleging they exaggerate their clean-energy commitments — a practice known as “greenwashing.” McCuskey is joining 15 other state attorneys general, led by Montana’s Austin Knudsen, in probing …
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An internal Meta document sheds light on how the company is training its AI chatbot to handle one of the most sensitive issues online: child sexual exploitation. The newly unearthed guidelines detail what’s permitted and what’s strictly forbidden, offering a rare look into how Meta is shaping its AI behavior …
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Researchers recently unveiled the faces of ancient Colombians who lived hundreds of years ago. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in the United Kingdom announced in an August press release that specialists in its Face Lab were able to digitally extract face masks from corpses found in the Cordillera Oriental region …
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Shoplifting has long been a challenge for retailers, but a U.S. company now believes that flying drones could help combat the issue. Flock Safety, best known for its law enforcement camera systems, is promoting its new Flock Aerodome Drone as an Automated Security system to the private sector. The idea …
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Once upon a not-so-distant time,being a millionaire meant you’d “made it.” Inthelate20th century, a million dollars wasthegold standardofsuccess.Then along camethetech era, and having abillionbecametheaspirationalbenchmark. Butnow – especially in today’s hyper-accelerated technology world– thebillionaires list seems to grow bytheweek. It won’tbelongbeforethenew title that mattersistrillionaire. And make no mistake about it,Elon Muskison …
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