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Month: January 2022
Month: January 2022
CES-2022 Showcases the Latest Tech Innovations
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, was smaller this year because of COVID, but, as usual, the event drew companies that are dreaming big. Mariia Prus was among the journalists covering CES-2022, …
DetailsChina Seen Backing ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ in Latin America
Chinese technology and expertise is making it possible for Venezuela and Cuba to exercise suffocating control over digital communications in the two countries, according to insider accounts and several international investigations. Venezuela and Cuba do …
Details‘Be Afraid’: Ukraine Hit by Cyberattack, Russia Moves More Troops
Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to “be afraid and expect the worst”, and Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbor’s frontier, released TV pictures on Friday …
DetailsSpaceX Rocket Lifts Off with South African Satellites on Board
A SpaceX rocket launch Thursday carried three small South African-made satellites that will help with policing South African waters against illegal fishing operations. Produced at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, the satellites could also be used to help other African countries to protect …
DetailsHong Kong COVID-19 Tracking App Spurs Opposition
A new Hong Kong mandate that restaurants and other establishments require use of an app aimed at recording people’s locations and telling them if they have been near a COVID-19 patient has spurred opposition from …
DetailsWorld Economic Forum Warns Cyber Risks Add to Climate Threat
Cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the global economy, adding to existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, the World Economic Forum said in a report Tuesday. The …
DetailsUS Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout
U.S. cybersecurity officials are still sounding an alarm about the so-called Log4j software vulnerability more than a month after it was first discovered, warning some criminals and nation state adversaries may be waiting to make …
DetailsIndian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse
Six months ago, pilot Hana Khan saw her picture on an app that appeared to be auctioning scores of Muslim women in India. The app was quickly taken down, no one was charged, and the …
DetailsBiden Touts Deal Delaying 5G Rollout by AT&T, Verizon
President Joe Biden touted an agreement Tuesday between wireless carriers and U.S. regulators to allow the deployment of 5G wireless technology in two weeks. AT&T and Verizon said Monday they would delay activating the new …
DetailsWildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves
Rangers protecting threatened wildlife in Cambodia are using artificial intelligence to predict poachers’ next moves. Matt Dibble reports. …
DetailsWorld’s Largest Consumer Electronics Show Goes Hybrid
It’s a chaotic time for the Consumer Electronics Show 2022, the world’s largest technology event. Last-minute COVID-19-related cancellations have wreaked havoc on the organizers’ plans to host exhibitors and welcome visitors in person in Las …
DetailsTwitter Bans US Lawmaker’s Personal Account for COVID-19 Misinformation
Twitter on Sunday banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy, according to a statement from the company. The Georgia Republican’s account was permanently suspended under …
DetailsSolar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land
Looking west from Hazel Mountain, Brad Kreps can see forested hills stretching to the Tennessee border and beyond, but it is the flat, denuded area in front of him he finds exciting. Surface coal mining …
DetailsUS Seeks New 5G Delay to Study Interference with Planes
U.S. authorities have asked telecom operators AT&T and Verizon to delay for up to two weeks their already postponed rollout of 5G networks amid uncertainty about interference with vital flight safety equipment. The U.S. rollout …
DetailsUS Officials Ask AT&T, Verizon to Delay 5G Wireless Near Certain Airports
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation …
DetailsOmicron Surge Prompts CES to Trim a Day from Schedule
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show will end a day earlier than planned, the organizer of the global technology and gadget show said, after companies including Amazon and General Motors dropped out of attending the Las …
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