Year: 2022

Year: 2022

World Economic Forum Warns Cyber Risks Add to Climate Threat
01/12/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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US Cyber Officials Bracing for ‘Log4j’ Vulnerability Fallout
01/10/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Indian Muslim Women ‘Auction’ App Shows Tech Weaponized for Abuse
01/08/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Biden Touts Deal Delaying 5G Rollout by AT&T, Verizon
01/04/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Wildlife Rangers Use AI to Predict Poachers’ Next Moves
01/04/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Rangers protecting threatened wildlife in Cambodia are using artificial intelligence to predict poachers’ next moves. Matt Dibble reports. …

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World’s Largest Consumer Electronics Show Goes Hybrid
01/03/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Twitter Bans US Lawmaker’s Personal Account for COVID-19 Misinformation 
01/02/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Solar Power Projects See the Light on Former Appalachian Coal Land
01/02/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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US Seeks New 5G Delay to Study Interference with Planes
01/01/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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US Officials Ask AT&T, Verizon to Delay 5G Wireless Near Certain Airports
01/01/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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 …

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Omicron Surge Prompts CES to Trim a Day from Schedule
01/01/2022 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

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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