Category: iNews

Category: iNews

Companies’ use of employee-monitoring software can have negative effects
08/19/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Some bosses might want all their workers back in the office, but a clear majority of U.S. workers crave the flexibility of remote or hybrid jobs. And studies have found that such work, if managed well, will not harm a company’s culture or capability to innovate. But some companies concerned about productivity are using software

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Eswatini turns to nuclear technology to transform agriculture, health care, energy
08/17/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Manzini, Eswatini — Eswatini has launched an initiative to achieve sustainable development by harnessing the power of nuclear technology in such sectors as agriculture, health and energy planning. The plan was developed with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The aim of the Country Program Framework, or CPF, launched two weeks ago by Eswatini

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Restaurant with robot servers causes excitement in Nairobi     
08/16/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

In Nairobi, a new restaurant is generating business and buzz – not just because of the food, but because of the staff. Robots serving dishes is the main attraction of diners who flock to the Robot Cafe. Juma Majanga reports. Camera: Jimmy Makhulo. …

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Pakistanis frustrated by slowdown in internet service
08/15/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

islamabad — From sharing memes to sealing deals, millions of Pakistanis are struggling to communicate digitally as internet and data services have slowed down across much of the country.  Officials are blaming internet service providers for the slowdown, but media reports indicate the problem may stem from the deployment of a nationwide internet firewall aimed at

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Google says Iranian group trying to hack US presidential campaigns
08/15/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

NEW YORK — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard had tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump since May.  The tech company’s threat intelligence arm said the group was still actively targeting people associated

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Мобільний телефон Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
08/14/2024 iLines,iNews iMaster

Серія: Galaxy S24 Стандарт зв’язку/інтернет: 2G (GPRS/EDGE) 3G (WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA) 4G (LTE) 5G Діагональ екрана: 6.8 Роздільна здатність дисплея: QHD+ (3120×1440) Тип матриці: Dynamic AMOLED 2X Частота оновлення екрана: 120 Гц Матеріал екрана: Скло (Corning Gorilla Armor) Кількість SIM-карток: 2 Формат SIM-картки: Nano-SIM, e-SIM Оперативна пам’ять: 12 ГБ Вбудована пам’ять: 512 ГБ Максимальний обсяг підтримуваної карти

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New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialization easier
08/13/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand government said Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialize products using gene technologies such as gene editing.  Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins said in a statement that rules and time-consuming processes have made research outside

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China test-flies biggest cargo drone as low-altitude economy takes off
08/12/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

beijing — Engineers sent China’s biggest-yet cargo drone on a test run over the weekend while a helicopter taxi took to the skies on a soon-to-open 100-km route to Shanghai, laying new milestones for the country’s expanding low-altitude economy. Packing a payload capacity of 2 metric tons, the twin-engine aircraft took off on Sunday on an inaugural flight, state

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China’s drivers fret as robotaxis pick up pace – and passengers
08/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WUHAN, China — Liu Yi is among China’s 7 million ride-hailing drivers. A 36-year-old Wuhan resident, he started driving part-time this year when construction work slowed in the face of a nationwide glut of unsold apartments. Now he predicts another crisis as he stands next to his car watching neighbors order driverless taxis. “Everyone will go

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Flying electric taxis, personal aircraft prepare for takeoff
08/09/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Flying cars, long the dream of futurists, may finally be here. From California, Matt Dibble has our story about the rise of electric aircraft. …

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UN approves its first treaty targeting cybercrime
08/09/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

United Nations — U.N. member states on Thursday approved a treaty targeting cybercrime, the body’s first such text, despite fierce opposition from human rights activists who have warned of potential surveillance dangers. After three years of negotiations and a final two-week session in New York, members approved the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime by consensus, and

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Microsoft: Iran accelerating cyber activity in apparent bid to influence US election
08/09/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

NEW YORK — Iran is ramping up online activity that appears intended to influence the upcoming U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially sway

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President Maduro suspends X social network in Venezuela for 10 days
08/09/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing the owner Elon Musk of using the social network to promote hatred after the country’s disputed presidential election. Associated Press journalists in Caracas found that by Thursday night posts had stopped loading on X on two

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World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
08/08/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

GEORGETOWN, Texas — As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 45 feet (13.7 m) wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes. This summer, the robotic printer from ICON is finishing the last few of 100 3D-printed houses in

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Drones warn New Yorkers about storm dangers
08/07/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

NEW YORK — Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone equipped with a loudspeaker flies over homes warning people who live in basement or ground-floor apartments about impending heavy rains. “Be

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Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’
08/07/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

wichita falls, texas — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal court in Texas against the World Federation of

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Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X
08/05/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Chicago — Five secretaries of state are urging Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on the social media platform X, saying in a letter sent Monday that it has spread election misinformation. The top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington told Musk that X’s AI chatbot, Grok, produced false information about

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Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
08/05/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Washington — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies. The highly anticipated decision issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta comes nearly a

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US expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous vehicles
08/05/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks, according to sources briefed on the matter. The Biden administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese software in vehicles in the United States with Level 3 automation and above, which

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