Category: iTechnology

Category: iTechnology

Technology Brings Hope to Ukraine’s Wounded
02/06/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The war in Ukraine has left thousands of wounded soldiers, many of whom require the latest technologies to heal and return to normal life. For VOA, Anna Chernikova visited a rehabilitation center near Kyiv, where …

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Ransomware Attacks in Europe Target Old VMware, Agencies Say
02/06/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Cybersecurity agencies in Europe are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting a two-year-old computer bug as Italy experienced widespread internet outages.  The Italian premier’s office said Sunday night the attacks affecting computer systems in the country …

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Seeing Is Believing? Global Scramble to Tackle Deepfakes
02/04/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos, and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions — the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader. Artificial Intelligence is …

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Musk Found Not Liable in Tesla Tweet Trial
02/04/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Jurors on Friday cleared Elon Musk of liability for investors’ losses in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private. The tweets sent the …

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ChatGPT: The Promises, Pitfalls and Panic
02/02/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Excitement around ChatGPT — an easy to use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay or computer code upon request and within seconds — has sent schools into panic and turned Big Tech green with …

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Zimbabwe Plans to Build $60 Billion ‘Cyber City’ to Ease Harare Congestion
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Zimbabwe plans to build “Zim Cyber City,” a modern capital expected to cost up to $60 billion in raised funds and include new government buildings and a presidential palace. Critics are blasting the plan as …

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Zimbabwe Plans to Build $60 Billion ‘Cyber City’ to Easy Harare Congestion
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Zimbabwe plans to build “Zim Cyber City,” a modern capital expected to cost up to $60 billion in raised funds and include new government buildings and a presidential palace. Critics are blasting the plan as …

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Boeing Bids Farewell to an Icon, Delivers Last 747 Jumbo Jet
02/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on.  Since its first flight in …

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Huawei Latest Target of US Crackdown on China Tech
01/31/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

China says it is “deeply concerned” over reports that the United States is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei, a tech company that U.S. officials have long singled out as a …

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Cheaters Beware: ChatGPT Maker Releases AI Detection Tool 
01/31/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new …

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As Children in US Study Online, Apps Watch Their Every Move 
01/29/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

For New York teacher Michael Flanagan, the pandemic was a crash course in new technology — rushing out laptops to stay-at-home students and shifting hectic school life online. Students are long back at school, but …

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US, EU Launch Agreement on Artificial Intelligence
01/28/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The United States and European Union announced Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, health care, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.  A senior …

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US Dismantles Ransomware Network Responsible for More Than $100 Million in Extortion
01/26/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

An international ransomware network that extorted more than $100 million from hundreds of victims around the world has been brought down following a monthslong infiltration by the FBI, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The …

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Trump Reinstated to Facebook After 2-Year Ban
01/26/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the January 6, 2021, insurrection.  The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to …

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Olive Pits Fuel Flights in Spain
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The war in Ukraine has exposed Europe’s energy dependence on Russia and is spurring the development of new, cleaner-burning biofuels. Spain is emerging as a leader in this effort, with the introduction late last year …

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Microsoft Reports Outage for Teams, Outlook, Other Services
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Microsoft said it’s seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages Wednesday.  In a status update, the tech …

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ChatGPT Bot Passes US Law School Exam
01/25/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a U.S. law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts. ChatGPT from OpenAI, a …

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US, 8 States Sue Google on Digital Ad Business Dominance
01/24/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google on Tuesday over allegations that the company abused its dominance of the digital advertising business, according to a court document. “Google has used anticompetitive, …

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AI Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is the Real Artist?
01/21/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized …

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Google Parent Company To Lay Off 12,000 Workers Globally
01/20/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of tech giant Google, announced Friday it is laying off 12,000 workers across the entire company — cuts reflecting six percent of the company’s total workforce. In an email to …

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FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply Concerned’ by China’s AI Program
01/19/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.” Speaking during a panel session at …

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Tech Layoffs Mount as Microsoft, Amazon Shed Staff
01/19/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Software giant Microsoft on Wednesday became the latest major company in the tech sector to announce significant job cuts when it reported it would lay off 10,000 employees, or about 5% of its workforce. Microsoft’s …

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