Category: Technology
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![Can Someone Track You Through a Photo? The Hidden Data Your Images May Reveal]()
Can Someone Track You Through a Photo? The Hidden Data Your Images May Reveal
You take a photo inside your home and send it to a friend. You upload it to a sales listing or share it in…
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![“We Urgently Need Rules for Artificial Intelligence,” Says the Head of OpenAI]()
“We Urgently Need Rules for Artificial Intelligence,” Says the Head of OpenAI
The rapid rise of ChatGPT marked a turning point for artificial intelligence, accelerating transformations across the technology sector and increasingly influencing economic, political, and…
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![How Extensive Is Your Digital Footprint? The Google Tool That Reveals Your Activity History]()
How Extensive Is Your Digital Footprint? The Google Tool That Reveals Your Activity History
Do you remember what you searched for five years ago? Can you recall where you were on a specific afternoon in 2021? Do you…
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![Computing Systems from Human Brain Tissue: Technological Prospects and Ethical Challenges]()
Computing Systems from Human Brain Tissue: Technological Prospects and Ethical Challenges
As conventional artificial intelligence approaches energy and architectural limits, an alternative research direction is emerging: the use of cultured human neurons as a biological…
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AI Teachers, Cyber Implants and Moon Bases: The Technology We’ll Be Using in 2050
If we went back to the year 2000 and claimed that within 25 years we would be speaking daily with AI, carrying supercomputers in…
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![Do You Suspect Someone Is Using Your Wi-Fi? How to Tell — and What to Do]()
Do You Suspect Someone Is Using Your Wi-Fi? How to Tell — and What to Do
Is your internet suddenly slow for no obvious reason? Does the Wi-Fi keep dropping, or are your devices disconnecting unexpectedly? The issue isn’t always…
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![When AI Learns to Manipulate: The End of Technology’s Innocence]()
When AI Learns to Manipulate: The End of Technology’s Innocence
For decades, we viewed artificial intelligence as a powerful yet passive tool. Something that obeys, executes commands, accelerates processes. An advanced calculator. But that…
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![AI in the Operating Room: Rising Reports of Injuries and Device Malfunctions]()
AI in the Operating Room: Rising Reports of Injuries and Device Malfunctions
Artificial intelligence is being promoted as the next major leap in medicine, promising more accurate diagnoses, improved surgical planning and fewer medical errors. Yet…
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![When Innovation Threatens Safety: “Smart” Cars Under Scrutiny by Experts]()
When Innovation Threatens Safety: “Smart” Cars Under Scrutiny by Experts
Most new cars on the road today are equipped with a wide range of advanced technological features. While these futuristic systems promise comfort and…
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![The Creativity of Generative Artificial Intelligence Compared to Humans: New Empirical Evidence]()
The Creativity of Generative Artificial Intelligence Compared to Humans: New Empirical Evidence
Can generative artificial intelligence systems, such as ChatGPT, demonstrate creativity comparable to that of humans? This question was the focus of a new large-scale…
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![Why Reusing Passwords Is More Dangerous Than Using Weak Ones]()
Why Reusing Passwords Is More Dangerous Than Using Weak Ones
Most of us believe we are safe online because we use “strong” passwords. They’re not obvious, they include letters, numbers, and symbols. Yet the…
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![Can WiFi Networks “See” Us? New Technology Identifies People Without Devices]()
Can WiFi Networks “See” Us? New Technology Identifies People Without Devices
A new technology developed by researchers in Germany suggests that people can be identified even if they are not carrying a smartphone or any…
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![Microbes in Fukushima: Life in Extremely Radioactive Environments]()
Microbes in Fukushima: Life in Extremely Radioactive Environments
What Scientific Research Revealed in Fukushima More than a decade after the 2011 nuclear disaster, scientists have identified active microbial communities inside the Fukushima…
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![Artificial intelligence system predicts torrential rain and storms hours in advance]()
Artificial intelligence system predicts torrential rain and storms hours in advance
As extreme weather events become increasingly frequent, intense and long-lasting, a new artificial intelligence system developed in Hong Kong promises to significantly improve early…
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![The human brain works like advanced artificial intelligence]()
The human brain works like advanced artificial intelligence
Scientists have found that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that is strikingly similar to advanced artificial intelligence systems. The new…
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![picoRing: A computer mouse you wear as a ring]()
picoRing: A computer mouse you wear as a ring
Researchers have developed a lightweight computer mouse worn like a ring that can operate for more than a month on a single charge. The…
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![When does an update solve problems — and when does it create new ones?]()
When does an update solve problems — and when does it create new ones?
Software updates are usually presented as essential: they fix bugs, close security “holes,” and improve performance. And yet, many users have experienced the opposite.…
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![Scientists have developed an artificial muscle that can lift 4,400 times its own weight for humanoid robots.]()
Scientists have developed an artificial muscle that can lift 4,400 times its own weight for humanoid robots.
Researchers in South Korea have developed an artificial muscle capable of lifting approximately 4,400 times its own weight, which they say could be used…
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![China will use humanoid robots to guard its border with Vietnam]()
China will use humanoid robots to guard its border with Vietnam
China is deploying humanoid robots to guard its borders. UBTech Robotics has recently secured a government contract worth 264 million yuan – around €32…
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![Why even AI itself finds it difficult to determine whether a text has been written by AI]()
Why even AI itself finds it difficult to determine whether a text has been written by AI
As text-generating artificial intelligence tools continue to spread, educational institutions, businesses and consumers want to know whether what they are reading was written by…
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![MEATiCode: A tool that identifies the type of meat in ready-made meals]()
MEATiCode: A tool that identifies the type of meat in ready-made meals
Scientists in Aberdeen, Scotland, have developed a new tool which, they say, will help tackle so-called food fraud and the addition of “irregular ingredients”…
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![Bumi: The Chinese humanoid robot that costs as much as an iPhone]()
Bumi: The Chinese humanoid robot that costs as much as an iPhone
The newly established Chinese company Noetix Robotics recently unveiled Bumi, its new humanoid robot, standing 94 centimeters tall, weighing 12 kilograms, and priced the…
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![“Artificial intelligence will soon replace us,” say British authors in a University of Cambridge study]()
“Artificial intelligence will soon replace us,” say British authors in a University of Cambridge study
British writers are considered among the best in the world, but half of them believe it is very likely that they will soon be…
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![The mobile app that can see your passwords — and millions of users have it installed]()
The mobile app that can see your passwords — and millions of users have it installed
Most users believe their passwords are safe as long as they don’t click suspicious links. In practice, however, there are apps that — with…
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![ChatGPT is accused of involvement in a murder]()
ChatGPT is accused of involvement in a murder
Not much time has passed since the lawsuit filed against ChatGPT by the parents of a teenage user who committed suicide, claiming that the…
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![Visual contact with a sick person is enough to trigger an alarm in our immune system]()
Visual contact with a sick person is enough to trigger an alarm in our immune system
Visual contact with a person with visible symptoms of illness can activate an internal “alarm” in our brain and body, even if that person…
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![What you should disable on your phone for security and battery life]()
What you should disable on your phone for security and battery life
Most users believe that short battery life or security issues on their phone are due to the device model or its age. In reality,…



























