News & Articles By Virgilio Marin
10/31/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
China’s electronic money may bring surveillance state to private wallets worldwide
Experts warn that China’s emerging digital currency can extend the country’s surveillance activities into public and private wallets worldwide and undermine the dollar’s status as the currency of choice for global business. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is currently developing a digital yuan, a national digital currency that can only be owned and transacted by using computers or electronic wallets connected […]
10/18/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Waymo self-driving taxi goes rogue in Arizona, blocking traffic and escaping rescue crew
An autonomous taxi operated by Waymo got stranded at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona while carrying a passenger. A tech support team arrived to free it but the car suddenly drove away and pulled over again, blocking a three-lane road. Joel Johnson captured the whole incident on video while sitting in the autonomous taxi’s back seat. In the footage, which he posted online […]
10/16/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
South Korea to spend $450 billion in bid to become world’s leading chipmaker
South Korea plans to spend $450 billion to build the world’s biggest chipmaking base over the next decade. This is part of an overarching plan called the “K-Semiconductor Belt Strategy” which aims to make the country the world’s leading chipmaker. With this strategy, South Korea joins the U.S., China and Europe in a global race to dominate the semiconductor industry following […]
09/27/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
GPS-dependent America is one solar storm away from collapse
Global positioning system (GPS) satellites are extremely vulnerable to massive solar storms due to their location in space. If they go down, GPS-dependent infrastructure such as electric grids, financial market systems and public transportation will go down as well. The combined failure of these can very well bring America’s collapse, yet the country still hasn’t built a backup GPS system. Solar […]
09/13/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Humans are no match for artificial intelligence – “It’s not even close,” says Nobel laureate
In an interview with The Guardian, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman opined that artificial intelligence (AI) would be the undisputed winner in the workplace battle between robots and humans. “Clearly AI is going to win [against human intelligence]. It’s not even close,” he told the paper. “How people are going to adjust to this is a fascinating problem.” Kahneman, […]
06/22/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Excessive use of video games, social media and the internet linked to poor academic performance
A new study has found that teens who play video games or surf the internet for more than an hour a day tend to perform worse at school compared to teens who use these interactive technologies in moderation. Interactive technologies are anything that allows for the two-way flow of information, such as video games, smartphones, social […]
06/21/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Apple attempts to launch its own healthcare service
Apple is making an ambitious foray into healthcare with a primary care program that will connect users to the tech giant’s doctors using its devices. However, the company is struggling to get the program off the ground due to inaccurate reporting of data, The Wall Street Journal reported. Codenamed Casper, the subscription-based program was conceived shortly after the Apple Watch was […]
05/31/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Privacy watch: Hackers break into 150,000 surveillance cameras
An international group of hackers breached the security system of California startup Verkada on Monday. The group gained access to the full video archive of all Verkada customers, as well as the live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras that are used by companies, police departments, hospitals, jails and schools, according to Bloomberg. Firms affected by the breach include automaker Tesla, software provider Cloudflare […]
05/19/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Chip shortage cripples car production amid high demand
The global computer chip shortage has stalled vehicle production in dozens of factories across the U.S., driving up car prices amid high demand and causing temporary layoffs. Research firm Autoforecast Solutions estimated that automakers cut the production of more than 1.2 million vehicles in North America because they couldn’t get enough microchips used for essential car components, such as safety […]
04/30/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Google sued over coronavirus contact tracing apps that may expose users to data breach
Google is being sued over a security flaw in Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) contact tracing apps that use a key technology it co-developed with Apple. The lawsuit alleges that the security flaw exposes Android users’ personal information to scores of third parties. Plaintiffs Jonathan Diaz and Lewis Bornmann filed the class-action lawsuit on April 27, Tuesday, in California federal court. The pair argued that […]
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