Discussions about how Facebook operates have been high on the agenda over the past weeks as the US Congress investigates the platform’s impact. At the core of these discussions are questions of how Facebook uses data that we, as users, generate. Similar questions can be asked of all the digital services
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Alphabet Inc-owned Google said it is lowering the fee that subscription-based apps need to pay Play Store to 15% right from day one, following criticism about its fee structure from companies such as Spotify. Currently, developers pay a 30% subscription fee in the first year, and 15% thereafter. “We’ve heard that customer
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Some might say it is about time, but digital technology is – finally – now being used in the construction industry more and more. There are many benefits to this, such as better budgetary control, higher health and safety standards, and more proactive decision making. In fact, things have progressed
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Connections to 5G networks worldwide remain on track to triple this year to 637 million, but continuing microchip shortages could dampen progress in the coming months, according to analyst firm CCS Insight. Telecom operators in Western Europe, North America, China and other advanced markets in Asia have continued to roll out
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For decades the auto industry crash tested new models for safety considerations the old-fashioned way: They crashed them – over and over and over again. It was slow and expensive, but it worked. Today those tests have given way to computer simulations that are so reliable that rarely, if ever,
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If you’ve ever thought someone was secretly eavesdropping on you, you’re right. Smartphones and other devices can hear and record what you say, as proven by a now-viral TikTok that showed thousands of audio files recorded on a woman’s Echo and Dot speakers and saved in the innermost folders of her
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Using machine learning, a computer model can teach itself to smell in just a few minutes. When it does, researchers have found, it builds a neural network that closely mimics the olfactory circuits that animal brains use to process odors. Animals from fruit flies to humans all use essentially the same
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U.S. officials are issuing new warnings about China's ambitions in artificial intelligence and a range of advanced technologies that could eventually give Beijing a decisive military edge and possible dominance over health care and other essential sectors in America. The warnings include a renewed effort to inform business executives, academics and
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An advisory panel of the Japanese Ministry of Justice approved a plan that seeks to “introduce prison terms as part of tougher penalties for online insults in Japan,” Kyodo News reported. The special panel submitted its proposals to Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa on October 21 as part of the Japanese government’s
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The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar D. Aliyu has said the challenges in distribution and the transmission value chain have led to the underutilisation of the 13,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generation capacity. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Power on Thursday said the minister stated this during a courtesy
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