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Smart cities won't infringe on privacy or destroy buildings
Across the world, over a thousand smart city pilots have been launched—many of them attempt to construct entirely new cities with fresh identities from the 'tabula rasa' of a blank slate. These new cities can be simply placed down onto the landscape like a grounded alien spaceship, ...
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Regional strengths are shaping AI’s evolution in Asia
McKinsey estimates that by 2030, 70 percent of companies "might have adopted at least one of the five categories of AI like ...
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The case against traditional passwords — and how biometrics can better secure us
Passwords have been around for millennia. Thousands of years before the advent of the computer, the Roman military would ...
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Here's how anonymized personal data should be used to create better services
Ask anyone their opinion on companies using their data and the response will almost always be negative. It’s not surprising; ...
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Here’s how researchers are making machine learning more efficient and affordable for everyone
The research and development of neural networks is flourishing thanks to recent advancements in computational power, the ...
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The future of the internet is… streetlights?
Despite its apparent omnipresence, the internet is only available to around half of the world’s population. Whatever estimate ...
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Embodying taller avatars in VR can make us more confident in real life
The high immersive capacity of virtual reality is often acknowledged as its main virtue when compared to other media and ...
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Here's how digital forensics experts track down hackers
As society becomes increasingly data driven, the importance of ensuring this data’s security and fidelity grows exponentially. ...
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AIs should be legally liable for their mistakes soon
Assigning blame can often be a complex task. A person’s actions, intentions, and state of mind all come into consideration ...
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Smart cities are an AI-powered dystopia that's already happening
Separating the futuristic from the dystopian in the minds of the general public can be a challenge, particularly when trying ...
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Meet the biohackers who are putting technology into their own bodies
Technology has become increasingly intrusive. Just a few decades ago, the idea of being near-constantly tethered to a device ...
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AIs are being trained on racist data – and it’s starting to show
Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond ...
