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Mark Zuckerberg Pledges To Hold Public Technology Discussions
Mark Zuckerberg To Hold Public Technology Discussions On the whole, 2018 was a pretty rough year for Mark Zuckerberg. Oh, don’t get me wrong, he’s still incredibly rich. A number of scandals have, however, somewhat dented the prestige that Facebook once held. I often equated it to that he was…
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Honolulu Bans Smartphone Use for Pedestrians
Honolulu just became the first major U.S. city to ban the use of smartphone for pedestrians. The legislation specifically imposes a smartphone ban on crosswalks starting in October. The penalty includes a fine between $15 to $99 USD and many other US cities are also expected to follow soon. Studies…
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IBM Adds New API to Quantum Computing Cloud
Quantum computing sounds like something of a distant future, and in a way it is. But that doesn’t change the fact that IBM already has one running and it is even open to the public. Yesterday, IBM announced that it was updating their Quantum Experience cloud with a new API that…
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NASA Opens Their Patents For Everyone!
When it comes to technology, very few companies are on the edge of it like NASA. From space travel to water purification systems, NASA has had their fingers in every single piece of technology for the better part of the last decade and now they’ve exposed that technology through a…
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Details of 87 Million Voters in Mexico Publicly Displayed on Amazon Server
Mexico hasn’t had the best of luck when it comes to their elections and technology, with a hacker recently claiming to have been responsible for rigging their 2012 election and now it appears that 87 million voters had their details publicly displayed on Amazon servers for all to see. The leak…
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Researchers Develop Ways to Calculate Distance Through WiFi
We all use WiFi at some point, be it at work or at home, we rely on the technology to avoid the miles and miles of cables that we would overwise have to plug and unplug every time we wanted to grab a drink or watch a movie on Netflix.…
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FCC May Have Caused Manufacturers To Lock Down Routers Afterall
Last year we reported that the FCC (US Federal Communications Commission) may be moving to outlaw the practice of adding custom software to routers. The misunderstanding was cleared up with the FCC saying that they wouldn’t ban the practice, enabling people to customise their routers with their own software and tweaks in…
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New York To Get WiFi From Their Buses This Year
We all love the internet, from the ability to check up on your friends the other side of the world to the ability to read your favourite news sites while on the go. The problem though is that you often find yourself looking for a connection, be it from your…
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Judge Rules That FBI Tor Hack Must Be Revealed to Lawyer
FBI this, FBI that. It would seem that the FBI just can’t help but keep out of the news these days with Apple Vs the FBI seeming to turn companies against the government, but this is not the only case where the FBI is having trouble. The other case is when they…
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New York Going Green With Electric Streetcars
Electric cars are all the range, with Tesla dominating the market and Apple soon to enter the market. While they are expensive at the moment, electric cars are quickly becoming public transport with buses and shuttles cutting down emissions and traffic all in one go. The Netherlands started the process…
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FAA Details About Drone Owners Will Be Publicly Avaliable
The Federal Aviation Administration has been talking recently about their plans for drone owners to have to register, recently releasing details about the system and then outlining the criminal charges that will be placed on people should they not follow the new rules. The FAA confirmed on the 18th December that model…
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Phantom 3 Creators DJI Announce New Agricultural Drone
DJI is a company known for their drones, the recognisable phantom 3 is one of their models after all. While the public seek to use these drones more and more, with everything from wedding videos to football games recorded, it is no surprise that DJI just announced their latest model,…
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FAA Give More Details About Registration Plans For Drones
Drones are advancing at a rapid rate, with companies and the public alike looking to use them for a variety of reasons. Sadly with all new technologies coming into the public domain, there are a few issues. Most recently there was an incident when a drone crashed into a power…
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Segway Or Hoverboard – Both Illegal To Ride In The UK
For many 2015 is the year of dreams. I mean that because this is the year we all have hoverboards, flying cars and self-tying shoelaces. I am of course referring to the 30th Anniversary of the ever-popular film Back to the Future. This is, of course, inspiring all kinds of attention,…
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CS:GO Gets TV Spot On Fox Sports 1
E-sports are becoming more and more of a publicly known event, it used to be that players would gather around with their friends and watch their teams fight out through their web browser. There have been documentaries about e-sports in the cinema and now tournaments are also backed by crowd…
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