Despite the existence of thousands of languages, English is allowed virtually total dominance over machine learning and artificial intelligence. Researchers who train computers in understanding the content of a random text, typically teaches the training samples in English. ‘This introduces…
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Novel Hearing Aids Technology Can Read Lips through Facemasks
An international team of computing scientists and engineers have developed a new system that is capable of reading lips with accuracy even when the speaker is wearing a facemask. The system combines artificial intelligence with radio-frequency to identify lip movements.…
Criticism of AI-Generated Rapper Raise Questions on Art and Technology
In August, Capitol Records dropped FN Meka, a fictitious musical artist partly powered by artificial intelligence. His look, lyrics, and persona seemed to be inspired by real-life artistes such as Lil Pump, 6ix9ine, and Travis Scott. However, the project received…
Apple Cautions Against Security Vulnerability in iPhones, Macs, and iPads
On Wednesday, Apple revealed that their iPhones, iPads and Macs have serious vulnerabilities which could give hackers complete control of these devices. The explanation of the vulnerability given by Apple suggests that the attacker could obtain ‘full admin access’ to…
New Report Reveals that Data Scientist Jobs are Highly Ranked Among Gen Z
In the past decade, with large volumes of data being generated daily, data science is one of the most important and fastest-growing fields. The Bureau of Labor Statistics have projected that data scientist positions will increase by 22% between 2020…
Janet Jackson’s Song Can Crash Windows XP Laptops
Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen in a blog post on Wednesday, recounted that he had heard from a colleague in Windows XP product support that a Janet Jackson song could crash some Windows XP-era laptops. The blog post stated that…
Security Researcher Hacks Starlink’s User Terminal
For the past four years, Elon Musk’s Starlink has been launching over 3,000 small satellites into space. This satellite network provides internet connection to remote locations on Earth, especially since the Russian-Ukraine conflict. There are plans to launch more satellites,…
Amazon One Palm Payment Technology Expands to More Whole Foods Stores
Recent reports have revealed that Amazon’s ‘One’ palm scanner payment technology will be launching at over 60 Whole Food stores in the state of California. Stores in Los Angeles, Santa, Cruz, Malibu, Santa Monica, Orange County, Montana Avenue, the San…
New Program Can Trace Encrypted WhatsApp Messages
Mayank Varia, cryptographer and computer expert, may have found the solution to allow the sending of secure, confidential and untraceable messages, but still with a way to track threatening messages. Varia is an expert on the societal effect of programs…
Researchers Create Animation Simulator that narrows down Promising Outcomes
Simulators aid computer-based animators in bringing imaginary characters to life by modelling the various possible ways the object may move through a physical space. Referred to as ‘solvers’, these simulators make the work of animation much easier and faster. The…