Can the United States Win the AI Race?
The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) has piqued the interest of many countries such as the United States, Russia, and China. Now, they’re all in a race to become the foremost authority in the technology. Recently, the US Pentagon released an unclassified version of its AI strategy—but will these plans be enough to outpace the […]
Facing the Fax: The U.S. Healthcare System Is in a State of Emergency
Recently, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) banned the purchase of new fax machines for its facilities. It also announced that it wants fax completely phased out by the spring of 2020. Roughly 8,000 fax machines are still being used in the country’s healthcare system, a figure that its Royal College of Surgeons has called “absurd.” […]
How China Has Become the Front Runner in FinTech
Want to get a glimpse of the future of FinTech development? Look no further than China. Apps like Tencent’s WeChat and Ant Financial’s Alipay have changed how the country’s citizens control and interact with their finances. In this post, we’ll examine how China got a huge headstart in revamping financial transactions. We’ll also explore if […]
UK Releases Cybersecurity “Code of Practice” for IoT Developers
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing, but cybersecurity for IoT is becoming a real concern; IoT security is not keeping up with the progress that IoT is making as a whole, and it’s opening a huge gap for attackers to steal information and disrupt global supply chains. Estimates show there are more than […]
What’s the Secret to Smart City Success?
In a previous post, we wondered, “Is there a right way to build a smart city?” Well, a Finnish city named Tampere has an answer. It’s leading the initiative for smart city development by publishing a free guide to creating a smart city. The guide includes examples that city officials and Internet of Things (IoT) […]
How China Hacked Amazon, Apple, and Many More With a Tiny Chip
China’s garnered plenty of media attention lately, mostly in relation to the controversy surrounding Google’s censored search engine for the country. But now, there’s a new unsettling story to steal the spotlight. It was recently discovered that motherboards shipped from China for use by Apple and Amazon had a tiny microchip on them. This hack […]
Net Neutrality Is Back Online In California!
A few weeks ago, we wrote about California’s net neutrality bill making its way to Governor Jerry Brown for its final signature. Governor Brown recently signed the bill into law, restoring net neutrality in the state. There’s Still Work To Do In case you haven’t heard about the threat to our Internet freedoms in the […]
Google Suppresses Memo and Inquiries About Controversial Search Engine for China
Last month, we wrote about Google’s newest project in China: a censored search engine, known in the company as “Project Dragonfly”. As with any Google movement in China, there was (and still is) a lot of opposition to the move; human rights activists and several hundred Google employees have spoken out against the “urgent moral […]
App-Only Banks Are Challenging Traditional Institutions in Europe
Banks are still selling many services under one roof. But they’re seeing increased competition from financial technology startups that specialize in one service. Although these FinTech startups offer one service, they do it well; Robinhood lets you trade stocks for free, Acorn invests your change for you, and Prosper offers loans through a marketplace. As […]
France Bans Smartphones in Schools – But Will It Actually Help?
Keeping smartphones away from students helps them to pay more attention in class and focus on interacting with one another. It’s these reasons why France decided to ban smartphones from students in the first to ninth grades. The country’s education ministry set the rule to start at the beginning of September. A Message to Society […]