Category: Technology

LinkedIn, the popular employment service, has recently issued an update that enables recruiters to filter job candidates by race, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. The move has been made in the name of diversity, to help recruiters find a more diverse group of qualified candidates. However, this update has sparked controversy and raised questions […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often cast as wreaking havoc and destroying jobs in reports about its growing use by companies. The recent coverage of telecom group BT’s plans to reduce its number of employees is a case in point. However, while it is AI that is featured in the headlines, in this case, it is […]

When people consider extraordinary plants, most probably don’t spare a thought for moss. It blends in against the green background of plant life, and seems to grow everywhere – whether you want it to or not. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. But this group of plants, which […]

Bugatti Residences unveiled the plans for its first residential real estate, a 42-story luxury skyscraper in Dubai. Bugatti Residences by BinGhatti designed the new skyscraper, inspired by the fluidity of nature, features a facade characterized by fluid lines. Inside the new building will be 171 “Riviera Mansion” apartments and 11 “Sky Mansion Penthouses” with garage-to-penthouse […]

Google recently announced it would be supporting a login system without passwords, similar to what Microsoft, Apple, and other companies have already announced. Google will now allow you to login to your gmail and other Google system without using a password, which will be replaced either with a biometric identification system, a registered smartphone or […]

Amazing Jupiter‘s swirls from storms that can last years and can be as large as Earth. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Big storms are different on Jupiter. On Earth, huge hurricanes and colossal cyclones are centered on regions of low pressure, but on Jupiter, it is the high-pressure, anti-cyclone storms that […]

Tesla’s Optimus autonomous humanoid robot is walking like people now. Elon Musk showed at Tesla’s 2023 shareholders meeting, a new video of the Optimus robot and the method that the development team is training the AI. Now the five Optimus robot prototypes are capable of walking. Elon Musk said: “As Full Self Driving gets closer […]

BT recently announced that it would be reducing its staff by 55,000, with around 11,000 of these related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The remainder of the cuts were due to business efficiencies, such as replacing copper cables with more reliable fibre optic alternatives. The point regarding AI raises several questions about its […]

Dyson unveiled the most powerful robot vacuum with up to 6 times the suction of any other. The Dyson 360 Vis Nav™ engineered with unique Dyson Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) technology, has a 360-degree vision system that knows where it has been and sees where to clean. It is intelligent enough to respond to […]

The Israel-based Sapiens International Corporation, a prominent global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has announced an agreement with Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. The collaboration aims to leverage the power of advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) models and tools to revolutionize the insurance sector. By integrating Microsoft Azure OpenAI and Azure Power Virtual […]