Category: Technology

Ferrari KC23 Track Car is really a custom-bodied 488 GT3, an elegant state-of-the-art supercar. Ferrari KC23, is a track-focused supercar born from the penmanship of Ferrari’s Centro Stile, led by Flavio Manzoni, and one very imaginative, passionate, and exacting customer. Ferrari KC23.  Credit Ferrari This latest creation from the Special Projects program is as innovative […]

Scam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. These calls use what’s known as generative AI, which refers to systems capable of creating text, images or any other media such as video, based on prompts from a user. Deepfakes have gained […]

Côte d’Ivoire has announced plans to launch its first satellite within the next two years. A team of scientists in the fields of astrophysics and geology tell The Conversation Africa about the potential benefits of this development and how the country plans to realise its space industry ambitions. What kind of satellite does Côte d’Ivoire […]

Israeli cybersecurity company SAVVY has raised $30 million in Series A funding for its platform which helps organizations eliminate workforce-initiated security incidents involving software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Canaan led the round, with participation from Cyberstarts and Lightspeed. SaaS has become increasingly popular in recent years, as it allows businesses to offload IT and development responsibilities to […]

Nature is inspiring scientists all the time. Some ideas are still in research, like beaver-inspired super-warm wetsuits. But others are already part of human life, like velcro (based on burdock burrs) and the Japanese bullet train (modelled on kingfishers’ long narrow beak). Cicadas inspired my team’s recent research into self-cleaning surfaces. Keeping your car windowpanes […]

Steamer 888 88m Art-Deco inspired superyacht concept, with a streamlined design of the thirties. Creative director of the studio Coquine Design Christian Leyk, says ‘The exterior is a mix between the New York Central Hudson steam train, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation jet, and a polished Dualit toaster.’ Christian Leyk explained:“Steamer 888 picks up on […]

The new 715 HP Valour extremely limited edition, is here to commemorate 110 years of Aston Martin. Aston Martin, in celebration of its 110th anniversary, reveals Valour, a spectacular, ultra-exclusive V12-engined, manual transmission special edition built to honour the marque’s long tradition of superlative front-engined sports cars and delight purists who crave undiluted and visceral […]

Equipmake supplies high-performance e-drivetrains for long-range electric hydrofoils. The UK-based Equipmake has supplied an advanced e-drivetrain system for a world-first electric flying boat. For the project, Equipmake designed, developed, and manufactured a bespoke fully electric drivetrain, featuring a specially adapted version of its lightweight, power-dense, high-performance HPM-400 motor, producing peak power of 80kW, complete with […]

Since the AI chatbot ChatGPT was released in 2020, we’ve been hearing about the threat posed by artificial intelligence. A statement signed by academic experts and tech industry figures even branded AI an “extinction risk”. But whatever you think of such warnings, an existential threat to humanity is likely to be a threat only in […]

Elon Musk is no stranger to highly competitive markets in which you take advantage of a competitor’s weakness. For once, he is on the receiving end as Meta launches its microblogging platform Threads to take advantage of his difficulties at Twitter. Twitter, in effect, has been a near-monopoly in the realm of short pithy quotes […]