Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China recently announced that it was putting new controls on the export of rare earth elements, sparking a new round in the country’s ongoing trade war with the US. Donald Trump responded by threatening to ramp up tariffs on Chinese goods by a further 100%. This will all be under discussion…
SMU determined an attacker can probe users’ physical surroundings by injecting malicious sounds and analyzing the location-specific audio feedback, or echoes. Credit: Southern Methodist University, Chen Wang Since the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams have become essential for work, education, and social connections. While these platforms offer controls such as…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei plans to launch powerful computing setups that allow chips to connect at high speeds, an executive said Thursday, as Beijing looks to bolster domestic AI prowess and reduce reliance on Western firms. Geopolitical tensions between China and the United States have intensified technological competition between the countries,…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US chip giant Nvidia said Tuesday it follows all laws after a Chinese investigation found it had breached antitrust rules, the latest development in a fierce tech battle between Beijing and Washington. “We comply with the law in all respects,” a spokesperson for Nvidia said in a written statement to AFP….
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The more interactive a mobile app or artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is, the more playful it is perceived to be, with users letting their guard down and risking their privacy, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. The researchers studied the effect of mobile app interactivity on users’…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and computer scientists has identified vulnerabilities in popular automation apps that can make it easy for an abuser to stalk individuals, track their cellphone activity, or even control their devices with little risk of detection. After designing an AI algorithm to identify hundreds of…
Beijing aims to become the world’s leading AI ‘innovation center’ by 2030. Beyond dancing robots and eager-to-help digital avatars, Shanghai’s World AI Conference saw China stake its claim to global artificial intelligence leadership and frame itself as a clear alternative to the United States. Assumptions that the US was far ahead in the fast-moving field…
A 390-foot superyacht designed to run entirely on liquid hydrogen is poised to make waves at the upcoming Monaco Yacht Show — where it will be listed for sale with a whopping $645 million price tag. Though never publicly confirmed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the vessel — named “Breakthrough” and also known as “Project…
ChatGPT was effective in predicting future fashion trends using past data, while DALL-E 3 was able to incorporate these trends into generated images. However, there were also various errors, necessitating the need for expertly worded prompts from fashion designers. Credit: Yoon Kyung Lee from Pusan National University Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chinese internet giant Baidu plans to launch its driverless cars on ride-hailing app Uber in Asia and the Middle East this year, the two companies said on Tuesday. The multi-year partnership will see “thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform across multiple global markets,” the companies said…