IT Solutions: Artificial synapse could be key to brain-like computing
Its low-power design learns and remembers through electrical signals If you’re going to craft brain-like computers, it stands to reason...
IT Solutions: DeepMind is using games to test AI aggression and cooperation
Depending on the rules, AI will help or turn on each other As our ability to create AI grows, it’s...
IT Security: Gmail will stop working on Chrome for XP and Vista this year
Older Chrome versions will redirect to Gmail’s basic HTML website by December If it’s been some time since you’ve updated...
IT Solutions: Facial recognition will replace passports in Australia
International airport arrivals could “literally just walk out like at a domestic airport” Australia has started implementing biometric facial, iris...
IT Security: Krebs pinpoints the likely author of the Mirai botnet
The security researcher lays out substantial evidence and sources suggesting a Rutgers University student created it The Mirai botnet caused...
IT Solutions: European legislators debate robot rights for autonomous vehicles
Granting robots some form of personhood could help settle disputes about who is responsible for their actions, legislators say Robots...
IT Security: Siblings arrested in what may be Italy’s most severe case of cyberespionage
A brother-and-sister team allegedly attacked at least 18,000 high-profile government and corporate PCs, using the Pyramid Eye malware and an...
IT Security: Professionally designed ransomware Spora might be the next big thing
The new ransomware program features strong offline decryption and a new payment scheme Security researchers have found a new ransomware...
IT Security: Kaspersky antivirus exposed users to traffic-interception attacks
The certificate validation mechanism relied on weak 32-bit signatures that were susceptible to collisions, researcher found Security vendor Kaspersky Lab...
IT Security: Group that hacked the DNC also infiltrated Ukrainian artillery units
The group distributed a trojanized version of an Android app used by Ukrainian artillery personnel The cyberespionage group blamed for...