He may have been a merchant or a craftsman, but one thing is sure is that experts now know what a man looked like when he walked the Earth during the 16th century. Archaeologists located a lost medieval village in Poland six years ago, which was home to a massive graveyard filled with more than … Read more
Is this the end of the wallet? Apple files patent for technology that allows user to verify their identity without a passport, driver’s license or ID card Apple published a new patent July 2 with technology for a digital identification The firm would add a system that holds the user’s personal details The user would input … Read more
Funds invested in the US, in technology and in gold have topped the charts for the best performers of 2020 at the end of its tumultuous first six months. While the massive global markets sell-off in March was indiscriminate, the recovery was less so. Sectors deemed vulnerable to Covid and the changing commercial landscape it … Read more
People using handheld devices at a cafe and driving cars equipped with television screens may sound like our reality, but these scenarios are sketches from a 1947 French film. ‘Télévision: Oeil de Demain,’ or ‘Television: Eye of Tomorrow,’ not only predicts a range of modern-day technologies, but also how human’s behave with the devices. The … Read more
Disney demonstrates deepfake technology that can swap people’s faces in high-resolution Disney’s deepfake technology pumps out videos at high-resolution The added megapixels help it create deepfakes at 1024 x 1024 It still has limitations before being used commercially By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:49 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 23:50 BST, 30 June 2020 … Read more
A mother-of-four, who is the first American patient to have her genes edited with the controversial CRISPR technology to treat her sickle cell disease, says the technology is working. Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Mississippi, has suffered from the debilitating blood disorder her entire life. She was in so much pain at one point that she … Read more
IBM announces it is ending its work on facial recognition technology amid concern over mass surveillance and racial profiling and joins calls for police reform Arvind Krishna, the new CEO of IBM, said the firm will end facial recognition IBM tested its facial recognition software with the New York Police Department Krishna made the announcement … Read more
Modern smartphones and tablets are ‘baffling black boxes’ and make it harder for children to learn about science because they’re difficult to take apart and put back together, leading astrophysicist claims Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, said it is difficult to take mobiles apart He said the likes of Newton, Darwin and Einstein learnt through … Read more
Robot cars made by driverless technology company will deliver prescription medicine to CVS customers in Texas The company Nuro will launch robot cars in Texas starting in June It will start with autonomous Toyota Prius’ and move to its driverless R2 vehicle Customers will be able to order online and pick up medicine at the … Read more
Ford unveils technology that ROASTS the inside of police vehicles at 133 degrees Fahrenheit in an effort to kill coronavirus concentrations The software cranks temperatures inside vehicles to 133 degrees Fahrenheit It holds internal temps for 15 minutes and greatly reduces virus concentration Software is compatible with Ford’s police vehicles and available now Here’s how to help … Read more