Apr 6, 2018
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has observed a rare burst of activity from an exotic star. An article published today in The Astrophysical Journal presents the study of a magnetar – a star that is one of the most magnetic objects known in the universe – that...
Apr 6, 2018
Thousands of Google workers have signed an open letter to their CEO, protesting against the company’s involvement with a Pentagon programme to use artificial intelligence (AI) for video detection and analysis in drones. They believe the technology could make drone...
Apr 6, 2018
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang. This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent...
Apr 6, 2018
In 2017, 433,1-million smart home devices were shipped worldwide, growing 27,6% from the previous year. Looking ahead, the market is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18,5% as it balloons to 939,7-million devices shipped in 2022. This is...
Apr 6, 2018
Inadvertent insiders – employees who unwittingly caused security incidents through negligent actions – were responsible for more than two-thirds of compromised data in 2017. This is according to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018, which reveals...
Apr 6, 2018
Spectrum are the radio frequencies – a finite resource – that mobile operators use to provide services to consumers. It is often referred to as “the lifeblood of the industry”. The more ‘high demand’ spectrum a service provider has, the higher the capacity and better...
