Technology

What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ? Source link

How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world. Source link

A school in Sheffield has banned the use of smart devices including phones and watches. Forge Valley School no longer allows the use of smartphones, watches or headphones on its premises. Any student found to be using them has to hand them in, with the gadgets not returned for 24 hours. Head teacher Dale Barrowclough … Read more

We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs – rather than replace them. Source link

Elon Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink claims it can bring superfast broadband to ‘almost anywhere on Earth’. It is the largest satellite internet provider around the world, and has already launched in several African countries. But will it be the solution to Africa’s patchy broadband access? Reporter: Debula Kemoli Edited by: Ali Abbas Ahmadi Source … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO  —  San Francisco Film Commission Vice President Jack Song has been to many Hollywood movie premieres before, but this was a first — a gala led by tech enthusiasts that screened short films created with artificial intelligence. Song, dressed in a black blazer and a green shirt, stood in the back as he … Read more

LONDON — U.K. transport officials and police said Thursday they are investigating a “cyber-security incident” that hit the public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations. Passengers trying to log onto the Wi-Fi at stations including Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and 11 London terminuses on Wednesday evening were met by a page reading … Read more

Global chip makers are in focus amid a boom in artificial intelligence applications.  Sefa Ozel | E+ | Getty Images Global chip stocks rallied on Thursday after U.S. memory semiconductor maker Micron posted revenue guidance that topped expectations and boosted its share price. Micron forecast revenue for its quarter ending at the end of November … Read more

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Swedish firm Klarna is partnering up with Dutch payments fintech Adyen to bring its popular buy now, pay later service into physical retail stores. The company said Thursday that it had entered into an agreement with … Read more

Representatives for NASA, Boeing Co. and the U.S. Coast Guard are slated to testify in front of investigators Thursday about the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic. OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush was among the five people who died when the submersible imploded in June 2023. The design of the … Read more