Cyber criminals exploiting naked TikTok ‘challenge’
Two security researchers have raised the alarm over both the personal dangers of participating in viral TikTok challenges, and of being drawn in by promises that seem too good...
Extended reality can be empathic reality
Extended reality (XR) – augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) – entered the hype stage some time in 2021. Game developers have had a field day, and industrial...
Nvidia AI plays Minecraft, wins AI conference award
Enlarge / MineDojo's AI can perform complex tasks in Minecraft.Nvidia A paper describing MineDojo, Nvidia's generalist AI agent that can perform actions from written prompts in Minecraft, won an Outstanding...
Protecting children as they spend years in virtual worlds
Molly Russell was just 14 when she killed herself in 2017. It was ruled that Molly had died from “an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the...
AWS pledges to become a water-positive entity by 2030
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is following in the footsteps of its public cloud rivals, Google and Microsoft, by committing to becoming a water-positive entity by 2030. This means AWS...
BT aims to reign in industry where connectivity is king
To support businesses in industry and manufacturing with what it says will be the platforms of the future, BT has unveiled a range of robotics and connectivity systems that...
XR’s wide range of interface technologies: Achieving total immersiveness
Although consumers have become very familiar with speech recognition, current discussions around the metaverse and extended reality (XR) omit, for the most part, the relevance speech and sound can...
Internet of things market continues to surge
Noting that the surging need for wireless networking technologies continues to drive the entire market’s growth, online education and trading comparison provider TradingPlatforms.com has released research showing that the...
Google signs wind power purchase agreement in pursuit of UK carbon-free energy pledge
Google has signed an offshore wind energy deal that it claims brings it a step closer to its goal of powering its UK offices and cloud regions with carbon-free...
Equinix makes added £179m investment in UK digital infrastructure
Looking at how it can further meet evolving business and consumer needs for advanced networking services, digital infrastructure company Equinix has confirmed its continuing commitment to growing its datacentre...