This was the idea advocated by a Russian foreign ministry spokesperson at this years SPIEF economic forum. She was speaking at the “Hoax vs. Truth: challenges of the modern information world” session. “We are trying to somehow spur a discussion regarding the creation of a certain global mechanism, an instrument that would counteract the spread … Read more
The popularity and value of dealing in cryptocurrency has been established over the past couple of years, with Bitcoin the most prominent of many new digital moneys. The Russian Central Bank’s Deputy Chairman Olga Skorobogatova spoke at SPIEF 2017 spoke about Russia’s interest in developing their own. “Regulators of all countries agree that it’s time … Read more
In 2017, the idea has come to the fore that there has been a shift towards a knowledge/creative class, and the new method of production is knowledge. Recently, the subject featured large at the 2017 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Cities that have developed lately into strong knowledge economies are considered to have had seeds … Read more
Fruit may join the large number of U.S. crops that are harvested by machines. Robotics companies like FFRobotics and Abundant Robotics are working on building machines to harvest delicate fruits. FFRobotics is developing a 4- to 12-armed machine that has three-fingered grips to grab fruit and twist or clip it from a branch — at … Read more
In a few months, the UAE will have flying driverless cars, according to Dubai’s transport authority. They’ve already done test runs for the autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV), made by Chinese firm Ehang. The vehicles are Ehang 184s and can carry one pilot. Top speed: 160kph Flight time: 30 minutes Ascending speed: 8 meters / second … Read more
3D technology comes to the rescue after the destruction of several world cultural treasures by the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to the United Nations, ISIS has destroyed and damaged 200 world heritage sites along with hundreds of statues and artefacts since 2014. ISIS’ plan is simple. It is about erasing … Read more
A scrolling storytelling platform, Scrollytelling, is now filing DMCA against news organization Al Jazeera for allegedly stealing their code. The fellows at Scrollytelling state that they ” exhaustively tried to resolve the situation amicably, but our friendly requests over multiple channels were ignored. The DMCA request was our last resort.” On their website, they presented … Read more
Facebook this week published a blog post in its newsroom in response to recent accusations that the social network promotes liberal news while downplaying conservative, explaining how it picks posts for its “Trending Topics” section, a decision-making process which depends on people and machines at different stages. Facebook’s VP of Global Operations Justin Osofsky wrote the blog … Read more
ABC’s reality robot battle show BattleBots, which first hit the air in 2000, will be returning to “BattleBox” it out again. The seventh season premiere will be aired by ABC in a 8/7 Central Time slot, starting June 23. The robot makers have already entered their bots in a pre-season competition to decide which bots … Read more
Facebook’s AI hardware is now, like its software, open source, joining a broad movement towards outsourcing the world’s artificial intelligence intelligence. Facebook also stated it hoped independent AI technicians would develop deep learning tech superior to what the company currently uses, and that it would buy this technology. The tech giant has developed deep learning technology, which … Read more
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced a new policing initiative this week to combat illegal drone operation in metropolitan areas. The police drones will monitor no-fly zones, enforcing Japan’s drone legislation. Upon finding illegal activity, the drone squad will seek for the drone operator and order the drones to be grounded. If the squad is … Read more
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is considering using technology to filter out internet content it checks for “hate and harassment” Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc (formerly called Google), published an opinion piece for the New York Times in which he expressed his thoughts on “the raw reality of the internet,” writing that Google … Read more