A Great Leap Forward in Fuel Cell Technology Made at NTHU
By: Tech News May 09,2019 Scientists have long been struggling to develop high-performance fuel cells as environmentally friendly power in electric vehicles. However, Prof. Chen Tsan-Yao of the Department of Engineering and System Science (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) has recently made a major breakthrough by using ultrasonic waves to make tiny grooves in the […]
Nearly All Cloud Breaches Down To Humans – Kaspersky Lab
By: Tom Jowitt May 09, 2019 Humans are to blame for a clear majority of all cloud breaches, security specialist Kaspersky Lab has warned. In its report, the firm found that social engineering of staff accounted for 90 percent of data breaches in the cloud. Security problems associated with staff is nothing new however. Four […]
UK Could Delay 5G Rollout Because Of Security Concerns – Minister
By: Tom Jowitt May 9, 2019 The United Kingdom could delay the rollout of 5G networks in this country because of security concerns, a senior government minister has admitted. The Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright added that he would not trade off the economic benefit of using cheap kit with security risk. “There is certainly the […]
FCC bans China Mobile from US, reviews other Chinese carriers
By: Marguerite Reardon May 9, 2019 The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to block China Mobile from providing service in the US and said it’s reviewing the status of other Chinese providers due to national security concerns. In a unanimous 5-0 vote, FCC commissioners rejected a 2011 application from China Mobile USA to provide services […]
Facebook cofounder calls for company to break up over ‘unprecedented’ power
By: Adam Gabbatt , Kari Paul May 9, 2019 A cofounder of Facebook has called for the government to break up the company, warning that Mark Zuckerberg’s power is “unprecedented and un-American”. Chris Hughes, who helped established Facebook after meeting Zuckerberg at Harvard, wrote in the New York Times that Facebook’s acquisition of rival platforms […]
Whistleblowers accuse Facebook of overstating success in catching extremists
By: NBC News May 9, 2019 The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi flags while they burn the stars and stripes. […]
Robot butlers operated by remote workers are coming to do your chores
By: James Vincent May 9, 2019 For pretty much as long as robots have existed, humans have wanted robot butlers: autonomous machines that do our bidding around the home. But our imagination exceeds our technological capabilities, and the closest we’ve come to building Rosie the Robot is either specialized machines like robot vacuum cleaners or […]