© Shutterstock The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) welcomed the initiative of the European Commission for artificial intelligence (AI) and its goal to develop a European excellence and trust ecosystem around AI. ACEA supports the approach set out in the proposal. Indeed, a key element of a successful European approach to artificial intelligence is that the requirements set out in the

© naftemporiki.gr The tests of a satellite telecommunication system that will allow the secure and high-quality connection to the Internet inside the planes are in the final phase. For various reasons, airline passengers cannot use their mobile phones; and at the same time, the Internet connection is not easy and

© naftemporiki.gr The ability for Facebook users to determine whether their emails, or phone numbers were in the social network’s recent major data leak, is given by the website “Have I Been Pwned” (https://haveibeenpwned.com/). As part of this leak, data from more than 530 million people was leaked to an online database; to a large extent this

© Provided by sofokleousin.gr A new generation of live “Xenobot” robots have been created by scientists in the U.S. These are tiny life forms, which self-assemble a body from simple frog cells, do not need muscles to move and have memory capability. These “collective” cells have the ability to work together in swarms and in the future will

© naftemporiki.gr After of course the search engine and email services, Google’s hugely popular service is the one with its maps. The online services giant has announced that it has created a number of new apps for “Google Maps”. The most interesting is an augmented reality app that the company called “Indoor Live View”. Users can activate it when they are indoors; such as airports,

© shutterstock In “Android” there is an application named ‘System Update’. But it’s not what it looks like. That is, a system upgrade. As researchers at mobile phone security firm “Zimperium” discovered, it’s a malicious app that says it will update, but if you download it, it will steal all the data you have on the

© naftemporiki.gr Even preschoolers spend time with all kinds of electronic devices found in homes. For various reasons, young children are exposed to mobile phones, computers and tablets. Previous studies have shown that between 2013 and 2017, the time that preschoolers spent into electronic devices tripled. Although there is no recent relevant research, it should

Microsoft presented “Mesh”, its futuristic holographic communication / collaboration platform with “mixed reality”. As part of the presentation, Guy Laliberte, co-founder of “Cirque du Soleil”, appeared at the company’s “Ignite” digital conference through “holoportation”, which uses “3D capture” technology to project a “live” image of someone in a “virtual” scene.  In the company’s first

© naftemporiki.gr An underwater rescue robot —designed to support rescuers attempting to save drowning people— has been developed by researchers from the “Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB”, in Germany, in collaboration with Halle’s rescue service.  According to the German rescuers’ association, around 420 people drowned in Germany in 2019, with the majority of them losing

© naftemporiki.gr A group of hackers allegedly linked to China “looted” “inboxes” of email accounts using vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s “mail server” software, the company and outside investigators reported on Tuesday. In a related “blogpost” Microsoft states that this cyber espionage company used four vulnerabilities in different versions of the software and was the work of a group

© naftemporiki.gr Researchers at “Tel Aviv University” said they were able to successfully connect the ear of a dead grasshopper to a robot that receives electrical signals from it and reacts accordingly; the result is the robot moves forward when the grasshopper’s ear hears clapping once and moving backwards when they clap twice.

© Shutterstock Twitter has announced that in the coming months it plans to launch a new feature called “Super Follow”, which will allow its users to charge their followers to access exclusive content, which will not be freely available to others. Also, it progresses “Spaces”, competitive of “Clubhouse”, which enables users to participate

© unsplash The Google And Twitter apps The next feature to be added to Google’s “Messages” app will be especially useful to those who want to be the first to send wishes just as the day changes, but also to those who love to constantly reminding others of their tasks at

© Provided by sofokleousin.gr In 2020, every second fraudulent transaction in the financial industry was an account breach, as a “Kaspersky Fraud Prevention” research reveals. According to statistics from anonymous sources on events identified by “Kaspersky Fraud Prevention” from January to December 2020, the proportion of these incidents increased from 34% in 2019 to 54% in 2020.

© Shutterstock Clubhouse App Never before have there been so many “social media” platforms where people connect and share their thoughts. Whether it’s classic options like “Facebook” and Twitter”, image-based apps like “Snapchat” or “Instagram”, or video sharing platforms like “TikTok”; it matters that there’s something for every taste. A new app comes to focus on

© naftemporiki.gr A new wireless device charging technology introduced by Xiaomi: According to the company, “Mi Air Charge Technology” revolutionizes wireless charging methods, allowing wireless charging remotely, without cables or wireless charging “stands”. “Today we are entering a true era of wireless charging”, the company underlines in a statement.  At the “heart” of the Chinese company’s