The PC-Therapists
Everyone knows that Internet has changed the way businesses work, governments run and people live. But a new, less apparent, technological trend is proving to have equally great transformational power: “Big Data”. This is essentially a huge change in the way information is stored. Over the past two decades, an Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
©naftemporiki.gr Broadband connection via … wet twine (rope) Engineer at a small, British Internet service provider has managed to make a broadband connection work by using two meters … wet twine (rope). Andrews and Arnold’s engineer who carried out the experiment made it essentially for fun. This connection was at Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© protothema.gr How they can monitor mobile phones Edward Snowden, who revealed the massive surveillance of security authorities inside and outside the United States, has repeatedly warned that: “No smartphone is safe”. Indeed, there are few times when a variety of monitoring methods for large groups of people have seen Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© naftemporiki.gr TITAN V: The world’s most powerful graphics card for PCs, from NVIDIA NVIDIA presented the world’s most powerful graphics processor (GPU), as the company claims: It’s TITAN V, which, according to the company, is the most powerful GPU for a PC -at this moment- in the world and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Provided by: PROTO THEMA S.A. The 3-D printers -in a while- will print everything and fast The progress in three-dimensional printers is continuous and in a few years there will be almost nothing that can not be produced by such a device. Two new innovations come to confirm this: Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Rolls-Royce have signed a co-operation agreement to examine ways in which space and satellite technology can be exploited to help develop autonomous and remotely controlled ships. Self-directed or remote-controlled ships will have less room for human error and smaller crews will be able to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© naftemporiki.gr Typing on electronic devices via a ring Technology that allows the user to form letters and numbers with his fingers and see them appear on electronic devices screens developed by Georgia Tech researchers. The system is activated via a ring on the thumb, which has a gyroscope and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
protothema.gr: Research: mobiles and internet addiction causes brain imbalance The addiction of people to “smart” electronic devices could cause a significant brain imbalance, according to a new study published by the British newspaper “Independent”. The research, which was conducted on people who depended on their mobile phone and the internet, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© www.cnn.gr Tech In our time, Twitter even used by the trees. And the tweets they send have to do with the effects of climate change on them in real time. Scientists in Europe are using the power of social media to showcase the impact it has (climate change) on Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Shutterstock Biohackers change their DNA by themselves! Some have begun to “hack” their DNA themselves, in other words, to modify their genetic material at will and without scientific supervision at home, using genetic “tools” that can be traded on the Internet as well. Biologist Joshua Zainer, who previously worked Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© www.cnn.gr Tech Hundreds of websites, even of well-known companies, use dedicated logging software to track exactly what the user is typing on his keyboard when he visits their web pages. This practice -which is questionable by its legitimacy according to experts, since it is not done with the knowledge Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
JESSE DRUCKER, SIMON BOWERS / THE NEW YORK TIMES The US company earns almost 70% of its worldwide profits from its offshore business. Four years ago, exasperated Tim Cook, the Apple CEO, told US Senate members that his company never avoided paying taxes or transferring profits to exotic Caribbean islands. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© naftemporiki.gr Algorithm understands by voice whether the user is tired Researchers in the UK are developing a system that can sense fatigue levels by looking for signs of fatigue in the voice and designing its use, first of all, by operators of heavy building machines. Small changes in voice Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
It is very alarming news that wireless connections for residential and business Wi-Fi networks around the world are exposed to attacks by hackers because of a security gap, called Krack. © Shutterstock What you need to do to protect your internet connections In short, internet connections over Wi-Fi are no longer Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© Provided by: Shutneystock.com In the future, would artificial intelligence not only read the contents of a man’s mind, but also make a video of what it sees? Surely this will not happen soon, but the first steps have just begun. A team of researchers, who published a publication in Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
© naftemporiki.gr According to the BBC, this ransomware, which has been given the name “Bad Rabbit”, has affected major Russian websites, an airport in Ukraine and the metro in Kiev. An epidemic of a new “ransomware” (malware that prevents the user from accessing his computer files) occurred in Russia, Ukraine Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …