A unified cybersecurity strategy is the key to protecting businesses

Following the changes the pandemic has brought about in the business world, organizations have significantly increased their use of data and the internet. This, in turn,...

Four reasons SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment than a regular car

The sport utility vehicle, or SUV, and its spin-off class known as the crossover or CUV, are now the most popular types of vehicles. In the...

PH to teach space tech to other nations

MANILA – Japanese and British people have taught Filipino engineers about space technology. Now Filipinos will share their learnings to other nations. The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)...

Tech firms are making computer chips with human cells – is it ethical?

The year is 2030 and we are at the world’s largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech...

When self-driving cars crash, who’s responsible? Courts and insurers need to know what’s inside the ‘black box’

The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a Tesla Model...

Impending demise of Roe v. Wade puts a spotlight on a major privacy risk: Your phone reveals more about you than you think

How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to answer and misses the point

Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes or spammers, commonly referred to as “bots.” Since his offer to buy Twitter was accepted, Elon...

Five digital games to help your child’s development

Recent research has linked playing video games in childhood with an increase in intelligence. While parents and carers may be pleasantly surprised by these findings, they...

Summer ‘revenge travel’ could raise drowning risk at beaches, but new tech might help

Many North Americans plan to travel this summer to catch up on lost experiences, following two years of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. This so-called revenge travel...

Nonprogrammers are building more of the world’s software – a computer scientist explains ‘no-code’

Traditional computer programming has a steep learning curve that requires learning a programming language, for example C/C++, Java or Python, just to build a simple application...