Tesla announced two massive recalls this week related to issues with its vehicles’ software. One of the recalls ordered Tesla to roll back a self-driving feature that caused the company’s cars to break the law. While Elon Musk said “there…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) wrapped tokens, which lock tokens in one blockchain into a smart contract. After a decentralized cross-chain oracle called a “guardian” certifies that the coins have been properly locked on one chain, the bridge mints…
Dr Beth Singler, an anthropologist at Cambridge University, who has studied the ethics of virtual worlds, said: “Facebook has already failed to learn about what is happening in online spaces. Yes, they have changed some of their policies but there…
In a statement, the World Health Organization said it believes “prevention is better than cure” and that “these drugs will not be alternatives to vaccines.” The organization, based in Geneva, has yet to make a formal recommendation in favor of…
Amazon is raising the price of its Prime membership program in the US, even as a top Amazon executive admitted on Thursday that the company’s shipping speeds “are not where we want them to be.” The price of an annual…
But according to Nikhil Pahwa, a digital rights activist, there is a clear rationale for Mr Modi’s government to promote Koo as a homegrown, even “nationalist” alternative to Twitter, so that it can create a “soft landing spot” for itself,…
“Some types of malware scoop up emails and contact lists and use them to automatically spam malicious attachments or links, so companies with shared connections can sometimes be hit in quick succession,” said Brett Callow, Threat Analyst at cyber-security company…
One more sign that American workers are in a uniquely powerful position these days: Layoffs and discharges are at record lows. In December, just 0.8 percent of all US employees were let go, a record according to Bureau of Labor…
The news: People who’ve caught covid become infectious far more quickly than previously believed, according to the world’s first “human challenge” study in which healthy young volunteers were deliberately infected with the virus. The study, carried out by a team…