BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China: SPIDER SILK FIBER Chinese scientists have developed the first whole full-length spider silk fiber obtained from genetically-engineered silkworms, exhibiting a six-fold toughness when compared to a bulletproof vest. The researchers from Donghua University drew inspiration from nylon […]
BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China: SPACE LECTURE The fourth live class from China’s space station was held on Thursday afternoon, delivered by the Shenzhou-16 astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao to students on Earth. This was the first science lecture […]
ABU DHABI, 21st September, 2023 (WAM) — UAE Banks Federation (UBF) reiterated its commitment to supporting efforts that enhance secure and smooth banking experience, in particular, initiatives related to cybersecurity that constitute an essential shield against cyber threats, in order to increase trust and develop the UAE banking sector in the face of the broad […]
Amsterdam [Netherlands], September 20 (ANI): The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it experienced a cyberattack last week after hackers accessed its internal systems, TechCrunch reported. TechCrunch is an American global online newspaper focusing on high-tech and startup companies. The ICC, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent war crimes tribunal. Established in […]
Google announced Tuesday that its Bard chatbot would be integrated into Gmail, YouTube and other applications in a push to broaden Alphabet’s user experience. Google has spent years refining its generative AI without immediate plans to release a chatbot, until OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT late last year and partnered with Microsoft to popularize the cutting-edge tool. […]
WASHINGTON D.C.: Despite highlighting the technology’s success in assisting drug busts and catching criminals, the Department of Homeland Security announced new plans to limit its use of artificial intelligence (AI) this week. In an AI policy memo, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, “We must ensure that our use of AI is responsible and trustworthy, that […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will touch down in California on Monday to meet with Elon Musk. The talks come as civil rights groups accuse the X owner of amplifying anti-Semitism, an allegation he denies. When Musk purchased Twitter, now called X, for $44 billion last year, he vowed to turn the site into a […]
BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China: COMPUTING INDUSTRY The scale of China’s computing industry hit 2.6 trillion yuan (about 362.2 billion dollars) in 2022, according to the 2023 World Computing Conference, which opened on Friday in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province. “The new […]
WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. government regulators are taking aim at Google’s search engine, which has become the internet’s primary search platform. The legal battle, which started this week in a Washington D.C. federal courtroom and is presided over by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, will be the most prominent US antitrust trial since regulators took action […]
There is an ?above zero? chance that the technology ?will kill us all,? the billionaire has claimed The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) could pose a “civilizational risk” to humanity if the technology continues to be developed without independent oversight, Elon Musk warned on Wednesday. He was addressing US senators at a tech leaders’ summit […]
