The chief executive officer of Google, Sundar Pichai, has warned against unquestioningly trusting the information produced by AI systems. As he explained in the interview with the BBC, even the most advanced AIs can be prone to errors. His comments predetermine a dilemma of criticality in the modern
Google is not replacing its traditional search engine, but this new feature marks a serious shift in how people will find and interact with information online. AI Mode moves away from the structure that has defined search for over two decades. Instead of scanning through a ranked list of websites, u
The problem is a severe network outage affecting customers of EE and BT which disrupted many services in the United Kingdom although it has now been solved. This breakdown started on Thursday and the majority of users have had no means either to make or receive calls to their mobile phones or landli
In the developed world, the Internet has changed our lives in a way that nothing else has, or probably ever will, but there are many parts of the world where this vast wealth of information and resources isn’t accessible. This is where a startup known as Outernet believes it can be of assistan
The more you read about the wonders of modern day technology, accompanying it would also be their corresponding dangers, making you wonder whether you would be better off increasing your life expectancy by being a Luddite. Having said that, if you happen to find e-book readers to be an indispensable
When you are an astronaut living on the International Space Station (ISS), it would be best if you were prepared beforehand to bring everything that you need – and might need down the road throughout the entire duration of the mission, since it isn’t exactly located near a convenience store or super
Back in October 2013 California governor Jerry Brown signed the “revenge porn” bill into law. The legislation classified revenge porn as a criminal misdemeanor which meant that vindictive ex-lovers distributing intimate content of an ex to humiliate them could face up to six months in jail and be fi
They’re cruising the streets for embarrassing tweets. It’s no secret that every year, the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol shoots up around Christmas. As part of its yearly crackdown, police in Sussex and Surrey are taking to Twitter to document the alcohol-related
A team of plucky Brits has decided to make its way to the moon using funds gathered from the public via Kickstarter. The rather ambitious plan aims to raise £500 million (around $800 million) for the project via donations made by the public. The planned mission, known as Lunar Mission One, will set
The NHS is one of Britain’s greatest achievements and the envy of countless countries around the world, but sometimes but it’s found it hard to ditch the paperwork and embrace technology. In its ongoing bid to improve patient care the NHS today outlined a number of new digital improvemen
The earth is right now creaking under the weight of close to 7 billion people, and it goes without saying that the more one consumes, the more there is a need to be able to dispatch of such trash in a prime and proper manner. Landfills are fast running out of space, and with the […]
In the event of a crash or some other dangerous situation on the track, many forms of motorsport deploy a safety car that leads the race cars around at a safer speed. But in the wake of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi’s terrifying crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, F1 officials are testing a s