Companies seeking to capture value from digital innovations often release improved versions of their current products. However, there is a downside to this strategy as upgrading products can alienate customers who have already invested a great deal of time and effort in getting used to a particular operating system. A study titled “Growing Pains: The
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Elon Musk’s start-up Neuralink has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin testing its brain implants on humans. Neuralink’s technology is intended to allow direct communication between brains and computers, and the company’s prototypes have already been implanted in monkeys. The aim of the implants is to enable people
The shipping industry is responsible for nearly 3% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and its share is expected to rise as maritime trade volumes triple by 2050. To address this, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set a target to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by midcentury, and more ambitious targets are being
Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union’s voluntary agreement to combat online disinformation, according to European Commissioner Thierry Breton. While other major social media platforms have committed to supporting the EU’s disinformation “code of practice,” Twitter has abandoned this pledge. Breton tweeted that Twitter’s “obligation” remains, referring to the EU’s new digital rules that will
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are present in almost all autonomous and robotic systems used in security applications, including facial recognition, biometrics, drones, and autonomous vehicles utilized in combat surveillance and military targeting applications. However, the data underlying these algorithms can be vulnerable to cyber attacks, which can result in incorrect predictions and serious security threats.
The Swiss government has proposed changes to the country’s copyright law that would require large online service providers to compensate media companies for the use of their journalistic content, including small excerpts or snippets. The government has opened a four-month examination of the proposal to improve compensation for journalists and their media companies. Current Situation
The increasing awareness of the emerging environmental and climate change effects has led to a global commercialization of clean energy. The demand for powering up several small-scale and low power devices has increased. However, the small-scale storage of electricity has encountered bottlenecks, encouraging the possibility of generating electricity from hydrogen, using fuel cells. Small-scale Proton
In the world of cybersecurity, there are more than 213,800 known “keys” or vulnerabilities, and they are already in the hands of criminals. This makes it difficult for cyber defenders to track, prioritize and prevent threats and attacks. However, a team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Purdue University, Carnegie
New research from the University of Florida has revealed that policies that limit the use of ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft can have negative consequences for a city’s transportation ecosystem. In 2015, the city of Shanghai implemented a policy restricting the use of ride-hailing apps during rush hour for 12% of the taxi fleet
TikTok has filed a lawsuit in a US federal court to prevent Montana from imposing a complete ban on the video-sharing app. The ban, which is due to come into effect in 2024, is being contested by TikTok on the grounds that it violates the constitutional right to free speech. In its lawsuit, TikTok stated