The head of the Bitcoin Foundation has issued a word of caution, telling people not to invest “more than they can afford” in the virtual currency. The Bitcoin Foundation is a non-profit organisation, based in Washington, that promotes Bitcoin globally. Read more…
A government paper shows that the UK is set to look for “new arrangements” with the EU to allow for the free flow of personal data to continue. The government argues that the UK starts from “unprecedented” alignment with EU Read more…
Samsung’s voice-controlled assistant Bixby has been launched in 200 countries across the world. Bixby is Samsung’s answer to Siri, created by Apple, and Google’s Assistant, which is pre-installed in Samsung Devices as they use the Android operating system. Initially, Bixby Read more…
Over 100 robotics experts have written to the United Nations urging them to prevent the creation of “killer robots”. In a letter to the UN, artificial intelligence (AI) experts, including Elon Musk have issued warnings about a “third revolution in Read more…
Only 9.8 per cent of those who completed a computing course at A-level were female, furthering fears over the shortage of women in the industry. The vast majority of people in the industry agree that fixing the gender balance is Read more…
Facebook has given UK Messenger users access to its “M Suggestions”, allowing them to use recommendations from its AI personal assistant. Facebook had previously been insistent that the introduction of chatbots to their messaging service would irrevocably change the way Read more…
A new form of Bitcoin has been unveiled and will be mined separately for the first time in the crypto-currency’s history. Bitcoin Cash has broken away from Bitcoin, following a long period of discussions and disagreements over the development of Read more…
A researcher has revealed that Amazon’s Echo smart speaker can be hacked in such a way that it sends everything it hears to a prospective attacker. Mark Barnes said that his attacks on certain versions of the device enabled him Read more…
Researchers say they have been able to gather information about the internet habits of three million German people, including the drug preferences of a politician. The researchers gathered huge amounts of information on the browsing habits from “clickstream” gathering companies. Read more…
Victims of ransomware attacks paid out more than $25m (£19m) to cyber criminals over the last two years, according to a Google study. The majority of the money was gained through two types of ransomware, but more variants are emerging, Read more…
