Facebook to shut down its facial recognition software
Facebook services that rely on face recognition systems will be removed over the coming weeks Facebook few weeks ago announced its plans to shut down the facial recognition program and…
Fuchsia is the future of Google and microkernels
The first appearance of Fuchsia dates back to the summer of 2016, when a piece of code on the GitHub portal revealed plans for an entirely new operating system that…
Manet, the digital concierge that keeps clients and hoteliers happy
While the world has for years been on the road to digitalisation of all tools in order to simplify and speed up many aspects of everyday life, the arrival of…
Bitcoins are the official currency in El Salvador, but the future lies with the Central Bank’s digital currencies
El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as its national currency, placing the cryptocurrency alongside the dollar. Although scheduled after the announcement made at the beginning of the…
Pegasus scandal: Global democracy under cyber attack
Tracking software penetrates any operating system (iOS or Android) and has the ability to steal passwords, messages and emails Pegasus, an Israeli NSO Group’s spyware, has been used to spy…
Digital decarbonisation: sustainability in data centres
The amount of data we produce as a society is growing exponentially. Social media, video streaming, stockpiled images — together these phenomena result in huge quantities of information every day.…
Gaming Technology
Introduction When I was a kid the first contact with technology was with video games in some big boxes with screens. After that, the entertainment was transferred to the homes…
How Facebook games normalized microtransactions
Decking out your favorite League of Legends champion with the latest skin or buying a Fortnite dance emote is a seen as perfectly normal nowadays. Microtransactions, be they cosmetic or…
A year of small screens and couch-borne escapism
The bar set for 2021 is extremely low — ankle-high. With a mysterious viral outbreak hitting China and fires sweeping the southern hemisphere, 2020 started off poorly. It ended with…
Young Malians invent an artificial respirator, a chatbot and a collar to monitor cattle
Youssouf Sall works on so many projects at the same time that he has to sleep in his garage every other night. “Fortunately, my wife is understanding,” he laughs. The…