Website security checks that challenge people to prove they are human are likely to “disappear” in favour of a new system developed by Google. Captcha checks typically ask people to complete a puzzle that a computer would struggle to complete correctly. They are designed to stop automated bots accessing and using websites. Google’s new system … Read more
A ‘global startup’ which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur William Li and with offices in Silicon Valley, Europe and China, unveiled a prototype of the vehicle called Eve at the South by … Read more
A “global startup” which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur William Li and with offices in Silicon Valley, Europe and China, unveiled a prototype of the vehicle called Eve at the South by … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed that Facebook’s first family is growing, with a baby sister on the way for one-year-old daughter Maxima. “We are all better people because of the strong women in our lives — sisters, mothers and friends,” Zuckerberg said in a post at his Facebook page. “We can’t wait to welcome our … Read more
A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims. When Joshua Browder developed DoNotPay he called it “the world’s first robot lawyer”. It’s a chatbot – a computer program that carries out conversations through texts or vocal commands – and it uses Facebook Messenger to gather information about a … Read more
Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart TV microphones. The CIA has been criticised by civil rights groups who say the agency “stockpiled” security flaws in devices to use them … Read more
Google said Monday it was working to fix a search algorithm glitch that produced “inappropriate and misleading” results from its search engine and connected speaker. The internet giant reacted after a blog post highlighted unsubstantiated search results indicating former president Barack Obama was planning a “coup d’etat’ and that four former US presidents were members … Read more
IBM has made its quantum computing system commercially available to businesses and beefed up an existing system used by the research community. The firm is hoping to boost the numbers of people able to use such computers. The machine, based in New York, has been available via the internet since May last year. Future applications … Read more
Spotify has become the first music streaming service to pass 50 million paying customers. It reached the milestone after adding 10 million subscribers in less than six months, staying ahead of its closest rival, Apple Music. But Spotify – which costs £10 a month in the UK – faces competition from deep-pocketed tech giants Amazon … Read more
Netflix has announced new software that it hopes could save you cash while improving your viewing experience. The firm has been working on an improved method of delivering its content, which it hopes will be released in the next few months. The Dynamic Optimiser compression system will improve overall video quality while also reducing the … Read more
Facebook has begun using artificial intelligence to identify members that may be at risk of killing themselves. The social network has developed algorithms that spot warning signs in users’ posts and the comments their friends leave in response. After confirmation by Facebook’s human review team, the company contacts those thought to be at risk of … Read more
Banks are paying an average of 11.9 per cent per annum as interest on deposits but charging their borrowers an average of 33.4 per cent as nominal interest on loans annually, data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on the annual percentage rates (APRs) and Average Interest (AI) of banks has shown. While interest on … Read more
A Ghanaian, Mark Amo-Boateng, has made it to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery. Mr Amo-Boateng’s team is building intelligent low-cost modular AUV/ROV systems to democratize ocean discovery, using advanced artificial intelligence … Read more
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has a message for US President Donald Trump, Europe’s populist right and those who would shut their national borders to migrants and refugees. “A refugee could be anybody. It could be you or me,” he said, pointing at past wars and an increasingly uncertain world order. “The so-called refugee crisis … Read more
Economist Courage Kinsley Martey assessed that access to credit in the economy will continue to be a challenge, for the private sector and the business community. The Bank of Ghana released its latest data on annual percentage rates (APR) of interest charged on loans and credit advances and the average interest (AI) paid on deposits … Read more
The Bank of Ghana has, today, released its latest data on Annual Percentage Rates (APR) of interest charged on loans and credit advances and the Average Interest (AI) paid on deposits by banks. The data is based on figures available as at 31st January, 2017. According to the data, the industry average base rate as … Read more
It’s been nearly a year since Microsoft’s Satya Nadella proclaimed “bots are the new apps”. Yet despite the promise of a revolution in how we interact with services and companies online, progress has been utterly miserable – the vast majority of chat bots are gimmicky, pointless or just flat out broken. But this week I … Read more
In the hopes of bringing internet access to even the most remote corners of the globe, Google parent Alphabet’s ‘Loon’ project has taken a big step closer. Alphabet said artificial intelligence-infused navigation software has significantly sped up plans, helping to smartly guide high-altitude balloons to improve coverage. While the firm has not said when it expects … Read more
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted on the social network. In a letter describing the plan, he said algorithms would eventually be able to spot terrorism, violence, bullying and even prevent suicide. He admitted Facebook had previously made mistakes in the content it had … Read more
US online giant Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of a “unified communications service” which offers video and audio conferencing through its cloud computing service. The new service called Amazon Chime from Amazon Web Services — which provides the online computing power for thousands of businesses — enables customers to have conversations and videoconferences whether … Read more