Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Drones are increasingly used to survey battlefields and spot targets Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, the US Department of Defense has said. The statement comes as plans emerge for gun platforms that can choose their own targets on the battlefield. The […]
Image copyright Electronic Arts The 355,000 players caught cheating on Apex Legends were all using the PC version of the game, the studio behind the game has said. Respawn Entertainment said it intended to be “secretive” about its plans to combat cheating, so as not to forewarn players trying to break the rules. Apex Legends […]
Image caption Facebook alleges that quizzes on apps named Supertest or FQuiz, among others, were part of the scheme Malicious quiz apps were used to harvest thousands of users’ profile data, according to Facebook. The firm says anyone who wanted to take the quizzes was asked to install browser extensions, which then lifted data ranging […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Tesla said the price of its mid-market Model 3 car would not rise Tesla is increasing prices of its electric cars after scaling back a store closure programme. The carmaker said the 3% price rise would not apply to the new mid-market Model 3. Earlier this month Tesla said it […]
Image copyright PA Image caption A Lords committee wants tech companies to have one overarching regulator setting rules for user privacy, data and anti-social content Tech firms, such as Google and Facebook, must improve their “inadequate” responses to privacy and data breaches and anti-social content, a House of Lords report says. The House of Lords […]
Media captionWATCH: Security holes found in third-party smart car alarms Security flaws in three specialist car alarms have left vehicles vulnerable to being stolen or hijacked, say researchers. The bugs were found in alarm apps by Clifford, Viper, and Pandora. The alarms are on three million vehicles. The security researchers exploited the bugs to activate […]
Image copyright Facebook/Quadriga Image caption QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten died without passing on passwords for his laptop Efforts to recover millions in crypto-cash from the digital wallets of a man who died without revealing passwords to access them have hit a snag. The wallets have been found to be empty. The discovery was made by […]
Image copyright Facebook/Quadriga Image caption QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten died without passing on passwords for his laptop Efforts to recover millions in crypto-cash from the digital wallets of a man who died without revealing passwords to access them have hit a snag. The wallets have been found to be empty. The discovery was made by […]
Media captionThe prototype Jibo robot lacked many of the abilities promised for the final model (video from 2016) Owners of the “social robot” Jibo say the device has been telling them its servers are soon to be switched off. Jibo had ambitions to be “the world’s first family robot”, and boasted advanced facial and voice […]
Media captionThe prototype Jibo robot lacked many of the abilities promised for the final model (video from 2016) Owners of the “social robot” Jibo say the device has been telling them its servers are soon to be switched off. Jibo had ambitions to be “the world’s first family robot”, and boasted advanced facial and voice […]
