Arkib Tag: Tech

An official of Indonesia’s information technology ministry resigned as the government continues an audit of its data centers in the wake of the nation’s worst cyberattack. Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, director-general for applications and information at the Communications and Information Technology Ministry, stepped down on July 4, following last month’s massive …

Apple, Microsoft and Google are heralding a new era of what they describe as artificially intelligent smartphones and computers. The devices, they say, will automate tasks like editing photos and wishing a friend a happy birthday. But to make that work, these companies need something from you: more data. In …

In a startling trend, adults, much like their younger counterparts, have become reliant on smartphones, tablets and other screens to occupy their attention. This is seen even during the most basic of activities, such as mealtimes. This behaviour, often dubbed the ‘iPad kid’ phenomenon, has experts concerned about the detrimental …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Bitcoin sank to a four-month low on Friday, breaking below technical supports as traders anticipated the dumping of long-lost tokens from a defunct Japanese exchange and further selling by momentum-spooked leveraged players. The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency slid more than 8% to $53,523, below chart support …

Let’s talk about your email address today. This is on my mind because last week I got a phone call from a brokerage firm I opened a new account with. It was a customary “How you doing/can I help you invest?” call. I said no to the investment help but …

The video posted last year on Chinese social media showed more than 100 Japanese children, supposedly at an elementary school in Shanghai, gathered in their schoolyard. Chinese subtitles quoted two students leading the group as screaming: “Shanghai is ours. Soon the whole China will be ours, too.” The messages were …

SAN FRANCISCO: Early last year, a hacker gained access to the internal messaging systems of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and stole details about the design of the company’s artificial intelligence technologies. The hacker lifted details from discussions in an online forum where employees talked about OpenAI’s latest technologies, according …

SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics estimated on Friday a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit, as rebounding semiconductor prices driven by the artificial intelligence boom lifted earnings from a low base a year ago. The world’s largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker estimated its operating profit rose …

Threads, Meta’s alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch. “What a year,” Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said July 3 on Threads in announcing the platform had reached the threshold. Threads, which hit app stores on July 5 …

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Global streaming companies said on Thursday they were challenging new Canadian rules that oblige them to help pay for local news, saying Canada’s federal government had acted unreasonably and provided no legal basis for the demand. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the national broadcasting regulator, said …