When a 10-year-old asked Alexa for a “challenge to do”, Alexa challenged her to touch a penny coin to the prongs of a half-inserted live plug. Amazon has since updated its Alexa voice assistant the error as soon as the company became aware of it. The girl’s mother, Kristin Livadhi, described the incident…
The Longest partial lunar eclipse of the century when the Earth lies directly between the Sun and the Moon and the Moon lies in the shadow of the Earth. People in the UK are not able to see every part of the eclipse but will still be able to see lunar eclipse at totality when the…
Oxford Nanopore shares closed almost eight per cent higher yesterday after the recently listed University spinout upped the 2022 and 2023 sales forecast for its life sciences unit bolstered by multi-million dollar long tern contract win in the UAE. The Genomics group forecast revenue for the core unit will hit between £170m and £190m in…
BT ‘s EE and Virgin’s O2 are busy building net generation fibre networks across the UK. Both mobile data and broadband from Virgin Media O2 will double the speed of both at no extra charge, while BT is enticing its customers to double up with 10% off broadband deals for EE customers, leaving a squeeze…
We are in the Exponential Age between the faster computers, better software and bigger data, amid accelerating climate change, a deadly pandemic and unravelling global supply chains are critical. Ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating without breaks empowered by our compulsion to innovate. Azeem Azhar, writer, a…
Entrepreneur, Peter Thiel, a right wing student at the Stanford University in the 1980 as a burgeoning conservative, and a tech investor from Silicon Valley over the past two decades, became the ardent backer of Donald Trump. The Contrarian is the biography of venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker…
Apple’s newest iPhones with new colours, smaller notches, updated camera, and faster A15 chip. Both iPhone 13 and 13 mini feature a ceramic shield cover glass that is infused with nano-ceramic crystals for better protection from drops. IP68 water and dust resistance is included with a submersion in 6 meters of water for up to…
T Top Huawei boss freed after a deal with the US, ending the row over Meng Wanzhou’s detention in 2018 has led to a ferocious diplomatic row between China and Canada as accusations of retaliation by Beijing. It also strained China’s relations with Canada and the US. Ms Meng, who became a permanent resident of…
A pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years? Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, joins forces with celebrated novelist and sci-fi writer, Chen Qiufan to imagine our…
Mr Issacman ( foreground) yelled “punch it SpaceX” before the launch. Four amateur astronauts have blasted off from Florida on their private mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 crew , comprising of on billionaire and three ordinary citizens rode out of the Kennedy Space Centre in a Dragon capsule provided by Space Z rocket company.…