Man At Volkswagen Plant In Germany Killed By A Robot

VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said that the 22 year-old man died on Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Frankfurt, VW spokesman Heiko Hillwig said. The 22-year-old was part of a team that was helping to put together the stationary robot that grabs and configures auto parts, when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate, Hillwig said. He later died from the injuries....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Roger Capone

Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Ai Will Start Outperforming Humans In 10 Years Techworm

Zuckerberg has already been focussing on AI through his company which already has research groups dedicated to advancing the company’s capabilities in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing and speech. Earlier this month, for example, it introduced an iOS feature called “automatic alternative text” that uses object recognition technology to provide spoken descriptions of Facebook photos to people who are visually impaired. Facebook has also unveiled new bot and chatbot technology as part of its Messenger Platform....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 378 words · Jerry Vizzi

Meet The Artist Who Steals Your Instagram Photos And Sells Them For 90 000

Richard Prince’s “New Portraits,” art show consisted of photos from the Instagram accounts of models, various celebrities (mostly females), and other professionally beautiful people, which were taken without permission or notice from Instagram. These artwork was shown by Prince at the Gagosian Gallery in New York City. The inclusion of these pictures in the gallery’s sprawling booth at Frieze New York were reportedly being sold up to $100,000. The case has not only led to strong reaction of anger from photographers, but also raised questions on copyright infringement that have dominated the dialogue surrounding them on sites including Instagram, PetaPixel, Snapchat and Business Insider....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 545 words · Janet Gonzalez

Micron Unveils The World S First 1 5 Tb Microsd Card

Micron’s new i400 is the world’s first microSD card to use 176-layer 3D NAND storage technology with a focus on performance and endurance. It is specifically designed for edge storage applications with a focus on handling tasks like continuous high-quality video recording and multiple AI (artificial intelligence) capture events concurrently. The U.S. semiconductor giant says the video security market is estimated to be worth $83 billion by 2030. Applications such as fleet dash cameras, smart home security, police body cameras and AI-enabled cameras in factories, and cloud-based video security as a service, or VSaaS, all need storage capable of handling media-rich data....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 493 words · Richard Moseley

Microsoft Bing Translates Daesh As Saudi Arabia Causes Uproar In Kingdom Techworm

Bing Translator, an app enclosed within Microsoft’s Bing search engine, allows internet users to translate over 3 dozen languages. As with every website or translation app, by typing in a word or phrase in a selected language the application renders it in another language. Over the weekend, Saudi Arabian users found that when they typed the Arabic word “Daesh” into Bing Translate, the words “Saudi Arabia” would appear as the English translation....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 316 words · George Pipkin

Microsoft Brings Back Swiftkey For Ios To The App Store

Those with the keyboard already installed could continue to use it on their iPhones until they decide to uninstall the same or the user gets a new device. Back then, no reason was provided as to why the company was withdrawing support for SwifKey’s iOS version. With just a little more than a month since its retirement, the company has unexpectedly taken a U-turn and brought back the SwiftKey keyboard app for iOS on the App Store....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 404 words · Cleveland Antonio

Microsoft Co Founder Bill Gates Shares His 5 Favourite Books Of All Time

A voracious reader since childhood, Gates decided to try something different this year, and instead of listing his favorite books that he read over the previous twelve months, he has shared the list of the five best books that he has ever read in his lifetime. While the list shared, according to Gates, isn’t a complete list of his favorite books of all time, the billionaire philanthropist has recommended them to his family and friends over the years....

December 21, 2022 · 4 min · 738 words · Jorge Haro

Microsoft Is In Talks To Acquire Tiktok S Us Ops

The reports come after U.S. President Donald Trump told media on Friday that his administration is considering banning the Chinese video app over privacy and national security concerns. “We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok. India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, including TikTok, a move welcomed by both the administration and the lawmakers,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We may be doing some other things....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Elizabeth Ijames

Microsoft Seeks To Fill Void If Google Exits The Australian Market

For those unaware, last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) proposed a new law called the “News Media Bargaining Code” that would compel Google and Facebook to negotiate fees with Australian news outlets for content featured across platforms managed by Google and Facebook. The draft code is aimed at addressing acute bargaining power imbalances between Australian news businesses and Google and Facebook, including through a binding “final offer” arbitration process....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 573 words · Marlin Artiaga

Mortal Kombat Esports Tournament Has A Whopping 500 000 Prize Pool Techworm

Warner Bros. is launching a huge Mortal Kombat X eSports program in April, and the prize pot will be whopping $500,000. The project includes the third season of ESL Mortal Kombat X Pro League, which will pit the best players around the world against each other starting on April 3rd. The top sixteen players will then compete in front of a live audience on June 12, and the final eight finalists will play for a chunk ($200,000) of the prize pot....

December 21, 2022 · 1 min · 205 words · Nancy Duran

Moto E 2Nd Gen To Be Available To Indians On Flipkart For Rs 6999 00 From March 10

Lets have a quick check of the great features incorporated in this 2nd generation Motorola Moto E: Latest Android software Lollipop 5.0 Display screen: 4.5-inch qHD with 540×960 display resolution (Which will give high definition vibrant picture quality) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protecting the display screen 4G/ LTE speed 1.2GH quad-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and a 400MHz Adreno 306 GPU 8GB storage space expandable till 32GB via micro SD card 1GB of RAM 2390 mAh battery which has a capacity to work for a full day on single charge Light in weight as it weighs around 145 grams Camera: VGA camera in front and rear camera is of 5 megapixel which can record 720p video....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 440 words · Levi Johnson

Multitasking Is A Myth Here Is Why And How You Should Avoid It

Lets check a common scenario, suppose you were thinking about some important project and all of a sudden were distracted by some message on Facebook or Twitter. This distraction led to a scenario where you got distracted from some thread of thoughts which seemed to be an appropriate answer for your project. Alas! you are not able to recollect that great idea once you are back to your thoughts regarding the project....

December 21, 2022 · 4 min · 841 words · Devin Wiest

Nasa S New Gravity Map Gives Detailed Information Of Mars Techworm

While studying the orbit of the spacecraft, the space agency examined the small changes that the three crafts, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, faced while circling Mars. To build this map, the agency took more than a decade for the agency to organize the data collected. Signals from the Deep Space Network antennas situated around our planet were used by the craft. These signals were able to detect slight variations in their orbit and find out what it means with regards to the red planet’s composition....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 434 words · Bennie Spencer

Netflix And Amazon Join Hands With Hollywood Studios To Fight Piracy Against Dragon Media Techworm

Dragon Media, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based company, is accused of offering its Dragon Box, a streaming media box that comes pre-loaded with customized open-source Kodi software, which can be used to access pirated content and facilitate mass copyright infringement. For those unaware, Kodi is a free and open-source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub. It works as a centralized media center that allows you to access all of your digital audio, movies, TV shows, music collection and photo library from a single, convenient place....

December 21, 2022 · 3 min · 479 words · Neil Emanuelson

Netflix Comes To India Plans Start At Rs 500 With One Month Free Subscription Techworm

Netflix CEO announces launch of services in 130 countries including India at CES 2016Netflix plans to start at 500 ($7.50) per month with one month free subscription as promo offer Starting today, around 130 countries around the world will be able to see Netflix according to CEO Reed Hastings. India figures prominently among the 130 countries where Netflix has launched operations on Wednesday. According to its website, Netflix plans will start at Rs....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 251 words · William Lawrence

Netflix Will Begin To Automatically Cancel Inactive Accounts

The company is adopting this process to keep people from paying for services that they haven’t been using for a long time or cannot afford it. “You know that sinking feeling when you realize you signed up for something but haven’t used it in ages? At Netflix, the last thing we want is people paying for something they’re not using,” Eddy Wu, Director, Product Innovation at Netflix wrote in a blog post....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 322 words · Patricia Viera

New Blackberry 5G Android Phone With Physical Keyboard To Come In 2021

In February this year, Chinese electronics group TCL and BlackBerry had confirmed that they had parted ways putting an end on the manufacturing of BlackBerry devices. For those unaware, in 2016, BlackBerry stopped manufacturing its own phones and had licensed its brand to TCL. Their partnership which is set to expire by August 31st this year has paved the way for OnwardMobility to step in. “BlackBerry is thrilled OnwardMobility will deliver a BlackBerry 5G smartphone device with physical keyboard, leveraging our high standards of trust and security synonymous with our brand....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 350 words · Roxanne Henke

New Snowden Leaks Reveal That Gchq Was Given Permission By David Miliband To Hack Leading Popular Software Programs

According to The Intercept, GCHQ carried out ‘reverse engineering’, a technique that is forbidden by law which lets hackers to discover weak points in encryption software, computer programs and anti-virus deployed by some of the world’s largest organizations. GCHQ’s attempts in 2008 are uncovered in the leaked documents, when Miliband spearheaded the Foreign Office, to get warrants that let it to violate software copyrights and breach licensing agreements. Further, GCHQ prevented its authorization protocol for ‘some continuous period of time’, according to ‘top-secret documents’ obtained by The Intercept....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 352 words · James Volante

New Vulnerability Found In Adobe Flash Player Techworm

Some months ago a team of Kaspersky discovered an operation which was working since April 2007.This vulnerability has affected various system around 27 countries. This exploit includes bootkit and rootkit it has infected Mac and Linux systems and it has an customised attack against kaspersky products. Kaspersky lab provided technical analysis of the exploit and payload. There are total 11 Versions of Flash player which have this loophole. Adobe was informed about the exploit running in Flash player, Adobe recommends its users to update their installation to the latest versions....

December 21, 2022 · 1 min · 158 words · Jessica Cornelius

Nintendo Switch Hacked To Run Debian Linux Techworm

fail0verflow announced their discovery in a post on Twitter with an image that displayed the Nintendo console running the Debian Linux distro and user login, along with a serial adapter that was connected to one of the Joy-Con terminal on the right side. — fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) February 6, 2018 According to fail0verflow group, the exploit triggers a flaw in the boot ROM process of the Nvidia Tegra X1 chip that powers the console....

December 21, 2022 · 2 min · 226 words · Pearlie Druvenga