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Category: Technology

  • Vertical Farms race to transform future of Food Growth

    Vertical Farms race to transform future of Food Growth

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    The idea of vertical farming has been around for a while now. In order to be economically viable, farmers need to work on a sustainable business model. Europe’s biggest vertical farm owned by Jones Food Company (JFC) has been striving towards an expansion of their facility in Scunthorpe…

  • WhatsApp bug causes Screen Lock Bypass

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    A security bug is allowing users to bypass new privacy controls introduced by WhatsApp on iPhones. The bug that only affects devices running iOS causes the application to open without the biometric verification, bypassing the privacy update.WhatsApp Messenger is a freeware and cross-platform…

  • Russia votes to ban smartphones

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    Russia votes to prohibit the military from using smartphones or recording devices, a move intended to mask its soldiers’ digital trail. The Russian government is eliminating digital trail after continuous probe by the West & the consequential response regarding its alleged cyber-attacks. Russia is known to launch cyber- attacks ….

  • Europe’s 5G problem

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    Europe hasn’t been at the forefront of 5G, even before the Trump administration began pushing allies to block Huawei over concerns that the Chinese government could use its equipment for spying, which the company has repeatedly denied. 5G (from “5th Generation”) is the latest generation of cellular mobile ….

  • Apple and Google to review Saudi App

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    Apple and Google have been accused of aiding the enforcement of ‘gender apartheid’ in Saudi Arabia. They are hosting a controversial app called Absher that allows men to track women under their guardianship. Saudi women are subject to guardianship laws (wilaya or wisaya), based on a strict…

  • Russia to disconnect from Internet

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    Russia is considering a plan to temporarily disconnect from the Internet. The exercise follows aspiration of building an autonomous Internet infrastructure and to see how the country’s cyber defense would fare in case of retaliation from the West. Russia is known to launch cyber- attacks against targets across the world, including the US electronic voting…

  • China’s AI use spooks expert

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    Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China’s use of AI for surveillance and political control. Artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence displayed by humans and…

  • Japan to hack its citizens

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    Ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Japanese government approved an amendment that will permit the government to hack devices owned by its citizens as a measure to secure the Internet of Things (IoT). Japan is taking measure to secure Internet of Things, taking into account the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics cyber…

  • EU to exclude Chinese firms from 5G?

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    The European Union is considering proposals that would effectively amount to a de-facto ban on Huawei Technologies Co equipment for next-generation mobile networks, adding to mounting international pressure on the world’s largest maker of telecom gear. Huawei Technologies is..

  • Saudi Arabia slashes exposure to Tesla

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    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund has cut its exposure to Tesla Inc via a hedging deal with J. P. Morgan bankers in a bid to protect against a stock price drop. The Saudis’ Public Investment Fund still holds shares but froze its $2.9 billion investment on the company. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) is…