‘Fortnite' Playground Gives Players Their Own Private Island to Go Wild On

Jun 25, 2018 00:38 am UTC| Technology

In the beginning, players of Fortnite Battle Royale could only enter the game with 99 other characters and try to survive or kill as many as they can. Such a chaotic environment hardly fostered creativity in all players....

Hacker Retracts Claim of Bypassing iPhone’s Passcode Security

Jun 25, 2018 00:32 am UTC| Technology

Apples products have a reputation for being among the most secure devices in the world. The Cupertino firm has been working hard to protect that image, which a security researcher recently threatened. In a test, the hacker...

Google Play Store Apps to Come with DRM for Extra Protection

Jun 25, 2018 00:25 am UTC| Technology

Conversations around digital rights management (DRM) more commonly revolve around major software products such as video games and entertainment properties. However, this extra protection will soon be applied to apps as...

Driverless cars offer new forms of control – no wonder governments are keen

Jun 24, 2018 02:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Imagine a state-of-the-art driverless car is zipping along a road with a disabled 90-year-old-passenger. A young mother with a toddler steps into the road. The car must make a decision: drive into the mother and child and...

Ukrainian Authorities Arrest 4 Programmers Operating Bogus Crypto Exchanges

Jun 22, 2018 10:31 am UTC| Technology

Ukrainian authorities arrested four men who were tagged in six fraudulent virtual currency exchanges that eventually resulted in the financial losses of their victims. According to Cointelegraph, the men promoted the bogus...

Hydro-Quebec Tells Crypto Companies to Bid for Electricity

Jun 22, 2018 07:54 am UTC| Technology

Earlier this month, Hydro-Quebec released an announcement stating that it will temporarily stop processing requests from crypto mining companies, with the mandate coming directly from the Quebec provincial government. The...

Swiss Federal Councillor Urges Inclusion of Blockchain in School Curriculums

Jun 22, 2018 07:29 am UTC| Technology

Crypto miners and companies operating in this new industry have been gravitating towards Switzerland since the countrys stance on the nascent market is quite friendly. One of its regions has even been dubbed Crypto Valley,...