Technology
Microsoft retires Skype, internet call pioneer
Microsoft on Friday announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011.This article was originally published here
Month: February 2025
Technology
US lawmakers probe foreign pressure on tech platforms
A Congressional committee has sent subpoenas to eight US internet giants demanding to know whether foreign governments are curbing what can be seen online in the United States.This article was originally published here
Technology
YouTube was born from a failed dating site—20 years on, the world’s biggest video platform faces new challenges
When three former PayPal employees, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, registered the domain www.youtube.com 20 years ago, they wanted to create an online dating site based around videos of users. In 2016, Chen […]
Technology
Dark web forum research reveals the growing threat of AI-generated child abuse images
The UK aims to be the first country in the world to create new offenses related to AI-generated sexual abuse. New laws will make it illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to […]
Technology
Online shopping giants bet on AI to curb clothes returns
From sizing advice via selfies to robot stock-takers, online shopping behemoths have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence in a bid to stem the flow of bad-for-business clothes returns.This article was originally published here
Biotech
Mighty marine fungi degrade plastic by eating it, and can be conditioned to do it faster
Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa have recently discovered that many species of fungi […]
Biotech
Newest version of cell-mapping tool can spot boundaries even in cloudy conditions
Picking out individual cells in distorted microscopy images is now as easy as clicking a button.This article was originally published here
Economy
Valentine’s Day: The economic value of romantic tradition
We may never know if St. Valentine, a martyr beheaded for officiating the forbidden weddings of persecuted Christians, was keen on chocolate and flowers. But we do know that millions of people around the world […]
Autos
Japan’s Honda and Nissan scrap merger talks
Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed on Thursday they had scrapped merger talks that would have created the world’s third-largest automaker by unit sales.This article was originally published here
Business
Ubisoft revenue drops after game flops, ‘Assassin’s Creed’ delays
A run of new-release flops and the delay of the latest “Assassin’s Creed” installment sent revenue at French games giant Ubisoft plunging in its third quarter, the company reported Thursday as it continues to weigh […]