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
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
Agriculture
Mutation in rice alters sterility temperature, offering new agricultural insights
Thermo-sensitive genic male sterility 5 (tms5) is a widely used thermo-sensitive genic male sterile (TGMS) line for two-line hybrid rice production. Critical sterility-inducing temperature (CSIT) acts as a key threshold of TGMS lines. However, there […]
Autos
‘A house battery you can drive around’: How a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid
Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you […]
Autos
Innovators gear up work on ‘green’ hydrogen plane with plans for nonstop 9-day trip around Earth
When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel.This […]
Agriculture
Study explores challenges and future of large-scale, high-precision agricultural film mapping
Agricultural films are essential for boosting land productivity, yet their widespread use has raised significant ecological concerns. To address these challenges, accurate mapping of agricultural films is crucial for both strategic agricultural planning and environmental […]