An artist from Berlin has created a performance art piece called Google Maps Hack. Simon Weckert created a traffic jam on an empty road by using only a trolley filled with 99 smartphones. In an attempt to trick Google Maps into 'turning a green street red', Weckert hauled the cart around the empty streets of Berlin, with each phone running the Google Maps app. For those not familiar with the app, Google Maps is an app that helps to plan out your journey. It shows you where to avoid being stuck...
A US company hit the headlines early in February 2020 but for all the wrong reasons. Clearview AI, the company in question, is a controversial Artificial Intelligence (AI) facial recognition technology company. It appears that Clearview AI has taken over 3 billion images from social media sites such as Facebook , Twitter, and YouTube. Consequently, the images have been made available to law enforcement agencies that use facial recognition software. Clearview AI uses Artificial Intelligence...
NHS Covid-19 App The NHS will soon be releasing an App, named NHS Covd-19 , that is anticipated will help during the lifting of the lockdown restrictions. The App is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight with expectations of it being rolled out across the UK by mid-June 2020. The aim of the App is to help trace anyone that has been in contact with someone showing symptoms of Covid-19, aka Coronavirus. The App is a digital tool based on a well-established manual method of controlling...
Thousands, if not millions, of people, have become more aware of something happening in our global skies at the start of 2020, building far more awareness by April. That something is SpaceX and the Starlink satellite launches, but what do they do and are they a blessing or a blight? Firstly, who is Elon Musk? Many have heard of Elon Musk but may not know the origins of what catapulted him into the public eye. Elon Musk is a quirky US billionaire who founded the company Space Exploration...
