An international team of computing scientists and engineers have developed a new system that is capable of reading lips with accuracy even when the speaker is wearing a facemask. The system combines artificial intelligence with radio-frequency to identify lip movements.…
Criticism of AI-Generated Rapper Raise Questions on Art and Technology
In August, Capitol Records dropped FN Meka, a fictitious musical artist partly powered by artificial intelligence. His look, lyrics, and persona seemed to be inspired by real-life artistes such as Lil Pump, 6ix9ine, and Travis Scott. However, the project received…
Apple Cautions Against Security Vulnerability in iPhones, Macs, and iPads
On Wednesday, Apple revealed that their iPhones, iPads and Macs have serious vulnerabilities which could give hackers complete control of these devices. The explanation of the vulnerability given by Apple suggests that the attacker could obtain ‘full admin access’ to…
New Report Reveals that Data Scientist Jobs are Highly Ranked Among Gen Z
In the past decade, with large volumes of data being generated daily, data science is one of the most important and fastest-growing fields. The Bureau of Labor Statistics have projected that data scientist positions will increase by 22% between 2020…
Janet Jackson’s Song Can Crash Windows XP Laptops
Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen in a blog post on Wednesday, recounted that he had heard from a colleague in Windows XP product support that a Janet Jackson song could crash some Windows XP-era laptops. The blog post stated that…
Security Researcher Hacks Starlink’s User Terminal
For the past four years, Elon Musk’s Starlink has been launching over 3,000 small satellites into space. This satellite network provides internet connection to remote locations on Earth, especially since the Russian-Ukraine conflict. There are plans to launch more satellites,…