According to reports, by next summer, millions of Americans could have to scan their faces to obtain access to their Internal Revenue Service tax accounts— an attempt by the government to integrate facial recognition software into the everyday lives of…
Millions of Jobs to be lost to Automation
According to Forrester, over a third of European job roles could be rendered redundant by automation over the next two decades as companies battle against unproductivity and a thinning workforce. In their latest Future of Jobs Forecast, the tech analysts…
Driver on Autopilot in Fatal Crash is charged with a Felony
Prosecutors in California have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against a driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light and killed two people in 2019. From research, the defendant appears to be the first person to…
Smart T-shirt Detects Breathing Problems
A group of researchers in Canada have created a smart T-shirt capable of monitoring the breathing of the wearer, which could be useful for medical and athletic applications. An advantage of the smart T-shirt is its ability to conform to…
New Wearable Sensors can Track Hand Use in Amputees
Researchers at the University of Missouri, Columbia recently developed a system to track hand use in people who use a hand prosthesis or have undergone a hand transplant. The technology tracks hands’ movement, and monitors how people make use of…
“To the Moon” Increase in Job Postings Involving Cryptocurrency
Recent studies carried out in LinkedIn found that the amount of job postings containing the terms ‘cryptocurrency’, ‘ethereum’, ‘blockchain’ and ‘bitcoin’ grew 395% in the U.S. between 2020 and 2021. A significantly lower growth occurred in the listings for the…