The rise and catastrophic fall of what was once Canada’s most valuable company is set for the big screen. Blackberry will tell the story of Waterloo, Ont.-based Research in Motion (RIM), creators of the titular device, which for a time was the world’s most popular smartphone. The film stars Canadian Read more…
Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset is coming in “early 2023,” according to posts the company made on Twitter and Instagram. While the company released details of the headset’s design earlier this year, it still hasn’t announced a price. It is, however, promising a lot for the PlayStation VR2 — it’ll feature Read more…
Ethereum’s developers have officially confirmed September 6 as the date for Ethereum’s long-anticipated transition from proof of work to proof of stake, known as The Merge. From a report: “Following years of hard work, Ethereum’s proof-of-stake upgrade is finally here!” the Ethereum Foundation wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. Read more…
Parkinson’s disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose as it relies primarily on the appearance of motor symptoms such as tremors, stiffness, and slowness, but these symptoms often appear several years after the disease onset. Now, Dina Katabi, the Thuan (1990) and Nicole Pham Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering Read more…
“Hyundai predictably fails in attempting to secure their car infotainment system with a default key lifted from programming examples, This level of security is unfortunately expected from auto manufacturers, who also would like to sell you always-connected Car2Car self-driving automobiles.” Cryptographer and security experience Bruce Schneier writes: “Turns out the Read more…
Working with the Wikimedia Foundation, Meta AI (that’s the AI research and development research lab for the social media giant) has developed what it claims is the first machine learning model able to automatically scan hundreds of thousands of citations at once to check if they support the corresponding claims…. Read more…
Facebook’s parent company Meta is heading into another political battle over the planned introduction of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in its Messenger chat platform. The UK’s home secretary, Priti Patel, makes this clear in an op-ed for Tory mouthpiece The Telegraph this week, saying it would be a “grotesque betrayal” if Read more…