by admin | Mar 28, 2023 | brains, Computers, News, Other Tech News, Science, The Conversation
Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news. Whether it was the time Musk promised his “link” would let people communicate telepathically, or when the whole company was under... by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | agriculture, Computers, Food, News, Other Tech News, The Conversation
Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centres with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing hardware and reusing it to grow crops indoors.... by admin | Jan 13, 2023 | AI, ChatGPT, Computers, News, Other Tech News, Science, society, The Conversation
Creativity for all – but loss of skills? Lynne Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Tennessee Large language models are making creativity and knowledge work accessible to all. Everyone with an internet connection can now use tools like ChatGPT or DALL-E... by admin | Oct 30, 2022 | Computers, data breaches, hacking, News, Other Tech News, Security News, The Conversation
New details have emerged on the severity of the Medibank hack, which has now affected all users. Optus, Medibank, Woolworths, and, last Friday, electricity provider Energy Australia are all now among the household names that have fallen victim to a data breach. If it... by admin | Oct 22, 2022 | brains, Computers, News, Other Tech News, Science, The Conversation
We all have to make hard decisions from time to time. The hardest of my life was whether or not to change research fields after my PhD, from fundamental physics to climate physics. I had job offers that could have taken me in either direction – one to join Stephen...