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In a surprising report, RISC-V International reported that over 10 billion RISC-V cores have been delivered to market solutions, and yet it would seem that RISC-V processors are a rare find. What does the report claim, where are these RISC-V processors, and do...
RISC-V | By Robin Mitchell | 15-07-2022
After the fallout from Pegasus, Apple has announced that it will introduce a lockdown feature that will prevent spyware from accessing Apple devices. What did the Pegasus spyware do, how will the new lockdown feature work, and what challenges does spyware pres...
By Robin Mitchell | 14-07-2022
As engineers continue to find economic solutions to storing excess renewable energy, the media continues to exaggerate well-established technologies with the goal of creating hype and wonder. What energy storage solutions currently exist, what has Switzerland...
By Robin Mitchell | 14-07-2022
When it comes to providing personal security, it’s fair to say that biometrics are pretty good but not infallible. Biometrics are vulnerable to numerous hacking methods, including the dramatically named threat acting, but more on that later. The problem is tha...
By Paul Whytock | 13-07-2022
As fuel prices continue to rise, the need to conserve energy couldn’t be more important. Recently, the US and EU released a joint statement on their intentions to deploy over 1.5 million smart thermostats to try and do just this by the end of 2022. How would a...
By Robin Mitchell | 13-07-2022
As RISC-V continues to push the boundaries of open-source computing, a joint venture between DeepComputing and Xcalibyte has developed the world’s first RISC-V laptop set to be released in September. Why is RISC-V’s popularity growing, what are the specs of th...
RISC-V | By Robin Mitchell | 12-07-2022
While the malleability, strength and functionality of many plastics have helped modern-day society in several ways, their disposal has also been causing a number of issues. We’ve known for a long time that plastics take a long time to break down naturally (whi...
Environment | By Liam Critchley | 12-07-2022
A few weeks ago, Elon Musk stated that employees had to return to the office and that some would be let go due to more challenging economic times. But while Tesla is perusing self-driving vehicles, it just fired hundreds of people who are essential for its dev...
AI | By Robin Mitchell | 11-07-2022
In order to train AI algorithms, large amounts of input data are required, and acquiring this data has continued to become more challenging. Now, the UK government has announced plans to change the law to give new data-mining rights to AI developers in both co...
AI | By Robin Mitchell | 11-07-2022
A recent VentureBeat report discusses how synthetic data can help improve AI. However, engineers need to be extremely cautious when using such data as this data, at the end of the day, is not real. Why is data gathering a big challenge, what is synthetic data,...
AI | By Robin Mitchell | 08-07-2022
A new report from the Financial Times reveals how Chinese authorities are using COVID health apps and mass surveillance to control their population. What exactly has been reported in China, why are such systems highly dangerous, and how much responsibility do...
By Robin Mitchell | 07-07-2022
Recently, the University of Cardiff and specialists from Electrogenic demonstrated a new drop-in kit that allows owners of old Land Rover Defenders to convert their vehicles into EVs. What challenges do EVs present to consumers, what does the drop-in kit do, a...
By Robin Mitchell | 06-07-2022