Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN) is probably the leading manufacturer of advanced micro-acoustic microphones and speakers as well as high-performance capacitors and RF products. The company makes the incredibly intricate balanced armature drivers that use to be used exclusively in hearing aids...
When it comes to hiring and firing, artificial intelligence (AI) has an image problem. Many of us don’t like the idea of putting decisions that can seriously impact people’s lives in the hands of machines, particularly when we might not necessarily...
To feed the growing global population, estimates suggest we’ll have to increase food production by as much as 68 percent by 2050. And that’s not the only challenge; there’s also the fact that the middle-class population is growing, which generally brings...
Are artificial intelligence (AI) and superintelligent machines the best or worst thing that could ever happen to humankind? This has been a question in existence since the 1940s when computer scientist Alan Turing wondered and began to believe that there would...
The NotPetya ransomware which slammed European businesses yesterday, as well as a lot of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure providers is not spreading further. There are steps you can take to stop the malware from resurfacing, although it is possible, as the perpetrators...
Both the global pandemic and, more recently, the war between Russia and Ukraine have brought the threat of cyber-attacks on individuals, businesses, and nations into sharp focus. As more of our lives have moved online to cope with lockdowns and restrictions...
Nearly every week I get contacted from readers who received emails from hackers claiming to have access to their computers and the password. These online extortion schemes have increased during the COVID-19 epidemic. Scams come in many forms. The most popular...
Each day I receive several emails claiming to be Amazon order confirmations. Although many of these emails are faked and deleted immediately, there are some that are convincing enough to make it easy for people to believe them. These messages would...
Manufacturers produce almost all of the products we use every day, including computers, cars, and coffee machines. Manufacturing is often referred to as the foundation of society. Over the centuries manufacturing has changed from human-centered processes to machine-reliant assembly lines and...
Rarely do I find a way to combine my two passions, future tech and wine. The wine industry is often associated with vineyards that stretch across the French countryside, rather than robots and digital transformation. Science, technology and innovation have always...
