Category: Tech

Friday’s global computer meltdown Airlines, banks, casinos, package deliveries, and emergency services around the world are recovering today from what could be “the largest tech outage in history.” the root cause was not a foreign agent but linked back to a software update issued by a u-s based cybersecurity firm called “Crowd Strike.” Could this

On GPS: Is the clock ticking on TikTok? Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute’s Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its

Stavridis: Americans should be ‘mindful’ of potential AI threats A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an “extinction-level threat” to humans, and that the US must intervene. “I think we should be mindful of it,” says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, “there have been big inventions in the

Mobile phone theft is rising: What to do if it happens to you In London, a mobile phone is stolen every 6 minutes. “If I steal your phone, I’m stealing a thousand dollars,” says digital identity expert David Birch. But “If I can get into your bank account, I can steal $100,000. So that’s what

On GPS: The steps towards regulating AI Artificial-intelligence entrepreneur and author Mustafa Suleyman speaks to Fareed about the need to contain and regulate the development of AI: “They shouldn’t have rights, as some people have proposed. We don’t want new digital citizens hanging around in our everyday society.” 05:46 – Source: CNN Stories worth watching

Author: Protect kids from phones’ mental health impact “Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial,” says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is “between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in…The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in