Author: Tech Section

An independent group set up to oversee Google’s artificial intelligence efforts, has been shut down less than a fortnight after it was launched.

A new submarine fibre-optic cable network is already boosting Papua New Guinea’s internet speeds and ICT capacity in some regions, with further improvements set to come this year through a subsea link to Australia.

Facebook has said it will block “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on Facebook and Instagram from next week.

McDonald’s is buying an artificial intelligence start-up to help serve up data-driven meal choices.

The passwords of millions of Facebook users were accessible by up to 20,000 employees of the social network, it has been reported.

Google is entering the gaming industry with Stadia, a cloud gaming service promised to let users play, watch and build games on ‘any device’.

Two subway trains have collided during a new signal system test in Hong Kong, halting services and threatening travel disruption for millions of commuters.

The University of PNG’s acting vice chancellor has applauded the Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Initiative of the Commonwealth of Learning.

The value of the number pi has been calculated to a new world record length of 31 trillion digits, far past the previous record of 22 trillion.

YouTube says it will switch off comments on almost all videos featuring under-18s, in an attempt to “better protect children and families”.