Following his defeat, Sedol announced his retirement, concluding that the AI technology driving his virtual opponent was now of such a standard that he could no longer beat it. This is a profound moment for a few reasons. An AI-based system has mastered a game that human players have grappled with for decades. This means technology has reached the point where it can learn new strategies from its experiences rather than being trained by people....

[Read: Global e-scooter numbers could quadruple once lockdown measures lift, analysts say] E-scooters arrived in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, at the start of last summer. According to various reports, they proved popular, but some remained skeptical citing safety concerns for users and pedestrians. The new amendments, which have been talked about since last year, would create more comprehensive regulations for e-scooter use in the country. At present, e-scooters are classified as technical aids — most other countries refer to these as mobility aids....

Thankfully I’ll be sleeping easy tonight because the folks over at vehicle leasing firm, Select Car Leasing (SCL), have crunched the numbers ranking 33 European countries to find out who is the best at electric vehicles. Yes, I’m using that as a verb. SCL ranked countries on 12 metrics including, how many EVs are on the roads, how many EVs each country has per 100,000 inhabitants, the state of public charging, ownership benefits, purchase incentives, and the cost of a Renault Zoe in comparison to the average salary of each nation....

If you’ve made, or are thinking about making, the shift to an electric car you’ll have to get up to speed on all the new terminology that comes with it. While EVs aren’t that different to combustion engined vehicles in practice: the fact that they are powered by electricity throws up a lot of new things to learn when it comes to “filling up” or charging. We’ve already given you the low down on two of the most popular fast-charging connector types, CHAdeMO and CCS, but now lets look at some common terminology you’ll see when reading about electric vehicles, charging, and batteries....

But electric cars might also be able to address another issue that’s affecting people around the world. Traffic-related fatalities are the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages – ahead of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis – and the number one cause of death for children and young adults. Both because of the way they are driven and the mechanics inside them, electric vehicles could play an important role in making our roads safer....

The social media giant said the decision to send content reviewers home in March had forced it to rely more heavily on tech to remove violating content. As a result, the firm says it took action on 911,000 pieces of content related to suicide and self-injury in the second quarter of this year — just over half the number of the previous quarter. On Instagram, the number dropped even further, from 1....

By: Todd Feathers, Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Surya Mattu A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments—and sending it to Facebook. The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America. On 33 of them we found the tracker, called the Meta Pixel, sending Facebook a packet of data whenever a person clicked a button to schedule a doctor’s appointment....

Dubbed ‘Operation Tripoli,’ the large-scale campaign — uncovered by cybersecurity vendor Check Point Research — found that these pages have been a malware distribution point at least since 2014, potentially infecting thousands of victims. According to researchers, the accounts — some with over 100,000 followers — lured unsuspecting victims into “clicking links and downloading files that are supposed to inform about the latest airstrike in the country, or the capturing of terrorists, but instead contain[ed] malware....

— Far Cry (@FarCrygame) July 10, 2020 We already suspected there was going to be a Far Cry game at this weekend’s event. Ubisoft allegedly has five games coming out this fiscal year — we could already account for Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Rainbow Six: Quarantine, and Gods & Monsters. All we knew about the fifth game was that it was allegedly a new release in one of Ubisoft’s major franchises....

Ferrari’s boss, John Elkann has said that the prancing horse will launch its first fully-electric model in 2025, Autocar reports. Speaking during the company’s annual general meeting, Elkann said, “You can be sure this will be everything you dream the engineers and designers at Maranello can imagine for such a landmark in our history.” Ferrari is no stranger to partially electric drivetrains, it has been using mild-hybrid systems to boost power since its 2013 La Ferrari....

More than 200 Finnish public organizations and municipalities have taken part in the drills. The scenario reportedly involves a hypothetical hacking crew demanding payment before waging various cyberattacks, Yleisradio Oy (YLE) reports. These measures are in direct response to threats made by an activist group calling itself #Tietovuoto321 (“data breach 321”), which sent Bitcoin ransom demands to 235 public organizations across Finland on October 10. So far, government offices and towns have seen their websites and data systems come under simulated attack twice in the past month....

If you aren’t all that familiar with the term Fintech yet, you might want to address that deficiency. Because after a mostly stellar year for many companies applying new technology to financial businesses, even in the teeth of the pandemic, investors are dumping millions into growing and developing more tech-driven financial services operations in 2021. It’s a booming industry. And with the training found in The Ultimate Fintech and Blockchain Bootcamp Bundle ($39....

According to Verizon, the number of insider related breaches is rising every year, and in 2018, 34 percent of all breaches were caused by insiders. In the first half of 2019 alone, 4.1 billion records were exposed as a result of data breaches, and insider threat is clearly a growing problem for businesses. These breaches cause large scale problems for companies. Not only are there various financial pitfalls of compensating affected customers, setting up breach response efforts and investigating the incident itself, but heavy regulatory penalties can really damage businesses, not to mention the resulting reputational impact on companies and their falling share prices....

Earlier this month, Flipkart launched a voice assistant for grocery shopping on its app with support for English, Hindi, and mixed-language commands. This new roll-out with additional language support on its app is an indication that the company wants to tap India’s vernacular internet users. Jeyandran Venugopal, chief product and technology officer at the company, said 58% percent of its user base is situated in tier-2 cities: According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), states where Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada speakers are in majority, has more than 145 million internet users....

French lawmakers have voted to abolish domestic flights on routes that can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours. The measure is part of a broader climate bill to cut France’s carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030, from 1990 levels. The announcement, made by the National Assembly, will need to pass two more rounds of voting before it is formally approved, and comes days after the state said it would contribute to a €4 billion (US$4....

The Hesse Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HBDI) ruled that using the popular cloud platform’s standard configuration exposes personal information about students and teachers “to potential access by US authorities.” In declaring that Windows 10 and Office 365 is not compliant with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for use in schools, this development ends years of debate over whether “schools can use Microsoft’s Office 365 software in compliance with data protection regulations....

While hydrogen is a green substance in action — much like green electricity — it’s sourcing historically isn’t. In 2020, 96% of the hydrogen used was produced based on fossil energy sources. But now, a German company has found a way to convert waste into usable green hydrogen that can generate power. Remind me how you make hydrogen? Energy providers most commonly extract hydrogen from water using heat and chemical reactions....

Last night, Reuters reports that the German government has asked all petrol and diesel filling stations to also offer electric vehicle charging. The move comes as part of the country’s €130 billion ($146 billion) economics recovery plan. [Read: Germany to give citizens up to $10K towards a new electric car — doubling its subsidy] According to BDEW, Germany’s association for the energy and water industry, the country had more than 27,700 EV charging points as of March....

This merger leaves only three such businesses active on the continent: Getir, Berlin-based Flink, and US-based Gopuff. As Getir’s founder tweeted, the acquisition valued Gorillas at $1.2 billion — down from $3.1 billion in September 2021. Gorillas was among the most hyped-up startups in the instant grocery delivery sector, offering delivery times in less than ten minutes and numerous discounts. Founded in 2020, the company expanded rapidly covering multiple European cities and reaching $2....

Now the company has made the AR gadget available through a handful of hardware resellers, making it easy for businesses, developers, or any interested party to get their hands on a pair without jumping through hoops. Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is built on Android, so developers familiar with the platform should have little trouble transitioning. Google says Glass has helped businesses achieve faster production times, improved quality, and reduced costs, with companies like DHL claiming 15 percent greater operational efficiency since implementing Glass....