Sneaky US Navy feedback device could stop people being able to speak

By David Hambling A sailor in the US Navy uses a long-range acoustic device during a drill David Wa / Alamy A non-lethal device developed by the US Navy aims to surreptitiously render a person unable to speak. The device, called a handheld acoustic hailing and disruption (AHAD) system, records a target’s speech with a … Read more

How to set up Notification Summary in iOS 15

If you get a million app notifications a day, and have become numb to the important ones, iOS 15’s Notification Summary feature is about to be your new best friend. Apple officially released iOS 15 on Sept. 20, 2021. Notification Summary will let you zero in on what you might call your “important-but-overwhelming-due-to-constant-pestering” apps, and … Read more

Apple’s child abuse detection software may be vulnerable to attack

By Matthew Sparkes Apple has plans to detect images of child sexual abuse on some of its devices Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Apple’s soon-to-be-launched algorithm to detect images of child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads may incorrectly flag people as being in possession of illegal images, warn researchers. NeuralHash will be launched in the US … Read more

Digital entrepreneurship essential to sustainable digital economy – DG NITDA

Digital entrepreneurship

Digital entrepreneurship has been described as a crucial element necessary in ensuring sustainable digital economy because through innovations in technology, people have been able to shop and sell products online much faster, making life easier. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), reiterated this while delivering a keynote address at a … Read more