A new study suggests the extent of this phenomenon.This is a real warning signal that researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne wish to send. After a major study, they found that 47% of trending topics in Turkey and 20% of global trends were created from scratch by bots. Scientists could identify 108,000 fake accounts involved in these operations.To … [Read more...] about On Twitter, 20% of trends are created by bots
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Samsung to produce foldable screens for Google, the foldable Pixel still scheduled for 2021?
After a first leak in August 2020 and some stammerings last March, Google's folding smartphone, unofficially named Pixel Fold, has been emulated for a few days following indiscretions coming straight from South Korea.Google has never hidden its efforts to compete with Huawei and Samsung in foldable screen smartphones, with patents filed a few years back and the admission by … [Read more...] about Samsung to produce foldable screens for Google, the foldable Pixel still scheduled for 2021?
Swiss and French central banks to transfer digital currency
The Swiss and French central banks will transfer digital currency.The Banque de France announced on June 10 that it would experiment with the use of Central Bank Digital Currency (MNBC) "in a cross-border context", towards the Swiss National Bank. The transfer is not that of everyone, they are digital currencies reserved for so-called “wholesale” financial … [Read more...] about Swiss and French central banks to transfer digital currency
El Salvador to mine bitcoins with energy from volcanoes
The first country to make bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador announced in the process that it would use the energy of volcanoes to mine this cryptocurrency. An option that would meet the enormous energy challenge posed by bitcoin.El Salvador made a splash on the crypto scene by becoming on June 9 the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele … [Read more...] about El Salvador to mine bitcoins with energy from volcanoes
iPhone 13: Apple will launch 7 different models this year!
The iPhone 13s have just appeared in the database of an Eastern European certification body. Several months before the keynote, the leak reveals the existence of 7 different models. This leak also confirms the launch of Apple smartphones during the month of September, under the brand's usual schedule.The iPhone 13s appeared notably in the database of the Eurasian Economic … [Read more...] about iPhone 13: Apple will launch 7 different models this year!
Apple just announced the beginning of the end of passwords
Apple will begin testing technology that will allow us to log into online services without using passwords.For a while now, various web players have been working to kill passwords, in order to replace them with our biometric information. This is because the problem with passwords is that they have to be complicated enough so that it cannot easily hack them. However, the … [Read more...] about Apple just announced the beginning of the end of passwords
Researchers have just created the first bionic eye
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has just published a study on its very first bionic eye.Restoring sight to the blind is a mission that has always posed significant problems for scientists. If today operations can help solve part of the problem, many people still suffer from blindness. A solution could however have appeared a few weeks ago, in the very … [Read more...] about Researchers have just created the first bionic eye
GDPR: Amazon risks a fine of 350 million euros
If this sanction were to be confirmed, it could be the heaviest fine ever imposed for non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe.As Amazon's European headquarters are in Luxembourg, it was the Luxembourg Data Protection Commission which proposed to the 26 other national authorities of the European Union to impose a very heavy sanction on the … [Read more...] about GDPR: Amazon risks a fine of 350 million euros
Samsung’s latest photo sensor has the world’s smallest pixels: what does that mean?
Korean giant Samsung has just unveiled a new photo sensor that sets a world record. And this is more important than it seems.Samsung may be known for its phones and televisions, but the Korean giant also builds more discreet components that are found in many of our electronic devices. The latest is its Isocell JN1 photo sensor for smartphones, which shows the … [Read more...] about Samsung’s latest photo sensor has the world’s smallest pixels: what does that mean?
Apple indirectly confirms an upcoming MacBook Pro with the M1X chip
Someone at Apple was a little overzealous in filling out the metadata for the WWDC 2021 YouTube retransmission, held Monday night. In the keywords of the video, the M1X chip is mentioned in the same way as the MacBook Pro equipped with this new processor.Everyone expected them during WWDC 2021, but Apple unfortunately ignored an announcement of the new 14 and 16-inch … [Read more...] about Apple indirectly confirms an upcoming MacBook Pro with the M1X chip
