EXPLAINERS A look at the characteristics of solid-fuel technology and how it can help North Korea improve its missile systems. North Korea says it has successfully tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the propellant in a longer-range projectile. But what exactly is a solid-fuel missile and why does it matter to have one? What is solid-fuel technology? Solid propellant is a mixture of fuel and oxidiser. Metallic powders such as aluminum often serve as the fuel, and ammonium perchlorate, which is the salt of perchloric acid and ammonia, is the most common oxidiser.…
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Cloud-native security benefits and use cases
Alongside the growth in cloud services use, the industry has given rise to the term cloud native. Unfortunately, it’s often ambiguous as to what cloud native means and how it applies to security controls and best practices. No current industry standard definition for cloud native exists that encompasses all use cases and cloud services. It’s generally meant to indicate software objects, controls and capabilities offered as a service delivered by a cloud provider and not on premises. The drivers of cloud-native security There are several security challenges driving organizations to use cloud-native security services and controls. First, some security…
‘Mind-reading’ AI: Japan study sparks ethical debate | TechnologyNews
Tokyo, Japan – Yu Takagi could not believe his eyes. Sitting alone at his desk on a Saturday afternoon in September, he watched in awe as artificial intelligence decoded a subject’s brain activity to create images of what he was seeing on a screen. “I still remember when I saw the first [AI-generated] images,” Takagi, a 34-year-old neuroscientist and assistant professor at Osaka University, told Al Jazeera. “I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror and saw my face, and thought, ‘Okay, that’s normal. Maybe I’m not going crazy’”. Takagi and his team used Stable Diffusion…
AI ‘could be’ danger to society, US President Biden says | TechnologyNews
Joe Biden says AI developers have a responsibility to ensure products are safe before releasing them to the public. United States President Joe Biden has said artificial intelligence (AI) “could be” dangerous but it remains to be seen how the technology will affect society. Speaking at the start of a meeting with science and technology advisers on Tuesday, Biden said technology companies had a responsibility to ensure their products are safe before their release. “Tech companies have a responsibility, in my view, to make sure their products are safe before making them public,” Biden said at the opening of a…
Chatgpt Technology news: From Baidu to Alibaba, Chinese firms working on ChatGPT-style technology
The global buzz around Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT has spread to China, shoring up stocks in artificial intelligence (AI) related firms and prompting a flurry of local companies to announce rival projects. Like Microsoft and Google, Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and Alibaba as well as smaller start-ups have been working on AI projects for years. Chatbots in China mostly focus on social interactions whereas ChatGPT, which learns from vast amounts of data how to answer prompts by users in a human-like manner, performs better at more professional tasks, such as programming and essay writing. Here is a list of…
James Webb Space Telescope captures image of cataclysmic space explosion
Supernovae, or the explosions of stars, are some of the most dramatic events in space. The James Webb Space Telescope has captured details of the Cassiopeia A, the remnant of one such explosion. Cassiopeia A, or Cas A, is a stellar explosion that happened 340 years ago. According to NASA, it is the youngest known remnant from a massive supernova in a galaxy. This mid-infrared image of the supernova remnant captured by Webb gives astronomers a glance into how such explosions occur.…
AI-generated news presenter appears in Kuwait | Science and Technology News
‘Fedha’ appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait News, with plans for it to read online bulletins. A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with plans for it to read online bulletins. “Fedha” appeared on the Twitter account of the Kuwait News website as an image of a woman, her light-colored hair uncovered, wearing a black jacket and white T-shirt. “I’m Fedha, the first presenter in Kuwait who works with artificial intelligence at Kuwait News. What kind of news do you prefer? Let’s hear your opinions,” she heard saying in classical Arabic.…
The 6 Phases of Game Development
Building a game from scratch is easier said than done, as it takes more than a brilliant idea to transform a concept into a product. Game development is a complex industry and the process per se takes time, commitment, dedication, and organizational skills. The production cycle of a game can be seamlessly crafted if the team involved collaborates efficiently. In the lines below, we will discuss the 6 main phases of game development, and what it takes to design and develop a game from start to end. #1 Pre-production phase In the pre-production phase of developing a game, businesses get…