Editorial
AI is booming – and helping planet Earth burn faster
Evidence is growing that the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise. However, experts claim that the technology is already adapting and will soon even be helping humanity battle climate change.
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Unleashing artificial general intelligence: utopia or dystopia?
Discover the compelling potential while exploring the ethical implications of an AGI-defined future.
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Is Gen Z ready for office life? Examining tech skills in the workplace
Have you ever experienced the embarrassment of technical difficulties in the workplace? But for younger workers, they can trigger feelings of shame and fuel the dreaded imposter syndrome.
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Cybernews weekly briefing: the growing need to restrain AI
AI-enhanced Furby toys are scheming to dominate the world. Twitter keeps sending journalists a poop emoji. A bot is blamed for a man’s suicide. Tesla workers regularly review embarrassing videos taken by your electric car.
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Privacy check for women: how your data is being used in 2024
From CEOs to startups and everything in between, female empowerment – both on a social level and in the workplace – are at an all-time high. Even so, women of all ages still face specific challenges across the industry – especially when it comes to privacy and individual rights.
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Cybernews weekly briefing: top AI and security trends
We’ve grown used to hacks, personal data leaks and various lurking cyber threats. The rushed adoption of AI tools seems to be a new bogeyman, since it threatens to steal our jobs and blur the already very thin line between reality and fantasy.
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ChatGPT and the future of digital identity: bot, until proven otherwise
Generative AI models cannot yet create the perfect fake ID, but they will be able to mimic humans online to the point where “you have to assume someone is a bot until they prove otherwise,” digital identity expert Philipp Pointner says.
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What software runs robots on Mars
Space software needs to overcome obstacles far more significant than regular end-users face.
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TikTok owner ByteDance a hybrid Chinese state entity, report warns
A report submitted to the Australian Senate says ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, should be called a “hybrid” state-private entity because it cannot be considered to be private and independent.
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Scientists call for space junk treaty
Thanks to the likes of Starlink, the number of satellites is rocketing – but there's little regulation to govern them.
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Online scams to watch out for during March Madness fever
Online scammers are jumping into high gear to target fans during the month-long March Madness basketball tournament, and – whether you play offense or defense – Cybernews is here for the assist.
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Katie Shuck: there’s a lack of support for girls to enter cybersecurity
Katie Shuck was a language teacher when she decided to change careers and dive into cybersecurity. She wasn’t good at maths, but even a degree in arts or music shouldn’t stop anyone from entering the field, she told Cybernews.
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She quit showbiz for cybersecurity
For years, Lisa Ventura had been working in the entertainment industry in the UK. Yet, she decided to quit show business for cybersecurity.
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Woman in a man’s world: how Finnish nursing student became a cybersecurity star
Who would have thought that Laura Kankaala, now leading a threat intelligence team in Finland, ever doubted herself to the point where she nearly sabotaged her own career?
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Cyber women: if they got into cybersecurity, so can you
Women account for a mere quarter of the cybersecurity workforce. Some tell stories of discrimination, career delays, and lesser pay. Why, then, do they encourage more women to join?
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ChatGPT and the slow decay of critical thinking
Some people still believe everything they see on television or read in the newspapers and assume if it's on page one of their Google search results, then it must be true. With critical thinking skills on the decline, could the inaccuracy of tools like ChatGPT make us even more vulnerable to manipulation and deception?
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Cybernews weekly briefing: game over for remote work?
Here's this week's recap – a brief summary of hacks and threats Cybernews observed between February 27 and March 3.
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One year of Russia’s cyberwar in Ukraine: what we have learned
Moscow was thought to be a superpower in cyber warfare, but Russia hasn’t been able to hit Ukraine’s networks as hard as it has been doing by kinetic means this past year. Cybernews went looking for an explanation.
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AI has changed photography forever: but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing
Artificial intelligence (AI) has come under a lot of fire recently. It has been accused of replacing human writers and coders, and even educators are concerned services such as ChatGPT will encourage students to cheat. Photographers are the latest group clutching virtual pitchforks and torches, as they try to stop AI from encroaching on their industry. But will AI replace human creativity, or simply enhance it?
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The metaverse workplace: an exciting future prospect or just a digital dream?
Is the metaverse office still possible, or will it explode in a ball of hype as 3D televisions did?
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