Tag: technology
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The AI Drone That Out-Flew Human World Champions
For years, drone racing has been the ultimate test of human reflexes. If you’ve ever watched first-person view (FPV) drone racing, you know it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie: pilots wearing headsets, reacting in fractions of a second to weave small, screaming machines through neon-lit obstacle courses at breakneck speeds. It was…
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The US Moves to Ban Mobiles in Schools Nationwide
Across the world, teachers and parents are dealing with the same modern headache of smartphones glowing in the classroom. While European countries like France, Italy, and the UK have been testing out different ways to curb screen time in schools, the United States is now taking a massive step toward a national solution. On October…
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The UN Just Cleared the Road for Self-Driving Cars
We’ve all heard the promise for years that someday soon, you’ll be able to hop in your car, kick back with a coffee, and let the vehicle handle your morning commute. But despite all the hype, a world where cars truly drive themselves has always felt like it was perpetually ten years away. Well, the…
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Are Robotaxis Safer Than Humans?
Are Robotaxis Actually Safer? Waymo’s New Data Might Change How You Think About Driving Let’s be honest: humans are messy drivers. We spill our coffee, we sneak glances at our phones, we get stressed in rush-hour traffic, and we drive home exhausted after a long day at work. For years, the ultimate promise of autonomous…
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Driverless in Madrid
The future of autonomous driving in Europe has just taken a massive leap forward. In a landmark announcement, autonomous driving technology leader WeRide, ride-hailing giant Uber, and fleet operations specialist AVOMO have been granted Spain’s very first national operating permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles. Authorized by Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), this…
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Google Is Standing Up for Web Users – And It’s About Time
Have you ever clicked the back button on your browser and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? Instead of returning to your search results, you found yourself on an ad page, a recommendation feed, or some random destination you never asked to visit. You didn’t misclick. You weren’t confused. The website deliberately trapped you. This is…
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Remembering Sir Tony Hoare
A Life That Shaped Computer Science Earlier this month, the computing world lost one of its true giants. Sir Tony Hoare passed away on March 5th at the age of 92, leaving behind a body of work so vast that, as noted by the Communications of the ACM, had he accomplished just one of his…
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When the World’s Top Consultancy Gets Hacked by an AI Agent
McKinsey & Company – one of the most prestigious and well-resourced consulting firms on the planet – had its flagship AI platform, Lilli, comprehensively compromised. Not by a nation-state hacking group or a team of elite security researchers, but by an autonomous AI agent built by CodeWall.ai. The findings are a wake-up call for every…
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Google API Keys, Gemini, and a Lesson in Silent Risk
When the Rules Change Overnight As someone who works at the intersection of technology, business, and education, I find that some of the most important lessons in cybersecurity don’t come from spectacular breaches – they come from quiet, systemic shifts that nobody notices until it’s too late. The recent findings published by Truffle Security on…
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The Silent Watchers in Your Browser
What 287 Chrome Extensions Tell Us About Digital Literacy As someone who spends a great deal of time thinking about technology, education, and the skills our students need to navigate the modern world, a recent investigation caught my attention – and frankly, it should catch yours too. A detailed technical analysis published on the QContinuum…
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