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Have you ever been in more than one place at the same time? If you’re much bigger than an atom, the answer will be no. But atoms and particles are governed by the rules of quantum mechanics, in which several different possible situations can coexist at once. Quantum systems are ruled by what’s called a […] The post Could Schrödinger’s cat exist in real life? Our research may soon provide the answer appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence may either free us from monotonous labour and unleash huge productivity gains, or create a dystopia of mass unemployment and automated oppression. In the case of farming, some researchers, business people and politicians think the effects of AI and other advanced technologies are so great they are spurring a […] The post The fourth agricultural revolution is coming – but who will really benefit? appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

Artificial intelligence seems to be making enormous advances. It has become the key technology behind self-driving cars, automatic translation systems, speech and textual analysis, image processing and all kinds of diagnosis and recognition systems. In many cases, AI can surpass the best human performance levels at specific tasks. We are witnessing the emergence of a new commercial industry with intense activity, massive […] The post Why AI can’t ever reach its full potential without a physical body appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

Americans love writing checks, and that’s what we all still do. Around 14 billion a year, in fact. You might argue that this humble piece of paper – which can be traced back to ancient times – is what runs the US economy. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the old adage goes, and […] The post Is COVID-19 the death knell for checks? appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

The tech industry is built on serendipity. If workers flee the Bay Area, what’s left? There may be no richer Silicon Valley lore: It was 2004, Mark Zuckerberg’s summer of craziness. At 20, he and five buddies had rented a Palo Alto home, where they partied and wrote code for Facebook. One day, as Zuckerberg […] The post How Remote Work Could Destroy Silicon Valley appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying ourselves to others and in more recent times, to computers. It’s a simple concept – a shared piece of information, kept secret between individuals and used to “prove” identity. Passwords in an IT context emerged in the 1960s with mainframe computers – large centrally operated computers […] The post A computer can guess more than 100,000,000,000 passwords per second. Still think yours is secure? appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

The source code of the Windows XP operating system is now circulating online as a huge 43GB mega-dump. Although the software is nearly two decades old, it’s still used by people, businesses and organisations around the world. This source code leak leaves it open to being scoured for bugs and weaknesses hackers can exploit. The leaked […] The post Airports, ATMs, hospitals: Microsoft Windows XP leak would be less of an issue, if so many didn’t use it appeared first on...

Ultraviolet light has a long history as a disinfectant and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is readily rendered harmless by UV light. The question is how best to harness UV light to fight the spread of the virus and protect human health as people work, study, and shop indoors. The virus spreads in several ways. The main route […] The post Ultraviolet light can make indoor spaces safer during the pandemic – if used right appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

For a decade, Carlos Silva has been gluing, nailing, and re-zippering shoes and boots at Stern Shoe Repair, a usually well-trafficked shop just outside the Metro entrance at Union Station in Washington, D.C. On a typical day, he would arrive at 7 a.m. and stay until 8 p.m., serving the crowds of professionals shuttling by […] The post Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy appeared first on NetworkTigers News.

It’s 1:36 a.m. and I’ve just gotten my daughter back to sleep after she threw up violently. She has no fever, no cough, no shortness of breath, but what if…. I think it’s food poisoning and not COVID-19, but I can’t know for sure. Not knowing is hard. I’ll call the pediatrician in the morning, […] The post Three research-based ways to cope with the uncertainties of pandemic life appeared first on NetworkTigers News.