A trio of neuroscientists claim that consciousness could be replicated by a computer. This means robots of the future might be able to ...

Stanford University bioethicist says as the lab rats become more human-like they may one day be 'entitled to some kind of respect' ...

The Swedish government wants to test so-called “geofences” to stop vehicle attacks ...

By Vivek Wadhwa
June 24, 2013


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India's ruling Congress Party was stunned by the magnitude of recent public protests. For the first time in recent history, India's normally docile middle class and its youth are speaking up over everything from the country's recent rape tragedy to the Congress Party's corruption. Social media and technology have empowered these segments of society in new ways. The digital world has enabled similar rebellions in China and the Middle East. ...

By Bloomberg News
June 14, 2013


Demonstrators hold aloft a photo of Edward Snowden outside the Consulate General of the United States in Hong Kong, on June 13, 2013. Photograph by Kin Cheung/AP Photo

Hong Kong civic groups will today march in support of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who is at risk of extradition from the city after he revealed a secret U.S. surveillance program. ...

By Juliet Chung
May 14, 2013
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Sony's vision of a content and hardware conglomerate is under pressure from activist hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb, who is proposing the company take its entertainment arm public. David Benoit joins MoneyBeat.

For years Sony Corp. (SNE) steadfastly defended the synergies of owning both an entertainment and an electronics operation. But the conglomerate's vision is being challenged by activist hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Loeb, who is proposing a partial spinoff of the entertainment division. ...

By AFT
March 29, 2013 11:55


Apple is to face 'strengthened supervision' from China's consumer watchdogs. (AFP)

The US computer giant has been hit by a barrage of negative publicity and court cases in the country.

China is Apple's second-biggest market, and its iPhones and other products – many of them made in the country – are highly popular, although it faces fierce competition from South Korea's Samsung. ...

By Youkyung Lee | Associated Press
March 24, 2013


Associated Press/David Guttenfelder, File - FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, North Koreans work at computer terminals inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North Korea, where South Korean security experts say Pyongyang has been training a team of computer-savvy "cyber warriors" as cyberspace becomes a fertile battleground in the standoff between the two Koreas. ...

By Associated Press
March 22, 2013


March 20, 2013: A customer sits in a branch of Shinhan Bank in Seoul, South Korea, while the bank's computer networks are paralyzed. (AP)

NEW YORK – In an embarrassing twist to a coordinated cyberattack on six major South Korean companies this week, investigators said Friday they wrongly identified a Chinese Internet Protocol address as the source. ...