Uber resumes test drives of autonomous vehicles in Toronto

The transport company suspended its tests in Toronto and several US cities last March after the death of a pedestrian snapped up by an autonomous car Uber in Arizona. The investigation showed that Uber’s employee on board was watching a television program prior to the…

Microsoft deploys first underwater datacenter

After years of research, Microsoft’s first underwater data center has just been built off Scotland. This risky bet could be as profitable for the company as for the environment, thanks to the energy savings generated by this method. The data center, consisting of 12 trays…

The real challenge beyond the tussle between Brazil and WhatsApp

The online communication tool WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) was blocked for 24 hours in Brazil earlier this week. This type of confrontation resembles the skirmishes of an early Cold War between states and Internet giants over the protection of “digital citizens”. A judge from Brazil…

Electronic monitoring of the NSA

An ultra-secret computer surveillance system, called XKeyscore, allows the US National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on email, e-mail, browsing and search history for millions of dollars without a warrant. ‘people. The existence of this tool for large-scale surveillance of US intelligence services was revealed…

Pluto in all its splendor

A day after the historic overflight by the probe New Horizons, NASA has published a first image, the most accurate to date, of the dwarf planet. In the photo, it is possible to see fairly high mountains of about 3500 m altitude. There are also…