$60bn Aussie agriculture sector must be wary of ransomware, hacktivists
The FBI has issued a warning about hacker threats to US farmers that applies equally to Australian businesses that introduce networked machinery to agricultural processes.
The FBI has issued a warning about hacker threats to US farmers that applies equally to Australian businesses that introduce networked machinery to agricultural processes.
A U.S. government agency will start its third attempt to develop voluntary privacy standards for an emerging area of technology, this time with a series of meetings on drone privacy scheduled to begin Aug. 3.
Grant Gross | 14 Jul | Read more
Recent concerns from tech luminaries about a robot apocalypse may be overblown, but artificial intelligence researchers need to start thinking about security measures as they build ever more intelligent machines, according to a group of AI experts.
Grant Gross | 01 Jul | Read more
If you think drones are more than slightly creepy, wait until you meet one that will autonomously follow you and record video.
Tim Hornyak | 22 May | Read more
Burglar alarms could soon incorporate drone-detection technology if a new service from a Japanese security company is anything to judge by.
Tim Hornyak | 14 May | Read more
The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to host a series of meetings with interested people aimed at developing best practices for protecting privacy in the burgeoning aerial drone industry.
Grant Gross | 05 Mar | Read more
OK, so the robot apocalypse probably won't happen any time soon, but the new robot sentries guarding Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus seem like something straight out of a futuristic sci-fi movie.
Nick Mediati | 23 Nov | Read more
A movement to stop or regulate the development of so-called 'killer robots' got international backing at a meeting of the United Nations this week.
Sharon Gaudin | 22 Oct | Read more
A stepladder bent and broken against a rack of electrical equipment, debris covering the ground, on-screen radiation readings in the red zone. These are the first images provided by robots from inside the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the massive March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami led to the world's second-worst nuclear accident.
Martyn Williams | 21 Apr | Read more