A Short History of Computing This is known as the ‘pen and paper’ era. It witnessed the construction of the foundation. The idea of numbers became solid. The zero was created by Brahmagupta or Aryabhata, depending on how you look at it. The numbering systems evolved. The Abacus, the earliest known tool for computation, is … Read more
What is digital rights management? The growth of digital media and modern technology has significantly increased organizations’ and individuals’ worries about copyright ownership. With a few mouse clicks, countless copyrighted photos, films, and music files are downloaded or shared without prior authorization. Furthermore, current techniques and technologies have made it simple to convert media (mainly … Read more
At a time when my parents were most thinking about too much television ‘ruining my brain’, video streaming was a convenient alternative to traditional media. Yet these days, video streaming is central to our daily lives. With the way we watch video shifting dramatically, whether you’re watching your favorite series, catching a live sports event … Read more
What is blockchain? Blockchain is a kind of database that uses a public ledger to record transactions without requiring a third party to validate each operation. It’s distributed via a peer-to-peer network and made up of data blocks that are linked together to form a continuous chain of immutable records. Each computer in the network … Read more
What are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)? Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is a type of digital money created by a country’s central bank. It is comparable to cryptocurrencies, but its value is set by the central bank and is equal to the country’s fiat currency. When was the last time you paid for something … Read more
The Growing Demand for Sustainable Battery Technology The demand for cleaner and more efficient energy sources, as well as the need for sustainable batteries, is rapidly increasing. Solid-state and silicon anode technologies are at the vanguard of this change, with two pioneers competing to transform electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and more. With a new … Read more
Introduction to CORS Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a protocol that allows scripts running in a browser client to interact with resources from other origins. This is useful because, due to the same-origin policy enforced by XMLHttpRequest and fetch, JavaScript can only make calls to URLs that share the same origin as the script’s current … Read more
The goal of artificial photosynthesis is to mimic the green plants and other photosynthetic organisms in using sunlight to make high energy chemicals but with far higher efficiencies and simplicity of design for scale-up and large-scale production.
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What are Data Processing Paradigms Data processing paradigms refer to the methods or frameworks we use to acquire, store, and analyse data. Traditionally, data was processed in a centralised system, which collects and processes data in a single location, such as a data centre. Cloud computing transformed this concept by providing remote data centres that … Read more
Origin of Deepfakes Deepfakes (or deepfaking) originated in the 1990s, when academics attempted to produce realistic representations of humans using CGI. The technology gained popularity in the 2010s, when massive datasets, breakthroughs in machine learning, and the power of new computing resources resulted in significant advances in the field. Deepfakes first appeared in 2017 when … Read more