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North Korean Defectors Say Radiation Is Leaking From Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Gizmodo - 4 Dec 2017 02:50
North Korea's infamous nuclear test site, a facility in Punggye-ri in Kilju County, has long been reported to maintain the standards one might expect for a pariah government low on everything but zeal and weaponry. Outsi...
Apple developers in China made $17 billion in revenue since App Store launch
Digital Trends - 4 Dec 2017 04:14
Apple executive Tim Cook shared that developers on the Apple platform have earned 112 billion yuan, or $16.93 billion in China. That figure is about 25 percent of the total earnings from the App Store. The post Apple dev...
Google to Warn Android Users on Apps Collecting Data
SecurityWeek - 4 Dec 2017 16:41
Google is stepping its fight against unwanted and harmful applications on Android and will soon alert users on apps and websites leading to apps that collect personal data without their consent.
NASA may have added years to Voyager 1's life
USA Today - 4 Dec 2017 01:59
NASA activated Voyager 1's backup thrusters for the first time in over 30 years and may have given it a few more years of life. Video provided by Newsy
Microscope using UV instead of visible light emerging as diagnostic tool
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2017 23:45
MUSE image of sebaceous glandA microscope using ultraviolet light to illuminate samples enables pathologists to assess high-resolution images of biopsies and other fresh tissue samples for disease within minutes, without...
Facebook Messenger Kids goes heavy on parental controls for safe chatting
Slash Gear - 4 Dec 2017 17:18
With more than 2 billion monthly users, Facebook can’t exactly guarantee that it’s going to be a safe place for kids. In fact, Facebook bars anyone younger than 13 from creating a profile, and has done so from the st...
New spacesuit 'go home' function could save astronaut lives
TechCrunch - 4 Dec 2017 17:13
New research from Draper into technology that could build a self-return system into spacesuits would produce a significant leap in astronaut safety during activities in outer space. Draper researchers filed a patent for ...
iPhone X expected to break sales records over the course of the next year
BGR - 4 Dec 2017 17:06
Whatever concerns there were about the iPhone X prior to its launch last month, Apple's latest smartphone appears to be on pace to become yet another best-seller for the company. As reported by Digitimes, analytics firm ...
Get ready for more hacks in 2018 - CNET
CNET - 4 Dec 2017 17:01
No really, get ready. Do these security basics now, because online criminals are going to get even more aggressive next year.
Can the Google Pixel Buds translate faster than expert interpreters?
Mashable - 4 Dec 2017 16:58Direct Line offers 5-percent Tesla 'auto-pilot' incentive
Reuters - 4 Dec 2017 16:55
(Reuters) - Britain's largest motor insurer Direct Line is offering Tesla Inc drivers in Britain a 5-percent discount for switching on the car's autopilot system, seeking to encourage use of a system it hopes will cut do...
Apple, Google at Chinese internet fest shows lure of market
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2017 16:51
The high-profile attendance of the leaders of Apple and Google at a Chinese conference promoting Beijing's vision of a censored internet highlights the dilemma for Western tech companies trying to expand in an increasing...
Engineers refine method to instruct robots to collaborate through demonstration
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2017 16:48
Like toddlers, robots can use a little help as they learn to function in the physical world. That's the purpose of a Rice University program that gently guides robots toward the most helpful, human-like ways to collabora...
Expert offers overview of net neutrality debate
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2017 16:39
The internet is about to change dramatically. Unless it isn't.
SEC's Cyber Unit files first charges, alleges fraud scheme
Reuters - 4 Dec 2017 16:36
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Grasshopper problem yields insight into quantum theory
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2017 16:30
(Phys.org)--Like many mathematical puzzles, the grasshopper problem is simple to state but difficult to solve: A grasshopper lands at a random point on a lawn of area 1, then jumps once, a fixed distance, in a random dir...
Blood flow altered in brains of preterm newborns vs. full-term infants
Science Daily - 4 Dec 2017 16:11
Cerebral blood flow of key regions of newborns' brains is altered in very premature infants and may provide an early warning sign of disturbed brain maturation well before such injury is visible on conventional imaging, ...
Code.org raises $12 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others
TechCrunch - 4 Dec 2017 16:00
Code.org, the non-profit organization that aims to increase access to computer science education, has raised $12 million in philanthropic funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infosys Foundation USA and Pri...
Wei Zhang wins 2018 New Horizons in Mathematics Breakthrough Prize
MIT - 4 Dec 2017 16:00
MIT math professor will share award with collaborator Zhiwei Yun.
Destruction of war-torn Syria brought to London by AI
New Scientist - 4 Dec 2017 12:26
UNICEF is using artificial intelligence to show what disaster would look like in your city, bringing international charity campaigns closer to home
Why it's good that NHS England is cutting back on prescriptions
New Scientist - 4 Dec 2017 12:20
Patients in England are set to lose access to a raft of prescription drugs through the National Health Service - but only overpriced, ineffective or dangerous ones
UMMS scientists identify gene associated with metastatic melanoma
EurekAlert! - 4 Dec 2017 07:00
(University of Massachusetts Medical School) A study by Craig J. Ceol, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has revealed a protein active during early embryo...