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Trump orders review of Postal Service amid Amazon accusations - CNET
CNET - 13 Apr 2018 05:06
Executive order demands task force evaluate the post office's operations and finances.
FDA Approves First Medical Device To Use Artificial Intelligence For Diabetic Patients
Tech Times - 13 Apr 2018 04:36
FDA approved a device, programmed with artificial intelligence, that would precisely identify mild diabetic retinopathy. It becomes the pioneering AI-based tool that has been allowed for market release.
Backpage.com, CEO plead guilty in California, Texas
ABC News - 13 Apr 2018 02:40
The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed an "online brothel" is pleading guilty to California money-laundering charges, while the company itself is pleading guilty to human trafficking in Texas.
Zuckerberg flubs details of Facebook privacy commitments
ABC News - 13 Apr 2018 00:09
Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly flubbed details of Facebook's FTC privacy commitments before Congress
Excess of Mitochondrial Iron Linked to Huntington's Disease
Neuroscience News - 13 Apr 2018 20:28
Researchers have identified an over accumulation of iron in the mitochondria of mice genetically engineered to have Huntington's disease.
Russia Orders ISPs to Block Telegram, Founder Gets Crafty
Gizmodo - 13 Apr 2018 16:50
On Friday a court ruled that Telegram should be blocked inside Russia due to its failure to turn over its encryption keys. In 2016, Russia passed "anti-terror laws" that require messaging services give authorities the ab...
Second gen Ryzens out for preorder now, shipping next week
Ars Technica - 13 Apr 2018 16:42
The top end part also bumps up the power draw.
Senators plan privacy legislation following Zuckerberg hearings
Engadget - 13 Apr 2018 16:38
Following Mark Zuckerberg's hearings earlier this week, two Senators have announced legislation they plan to introduce regarding the protection of consumers' online data, 9to5Mac reports. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) an...
Facebook Has a Profile On You Even If You Don't Have an Account
The Mac Observer - 13 Apr 2018 16:31
You don’t need a Facebook account for the social network service to have a profile on you, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that under oath during a Congressional hearing.
Mercedes-Maybach teases super-fancy concept for Beijing - Roadshow
CNET - 13 Apr 2018 16:25
One quick glance at the interior is all it takes to know it's a concept.
Chinese man caught by facial recognition at pop concert
The Loop - 13 Apr 2018 16:16
BBC News: Chinese police have used facial recognition technology to locate and arrest a man who was among a crowd of 60,000 concert goers. The suspect, who has been identified only as Mr Ao, was attending a concert by po...
Samsung slapped with monster $2.8 billion lawsuit for allegedly stealing biometric tech
BGR - 13 Apr 2018 16:12
The big names in any industry always have bullseyes on their backs, and the consumers electronics industry is obviously no different. Companies are constantly slapping each other with lawsuits, and the epic Apple vs. Sam...
Volvo's first electric truck is built for city use
Engadget - 13 Apr 2018 15:59
Today, Volvo announced its first electric truck for commercial use, called the Volvo FL electric. It's specifically designed for use in cities, intended for distribution and waste management in urban areas. The truck wei...
Brief exposure to tiny air pollution particles triggers childhood lung infections
Science Daily - 13 Apr 2018 15:35
Even the briefest increase in airborne fine particulate matter PM2.5, pollution-causing particles that are about 3 percent of the diameter of human hair, is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infe...
Hubble catches a colossal cluster
Phys.org - 13 Apr 2018 15:30
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a massive galaxy cluster glowing brightly in the darkness. Despite its beauty, this cluster bears the distinctly unpoetic name of PLCK G308.3-20.2.
Nobody Knows How This Part of Mars Exploded
Motherboard - 13 Apr 2018 15:30
New images of Ismenia Patera deepen the mystery of its origins.
Exit scammers run off with $660 million in ICO earnings
TechCrunch - 13 Apr 2018 15:27
A Vietnamese cryptocurrency company Modern Tech launched an ICO for its Pincoin token, raising $660 million from approximately 32,000 people. The company first ran the Pincoin ICO, promising constant returns to investors...
Law enforcement agencies are buying GrayKey, a device to unlock iPhones
Digital Trends - 13 Apr 2018 15:10Google is learning to differentiate between your voice and your friend's
Digital Trends - 13 Apr 2018 15:00
Thanks to new Google research detailed in a paper titled, "Looking to Listen at the Cocktail Party," a new deep learning system is able to identify voices by looking at people's faces as they speak. The post Google is le...
No more bad, blocky video calls thanks to smart AI compression
New Scientist - 13 Apr 2018 13:01
An AI that compresses images by simply throwing bits away and making up what should be there instead could make blocky video calls a thing of the past
New qubit now works without breaks
EurekAlert! - 13 Apr 2018 06:00
(National University of Science and Technology MISIS) An international group of scientists from Russia, the United Kingdom, and Germany have presented an alternative qubit design which can be used to build a quantum comp...
Quantum physicists achieve entanglement record
EurekAlert! - 13 Apr 2018 06:00
(University of Innsbruck) Entanglement is of central importance for the new quantum technologies of the 21st century. A German-Austrian research team is now presenting the largest entangled quantum register of individual...