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Just How Does the Weather Sealing on Higher End Cameras Stack Up?
The Phoblographer - 18 Apr 2019 06:00
Weather sealing is far more important than you'd think when comes to your camera's operability. It's one of the biggest variables that we test with cameras that boast this. With our 10 years of testing cameras and lenses...
Facebook bans several major UK far-right groups
Engadget - 18 Apr 2019 15:20
Facebook has banned a swath of UK far-right groups including the British National party (BNP), the English Defence League (EDL) and Britain First. The action is part of its ongoing clampdown on hateful rhetoric, which ha...
Bad Bots Steal Accounts, Content and Skew the Web Ecosystem
SecurityWeek - 18 Apr 2019 04:11
Bad bots are a continuing problem. Good bots, those that perform welcome and benign activities -- such as search engine crawlers like Googlebot and Bingbot -- are welcome. Bad bots, those that scrape and steal content, m...
Smart Ink Eliminates Dreaded Needle
Medical Design Technology - 18 Apr 2019 16:00
News Tattoos may take on another role within the healthcare industry. By using intelligent ink and requiring a less invasive injection technique, researchers have developed a micro-jet injection technology that doesn't u...
China's Guangdong gives Tencent approval to distribute Nintendo's Switch console
Reuters - 18 Apr 2019 12:28
China's Guangdong provincial authority has given the green light to Tencent Holdings to distribute the Nintendo Switch console with a test version of the "New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe" game, a statement on the governme...
AI makes key protein research a million times faster - CNET
CNET - 18 Apr 2019 01:28
Computers can be trained to figure out how these key building blocks of life work, a Harvard researcher finds.
Add Craigslist to the tech platforms Russians used to manipulate the 2016 election
TechCrunch - 18 Apr 2019 20:33
In one of the weirder revelations to come out of the Mueller report released this morning, it seems that Craigslist was yet another tech platform used in Russia’s election influence campaign. Facebook? Sure. Instagram?...
Apple likely paid $6 billion in Qualcomm settlement
Cult of Mac - 18 Apr 2019 19:04
Qualcomm probably didn't get the full $7 billion payment it was hoping to score from Apple as a result of the two companies' wide-ranging legal battle. Full details of the settlement between Apple and Qualcomm weren't re...
Zoom starts trading at $65 per share, 80 percent above IPO price
Reuters - 18 Apr 2019 18:10
Video conferencing company Zoom Video Communications opened at $65 per share on Thursday, 80.6 percent above its initial public offering price, in its debut on the Nasdaq.
What gravitational waves can say about dark matter
Symmetry Magazine - 18 Apr 2019 17:02
Scientists think that, under some circumstances, dark matter could generate powerful enough gravitational waves for equipment like LIGO to detect. In 1916, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, whic...
New Mueller Report Injustice: It's Getting Delivered to Congress on CDs
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2019 16:50
Congress has long been clamoring for the Mueller report, and the Justice Department is expected to deliver the report later today. With a twist. Congress is getting the 400-page report on some now semi-ancient tech: CDs....
Future hypersonics could be artificially intelligent
Phys.org - 18 Apr 2019 16:40
A test launch for a hypersonic weapon--a long-range missile that flies a mile per second and faster--takes weeks of planning. So, while the U.S. and other states are racing to deploy hypersonic technologies, it remains u...
How to Completely Ignore the Mueller Report Through the Magic of Technology
Gizmodo - 18 Apr 2019 16:28
The Mueller Report, detailing the investigation into Russia's efforts to help President Donald Trump win the 2016 election, will be released sometime after 11 am ET today. But if you're sick and tired of hearing about it...
Radiology Publishes Roadmap for AI in Medical Imaging
Medical Design Technology - 18 Apr 2019 16:00
News In August 2018, a workshop was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., to explore the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging... Contributed Author: Radiological Society o...
LG struggles to deliver on its promise of faster Android updates
Engadget - 18 Apr 2019 15:09
Just over a year ago LG announced the launch of its Software Upgrade Center – a facility designed to give customers around the world "faster, timelier" operating system and software updates. But as ComputerWorld reveal...
Scientists invent way to trap mysterious 'dark world' particle at Large Hadron Collider
Phys.org - 18 Apr 2019 14:19
Now that they've identified the Higgs boson, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have set their sights on an even more elusive target.
Facebook accidentally scraped the email contacts of 1.5 million users
Mashable - 18 Apr 2019 03:55A fossil hunter is selling a baby T-rex on eBay, and scientists are livid
BGR - 18 Apr 2019 03:03
One of the great things about the world of science is that researchers in most fields tend to be incredibly open with their work. Many publish papers that are available to anyone who wants to read them, and paleontologis...
NASA and Blue Origin partner up for new rocket engine tests - CNET
CNET - 18 Apr 2019 02:34
Jeff Bezos' rocket company will upgrade a disused NASA testing facility to fire up two new engines.
Some of Samsung's new Galaxy Fold folding phones are already breaking
USA Today - 18 Apr 2019 02:30
Some of Samsung's new $2,000 folding phones appear to be breaking after just a couple of days, according to journalists testing the new Galaxy Fold.
T-Mobile and Comcast are now working together to fight robocalls
BGR - 18 Apr 2019 02:08
The fight against the barrage of spam calls and robocalls continues to pick up steam, as a pair of rival carriers announced today that they're beginning to work more closely together to try and put a stop to the madness....
The US government really doesn't want China's largest carrier to come to the US
Android Authority - 18 Apr 2019 02:03
FCC chairman Ajit Pai believes China Mobile's application raises serious national security and law enforcement risks.