Technology News
Here's How a Facebook Exec Defended Leaving Up That Fake Nancy Pelosi Video
Gizmodo - 27 May 2019 04:50
Doctored videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that make her appear as if she is slurring or intoxicated and went viral toward the end of last week--one was shared by President Donald Trump on Thursday--will not be remove...
Brothers behind JibJab see StoryBots as the heir to Sesame Street
USA Today - 27 May 2019 20:33
Brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis sold JibJab and StoryBots in one year but will continue the children's brand as a unit of streaming giant Netflix.
Game of Thrones season 8's big downfall is Daenerys' story
Slash Gear - 27 May 2019 15:30
After a two year wait, Game of Thrones’ final season premiered seven weeks ago, and for a lot people, what started with a ton of anticipation ended in disappointment. Game of Thrones is currently at the center of a lot...
Microsoft AI creates realistic speech with little training
Engadget - 27 May 2019 03:37
Text-to-speech conversion is becoming increasingly clever, but there's a problem: it can still take plenty of training time and resources to produce natural-sounding output. Microsoft and Chinese researchers might have a...
OnePlus 7 Pro teardown reveals more secrets, good and bad
Slash Gear - 27 May 2019 02:40
The OnePlus 7 Pro is supposed to be the company’s big bet for 2019 but, just like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Honor’s 20 Pro, things are looking a little bit questionable for the flagship killer. In addition to alleg...
Microsoft, Alphabet team up to teach quantum computer programming
Engadget - 27 May 2019 00:56
The very concept of a quantum computer can be daunting, let alone programming it, but Microsoft thinks it can offer a helping hand. It's partnering with Alphabet's X and Brilliant on an online curriculum for quantum comp...
Gas vs. Electric? Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Achieve Low-Energy and Low-Impact Homes
Medical Design Technology - 27 May 2019 23:00
News If you want to make your home as energy-efficient and green as possible, should you use gas or electric for your heating and cooling needs? Gas is the more eco-friendly option--for now--for an energy-efficient home ...
Nature Inspires a Novel New Form of Computing, Using Light
Medical Design Technology - 27 May 2019 22:00
News McMaster researchers have developed a simple and highly novel form of computing by shining patterned bands of light and shadow through different facets of a polymer cube and reading the combined results that emerge....
Austro-Daimler Bergmeister is a 1,200-hp plug-in hybrid hero at Villa d'Este - Roadshow
CNET - 27 May 2019 21:06
A long-gone marque reemerges with a striking new PHEV sports car at Europe's poshest classic car show, Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.
Broken brain cells repaired in dementia mouse model
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 20:32
Dysfunctional neurons in the hippocampus of adult female mice modeling dementia can be repaired and reconnected to distant parts of the brain, reports a new study. The similarity between the mouse model and the human con...
A Street Photograph From Every Year Since Its Inception (1838-2019)
Twisted Sifter - 27 May 2019 19:44
In 1838 the first photo of figures in the street was recorded by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Group A strep genome research expedites vaccine development efforts
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 17:17
The global search for a group A streptococcal (Strep A) vaccine has narrowed after researchers identified a common gene signature in almost all global Strep A strains by sequencing thousands of genomes in a project spann...
Scientists uncover a trove of genes that could hold key to how humans evolved
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 17:17
New computational analysis finds that more than two dozen human zinc finger transcription factors, previously thought to control activity of similar genes across species have in fact human-specific roles and could help e...
Could gold be the key to making gene therapy for HIV, blood disorders more accessible?
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 17:16
Scientists took a step toward making gene therapy more practical by simplifying the way gene-editing instructions are delivered to cells. Using a gold nanoparticle instead of an inactivated virus, they safely delivered g...
What in the Hell Was Google Wave Trying to Be Anyway?
Gizmodo - 27 May 2019 16:54
Ten years ago tomorrow, Google introduced an app that was meant to transform the communications space. During an hour-plus keynote presentation at Google I/O in 2009, the company's then-Vice President of Engineering Vic ...
Chinese Spy Group Mixes Up Its Malware Arsenal with Brand-New Loaders
Threatpost - 27 May 2019 16:11
New campaigns also show modified versions of known payloads.
Large rat snake discovered hiding in shopping carts at Walmart in Texas
Fox News - 27 May 2019 16:09
Be careful which cart you choose, there may be a slithering surprise.
How Big Companies Can Simultaneously Run and Reinvent Their Businesses
Singularity Hub - 27 May 2019 16:00
We live in the age of entrepreneurs. New startups seem to appear out of nowhere and challenge not only established companies, but entire industries. Where startup unicorns were once mythical creatures, they now seem abun...
Antibiotics found in some of the world's rivers exceed 'safe' levels, global study finds
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 15:41
Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world's rivers exceed 'safe' levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.
Coat of proteins makes viruses more infectious and links them to Alzheimer's disease
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 15:41
New research shows that viruses interact with proteins in the biological fluids of their host which results in a layer of proteins on the viral surface. This coat of proteins makes the virus more infectious and facilitat...
Being overweight as a teen may be associated with higher risk of heart muscle disease in adulthood
Science Daily - 27 May 2019 15:41
The risk of developing cardiomyopathy, which often leads to heart failure, increased in adult Swedish men who were even mildly overweight around age 18. The risk steadily increased as weight increased, even among those w...
Colliding lasers double the energy of proton beams
Phys.org - 27 May 2019 15:08
Researchers from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg present a new method which can double the energy of a proton beam produced by laser-based particle accelerators. The breakthrou...