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In Streaming Age, Classical Music Gets Lost in the Metadata
The New York Times - 23 Jun 2019 23:58
Has music streaming ignored aficionados of Mozart and Beethoven? Two new services, Idagio and Primephonic, address the needs of the genre's discerning listeners.
Prolonged transmission of a resistant bacterial strain in a Northern California hospital
Science Daily - 23 Jun 2019 20:30
Researchers have used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to demonstrate transmission of a single bacterial strain that possessed a carbapenem-resistance gene in a northern California hospital. The gene armed the bacteria with...
Hackers stole 500MB of NASA mission systems data using Raspberry Pi
Slash Gear - 23 Jun 2019 15:22
NASA has revealed it discovered a security breach that allowed hackers to steal 500MB of data related to ‘major mission systems.’ The incident was discovered in April 2018 by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which...
Samsung's deepfake technology is getting scary
BGR - 23 Jun 2019 15:01
Deepfake technology has been getting insanely good, with just the last few days and weeks chock-a-block with examples of everything from the Mona Lisa being animated to life and photos of dead celebrities and notables li...
US cyberattack reportedly hit Iranian targets
The Verge - 23 Jun 2019 03:26
Yahoo News is reporting that a "retaliatory digital strike against an Iranian spy group" was carried out this past Thursday. The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Associated Press all confirmed the report with...
Microsoft Bans Employees From Using Slack, Has AWS and Google Docs on a 'Discouraged' List
Gizmodo - 23 Jun 2019 02:30
PC giant Microsoft has informed its staff not to use popular chat app and competitor Slack, adding it to a list of "prohibited and discouraged technology" comprised of software and services that it does not want employee...
A.I. May Not Take Your Job, but It Could Become Your Boss
The New York Times - 23 Jun 2019 23:15
The goal of automation has always been efficiency. What if artificial intelligence sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized?
Zagg folio case offers the keys to unlock iPad Pro productivity [Review]
Cult of Mac - 23 Jun 2019 21:00
An iPad Pro is powerful mobile computer. Add a Zagg Slim Book Go and you get a genuine MacBook competitor. We typed our way through a full review of this keyboard folio case for Apple's latest pro tablet, so dive in to s...
Understanding C. auris transmission with the healthcare environment
Science Daily - 23 Jun 2019 20:31
Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida auris on their skin can shed the fungus and contaminate their surroundings. This finding provides an explanation for the extensive contamina...
Cannabidiol is a powerful new antibiotic
Science Daily - 23 Jun 2019 20:30
New research has found that Cannnabidiol is active against Gram-positive bacteria, including those responsible for many serious infections (such as Staphyloccocus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae), with potency simila...
Ocean swimming alters skin microbiome, increasing vulnerability to infection
Science Daily - 23 Jun 2019 18:25
Swimming in the ocean alters the skin microbiome and may increase the likelihood of infection, according to new research.
Plants may be transmitting superbugs to people
Science Daily - 23 Jun 2019 18:25
Antibiotic-resistant infections are a threat to global public health, food safety and an economic burden. To prevent these infections, it is critical to understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes are tr...
Man uses iPhone as 'gun,' Hong Kong parts bust in the Apple crime blotter
AppleInsider - 23 Jun 2019 15:17
A Hong Kong counterfeiting scam is busted, Congressman's wife pleads guilty, a man defends his home by pretending an iPhone is a deadly weapon, and two Apple crime stories in Cape Coral, Fla.
Take One Giant Leap to the Moon with New Augmented Reality Apps
SPACE.com - 23 Jun 2019 13:57
If you weren't born when the first crewed moon-landing mission launched -- or you want to relive the experience -- USA Today's two augmented reality apps will take you step by step through history.
Treat workers as employees? Uber, Lyft and others are scrambling for a compromise
L.A. Times - 23 Jun 2019 13:00Jobs at risk of automation and AI tech - How worry should we be?
Slash Gear - 23 Jun 2019 12:09
Don't get too comfortable with your job right now. In a few years, machines and algorithms could very well be replacing human workers in many industries - and it is not just F&B and production lines. Left out of the usua...
The U.K.'s biggest (and only) asteroid mining company has designs on our skies
Digital Trends - 23 Jun 2019 10:00
Is the founder and CEO of the U.K.'s Asteroid Mining Corporation going to be among the first people to strike it rich in space, or is he just chasing an ambitious but doomed mirage?
Novel noninvasive molecular imaging for monitoring rheumatoid arthritis
EurekAlert! - 23 Jun 2019 06:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) A first-in-human Phase 1/Phase II study demonstrates that intravenous administration of the radiopharmaceutical imaging agent technetium-99m (99mTc) tilmanocept promise...
Jason S. Lewis, PhD, receives SNMMI 2019 Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Nuclear Medicine Science
EurekAlert! - 23 Jun 2019 06:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) Jason S. Lewis, PhD, has been named the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Paul C. Aebersold Award. Lewis is Emily Tow Jackson Chair in Oncology and vice chair for resea...
Steam will stop supporting Ubuntu Linux over 32-bit compatibility
Engadget - 23 Jun 2019 04:03
If you're a Linux gamer who prefers Ubuntu, you might want to look for another distribution in the near future. Valve is dropping official support for Ubuntu in Steam as of the operating system's upcoming 19.10 release, ...
Report: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Hacked for 10 Months
SecurityWeek - 23 Jun 2019 03:21
A report says hackers stole data from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California for nearly a year without being detected.
Walmart uses AI camera tech to track checkout theft at 1,000 stores
Engadget - 23 Jun 2019 02:26
Walmart's early use of AI at its stores isn't just for the sake of convenience. The retailer has confirmed to Business Insider that it's using camera-based computer vision tech to deter theft and losses at its checkouts ...