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Almost entire population of Ecuador has online data leaked
Couple accused of stealing secrets from U.S. hospital for Chinese biotech
Google Says a Change in Its Algorithm Will Highlight ‘Original Reporting’
nytimes.com · 3 days ago
Microsoft could be axing Intel for AMD in new Surface device
‘Killer robots’ could accidentally start World War Three, ex-Google engineer warns
Google and Facebook’s latest efforts to ‘save’ journalism are already getting eye rolls
Antitrust Can’t Catch Big Tech Facebook, Google and the rest will change their ways before the feds can make a case.
US Senators ask the FCC to review licenses with China-owned telecoms – Senators Schumer and Cotton fear the networks could pose a national security risk.
Flu vaccine patch ditches needles and side effects. A new needle-free flu vaccine patch revs up the immune system much like a traditional flu shot without any negative side effects, a study with mice shows.
Former Google drone engineer resigns, warning autonomous robots could lead to accidental mass killings
See How AI Stereotypes You
NRA Ramped Up Facebook Advertising Immediately After Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
The oil industry vs. the electric car. Electric vehicles could make up nearly half the fleet of passenger cars and trucks by 2040. But oil and gas companies are striking back. The oil industry is trying to crush the booming electric car movement.
Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments
Look out, invasive species: The robots are coming. Demonstrating how robotic fish can be a valuable tool in the fight against one of the world’s most problematic invasive species, the mosquito.
Amazon fires back at book publishers, says captions are fair use: "Audible Captions is not a book of any kind," Audible writes in court filing.
arstechnica.com · 3 days ago
The new iPhone software update is already catching apps like Facebook being shady
Americans would rather drive themselves to work than have an autonomous vehicle drive them, study says
Password-exposing bug purged from LastPass extensions
Drilling Could Cause Extinctions in Alaskan Refuge, Government Plan Says. Oil and gas development could exacerbate the impacts to species in the rapidly warming Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
It’s Apple v the EU as the World’s Largest Tax Case Opens This Week in Luxembourg
[Mod Post] Proposal banning pay walls and capped visit sites. Looking for input.
Racial stereotyping might be one reason some continue to blame video games for school shootings, suggests new US study (204,796 news stories of 204 mass shootings). When shooting occurred at a school, video games were 8.35 times more likely to be discussed when the shooter was White than when Black.
AI is watching China’s students but how well can it really see? 22-year-old student at a university in northwestern China must get through face scanners to enter her dormitory and register attendance, while cameras above the blackboards in her classrooms keep an eye on the students’ attentiveness.
Artificial intelligence will be big, so prepare. According to a McKinsey report, 400 million to 800 million jobs worldwide could be displaced by 2030 as a result of machines.
After Six Years in Exile, Edward Snowden Explains Himself: In a new memoir and interview, the world’s most famous whistle-blower elucidates as never before why he stood up to mass surveillance—and his love for an internet that no longer exists.
China is trying to steal military space tech. The US is running stings to stop it.
Data on almost every Ecuadorean citizen leaked
Scientists from Sweden and China have developed an organic solar cell that converts ambient indoor light into electricity.
An Important Quantum Algorithm May Actually Be a Property of Nature: An increasing body of evidence has emerged that quantum processes play an important role in a number of biological mechanisms
How Inexpensive Must Energy Storage Be for Utilities to Switch to 100 Percent Renewables?
Amazon reportedly tweaked its search results to promote more profitable products
cnbc.com · 3 days ago