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• Company says its AI can tell if a kid is browsing

  22-05-2019 23:57 via nbcnews.com
  It's easy to get around age-restricted websites if you're a child. "Of course you're going to say, 'I'm an adult.'"
  
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• Now we know why SpaceX is suing the US government

  22-05-2019 23:13 via rss.cnn.com
  SpaceX's rivals just blew the cover off the rocket company's secretive lawsuit against the US government.
  
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• Amazon wins facial-recognition vote, but concerns about the tech aren't going away

  22-05-2019 23:13 via rss.cnn.com
  Hundreds of Amazon employees, groups of investors, and dozens of civil rights groups and academic researchers are upset that the online retailer is selling facial-recognition software to governments. Yet on Wednesday, Amazon shareholders rejected a proposal that asked the company to stop the practice.
  
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• Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in U.S. Congress

  22-05-2019 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  In the past year Amazon has found itself at the center of a growing debate over the use of facial recognition by governments.
  
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• Twitter co-founder calls President Trump 'master of the platform'

  22-05-2019 20:29 via rss.cnn.com
  President Donald Trump is a "master" of Twitter, according to the company's co-founder Ev Williams.
  
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• The smartphone industry could completely change after Qualcomm's disastrous ruling

  22-05-2019 20:29 via rss.cnn.com
  The most important technology company most people have never heard of just got a disastrous court ruling that could upend the way the smartphone industry does business.
  
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• Ford's delivery robot walks like a human

  22-05-2019 20:29 via rss.cnn.com
  Ford, best known for its cars, pick-up trucks and SUVs, is experimenting with something totally different: a package-carrying robot.
  
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• The Scientist's Drug Dealer: How Researchers Get Illicit Drugs

  22-05-2019 19:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock)Public interest in the science of powerful psychoactive drugs is at an-all-time, er, high. Evidence for the therapeutic benefits of marijuana, MDMA, psilocybin and more is growing, based on a resurgence of scientific interest in studying these compounds.But many of these drugs are strictly banned by the federal government, and those caught with them on the street can face steep fine and felony prison time. So where are researchers getting the drugs
  
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• Rare Meteorite Fall in Costa Rica Could Shed Light on Earth's Water

  22-05-2019 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the meteorites that fell at Aguas Zarcas struck a doghouse's roof. (Photo courtesy of Michael Farmer)A rare meteorite fall in Costa Rica has astronomers racing to get their hands on samples.Meteorites are an astronomer’s dream. In a field that by definition studies objects and phenomena above and beyond Earth’s atmosphere, many researchers never get a chance to touch or see up close the things they study. But then, sometimes, these items simply rain down from the sky, in the f
  
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• Billion-Year-Old Fossil Fungi, Oldest Known, Revises Broader Evolution Timeline

  22-05-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The fungus among us is a key player in the ecosystem — and was part of the world hundreds of millions of years before we were. Hold on, make that potentially a billion years before we came along. Fungi microfossils from the Canadian Arctic are 900 million-1 billion years old, pushing back the fossil record for these organisms by at least 450 million years.This discovery is about more than the very distant evolutionary kin of mushrooms, however. The microfossils include the e
  
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• Location Technology Is Key To Smart City Surveillance

  22-05-2019 18:05 via technocracy.news
  This story’s sponsor, Here, asks “Can data make cities more human?” Yet, it’s all about them, not citizens: “It’s really a utopia or oblivion moment – it depends on us architects where we want to go.” In reality, citizens don’t care where Technocrats want to go. ⁃ TN EditorAround the world a quiet revolution is transforming the way cities deliver services to their residents.
  Although cities have long used isolated Internet of Things (Io
  
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• Jim and Pam from 'The Office' are in a Blues-Bruin rivalry - KSDK.com

  22-05-2019 17:51 via ksdk.com
  Jim and Pam from 'The Office' are in a Blues-Bruin rivalry  KSDK.com2019 Stanley Cup Final: Breaking down the matchups between the Bruins and Blues  CBS SportsRanking impact potential of Bruins-Blues Stanley Cup Final players: From 1 through 40  USA TODAYThe Office stars John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer are engaged in a hilarious Twitter feud over the Stanley Cup Finals  Entertainment Weekly NewsWith high demand for Stanley Cup tickets, BBB says be wary of
  
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• Rockefeller Foundation, Mastercard Team Up On Opportunity Zones

  22-05-2019 17:50 via technocracy.news
  Trump signed the Opportunity Zone legislation (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) in December 2017 and then created the House Opportunity and Revitalization Council by Executive Order in December 2018.  With over 8,700 Opportunity Zones identified by state Governors, the money tornado is accelerating. ⁃ TN EditorThe Rockefeller Foundation will spend $5.5 million to help cities take advantage of the opportunity zone program created in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The initiative w
  
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• Qualcomm violates US antitrust law, judge rules

  22-05-2019 17:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of smartphone modems and microchips, illegally charges companies sky-high prices to license its technology, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
  
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• Mobile networks are suspending orders for Huawei smartphones

  22-05-2019 17:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Mobile networks in Asia and Europe are suspending orders for Huawei smartphones following the US decision last week to restrict the company's access to American technology.
  
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• How 5G is changing the game for first responders

  22-05-2019 17:42 via rss.cnn.com
  At a Verizon 5G Labs event, firefighters and police saw 5G in action. The systems exist already, but 5G promises faster speeds, clearer pictures, and easier ways for cops to do their jobs.
  
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• Hey Siri, stop perpetuating sexist stereotypes, UN says

  22-05-2019 17:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Siri, Alexa and other female-voiced AI assistants are perpetuating gender stereotypes and encouraging sexist and abusive language from users, a UN report has said.
  
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• Facebook was flooded with far-right content ahead of the EU election, campaigners say

  22-05-2019 17:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Far-right and anti-EU groups have been using hundreds of "disinformation networks" on Facebook to spread their message ahead of this week's European Union elections, according to campaign group Avaaz.
  
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• Experts: Why American Cities Need To Be ‘Smarter’

  22-05-2019 17:21 via technocracy.news
  Smart City apologists have a technological solution to every conceivable problem, but few understand the web of control they are creating around all inhabitants. As Charles Dickens might have written, “The future is utopian. The future is dystopian.” ⁃ TN EditorOver the past decade the digital world has rapidly become connected with the physical and corporeal. Our smart watches can tell us things about our bodies or our surroundings. WiFi-connected doorbells with sensors can de
  
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• 22 May 2019 Taking risks to provide care in a conflict zone - World Health Organization

  22-05-2019 16:47 via who.int
  22 May 2019 Taking risks to provide care in a conflict zone  World Health OrganizationPhotographing the Ebola Crisis | The Hot Zone  Go NewsFears of Ebola pandemic if violent attacks continue in DR Congo  Al Jazeera EnglishCongo wants more use of Merck vaccine rather than J&J newcomer: minister  ReutersPatients in Congo fear violence amid Ebola outbreak  CBS Evening NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Behind Grindr's doomed hookup in China, a data misstep and scramble to make up

  22-05-2019 16:42 via nbcnews.com
  Grindr's Chinese owner allegedly gave Beijing-based engineers access to personal information of millions of Americans such as private messages and HIV status.
  
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• Nonprofits turn to cryptocurrency to help Venezuelans in need

  22-05-2019 16:06 via nbcnews.com
  "Crypto has the highest likelihood of being helpful to people in places where money is broken" said Joe Waltman of GiveCrypto, which provides direct transfers to Venezuelans in need.
  
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• PS5 Players Can Play with PS4 Players Using Backwards Compatibility, Sony Confirms - Push Square

  22-05-2019 14:30 via pushsquare.com
  PS5 Players Can Play with PS4 Players Using Backwards Compatibility, Sony Confirms  Push SquarePS5's 'incredibly powerful' backwards compatibility will let you play online with PS4 players  TechRadarSony envisions 'clothes' with haptic feedback for PSVR  EngadgetYes, PS4's Biggest Exclusives Are Still Coming to Current-Gen  IGNSony Plans To Purchase More Developers Ahead of PS5 Release  Screen RantView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Seeking energy independence, Palestinians open solar plant

  22-05-2019 13:23 via abcnews.go.com
  Palestinians inaugurate their first solar panel plant, part of plan to reduce dependence on Israeli power sources
  
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• The Latest: China's Hikvision serious over US curbs on sales

  22-05-2019 13:08 via abcnews.go.com
  Chinese surveillance company concerned over report it might be blocked from buying US components
  
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• China cuts taxes to spur chip makers in face of US pressure

  22-05-2019 12:36 via abcnews.go.com
  China cuts taxes on software and integrated circuit industries to spur development in face of U.S. export controls that threaten Chinese tech companies
  
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• Fake news changes shape as EU heads into elections

  22-05-2019 12:28 via abcnews.go.com
  Fake news changes shape as EU heads into highly anticipated parliamentary elections.
  
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• Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs

  22-05-2019 11:02 via abcnews.go.com
  The world's largest carmaker is creating its first all-electric plant in a move that sheds light on how the global shift to battery-only cars could disrupt a long-established industry and its jobs.
  
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• Plea deal for serial online harasser fits lenient pattern

  22-05-2019 10:30 via abcnews.go.com
  A Utah judge must decide whether to accept a plea bargain for a serial online harasser who posted a Facebook threat to kill "as many girls as I see"
  
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• Chinese surveillance firm's stock plunges after reports of possible US ban

  22-05-2019 09:25 via rss.cnn.com
  Shares in Chinese surveillance company Hikvision plunged on Wednesday, following a report that the Trump administration is mulling slapping it with a US export ban.
  
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• Japan carriers delay sale of new Huawei smartphones

  22-05-2019 09:00 via abcnews.go.com
  Two Japanese mobile carriers are delaying the sale of new smartphones from Huawei as they confirm the safety of the Chinese products
  
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• Scientists Believe Pluto May Have a Hidden Subsurface Ocean

  22-05-2019 02:59 via scitechdaily.com
  Computer simulations provide compelling evidence that an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto’s icy exterior, according to...
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• Juno Discovers Changes in Jupiter’s Magnetic Field

  22-05-2019 02:48 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection beyond our world of an internal magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon called...
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• Colorado won't halt drilling as it refocuses rules on safety

  22-05-2019 01:16 via abcnews.go.com
  Colorado officials say they have no plans to stop energy companies from drilling for oil and gas while regulators overhaul state rules to focus on health, safety and the environment
  
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• Some Baltimore city services frozen after ransomware attack hits city computers

  22-05-2019 00:49 via nbcnews.com
  Baltimore was hit two weeks ago by ransomware — freezing thousands of city computers and stalling everyday activities like paying a water bill — by hackers demanding a sum of about $100,000 in Bitcoin.
  
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• California sues over $1B in canceled high-speed rail money

  22-05-2019 00:33 via abcnews.go.com
  California has sued to block the Trump administration from cancelling nearly $1 billion for the state's high-speed rail project
  
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• Washington is 1st state to allow composting of human bodies

  22-05-2019 00:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a law making his state the first to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating human remains
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg should hire a new Facebook CEO, former Facebook exec says

  22-05-2019 00:11 via rss.cnn.com
  Mark Zuckerberg needs to give up some of his control of Facebook and hire a new CEO, a former Facebook executive said Tuesday.
  
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• Apple's new MacBook Pro updates troubled keyboard

  22-05-2019 00:11 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple has another fix for its troubled butterfly keyboards.
  
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• Baby Tiger Sharks Are Eating Sparrows And Woodpeckers

  22-05-2019 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  A tiger shark — woodpeckers beware. (Credit: Shane Gross/Shutterstock)Often called “the garbage cans of the sea,” tiger sharks are voracious eaters. The sharks will eat just about anything — fish, other sharks, seabirds, sea turtles, whale carcasses. The list goes on. That hodgepodge of prey now also includes a few creatures that don't usually even go in the ocean. Young tiger sharks also feast on sparrows, woodpeckers and other land-based birds, says a group of rese
  
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