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Alec Benjamin - Mind Is A Prison [Official Music Video]
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Why We Should Ban Facial Recognition Technology
It’s much harder to move fast and break things when you’re not allowed to move at all.
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Cigarette butts are polluting the ocean more than plastic straws — so why not ban these?
Cigarette butts, which easily find their way into the ocean, contain plastic in the filters that are not biodegradable.
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Apple TV Plus Had ‘Immaterial’ Revenue in Launch Quarter Amid One-Year Free Deal
Apple reported record-setting sales of nearly $92 billion for the three months that ended 2019 — but Apple TV Plus, the flashy new subscription-video service it bowed last fall, wasn’t part of the tech giant’s growth story.
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A Disturbing Number of People Think Coronavirus Is Related to Corona Beer
Google search trends illustrate that we're surrounded by very, very confused people when it comes to the rapidly spreading illness.
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Study of YouTube comments finds evidence of radicalization effect
Research presented at the ACM FAT 2020 conference in Barcelona today supports the notion that YouTube’s platform is playing a role in radicalizing users via exposure to far-right ideologies.
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How to protect your privacy from Facebook
At long last, Facebook is letting us see the data it and other companies are collecting from you -- some of which has nothing directly to do with what you're doing on Facebook.
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Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.' Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.
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Artillery Seeks Robot Ammo Haulers
Six companies got $150,000 Field Artillery Autonomous Resupply contracts to study everything from exoskeletons that strengthen human ammo handlers to robots that might replace them.
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Securing the IoT is a nightmare
Currently, we have over 26-billion IoT devices running in our workplaces, offices and homes. If you're looking for an IoT security scorecard, it looks something like this: Security Threats: 26,000,000,000, IoT Secure Devices: 0.
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So you want to become a software QA professional?
Are you considering a career path in software testing? Here’s what you need to know to get started.
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The Public Domain Is the Rule, Copyright Is the Exception
Remember the monkey selfie? Animal rights organizations and a photographer went to court to fight over who owned the copyright in a picture where the photographer set up the camera but the animal took the pic, and great fun was had by all. But as our friends at Public Knowledge noted, maybe no one "owned" the picture.
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Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash
Kobe Bryant has died.
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Mathematicians have solved traffic jams, and they’re begging cities to listen
Mathematicians are unimpressed by engineers’ solutions.
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Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ Before Taking Jobs in Tech
A new guide 'With Great Tech Comes Great Responsibility' arrives during a period of backlash on campuses, where tech companies like Amazon and Palantir recruit.
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1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S.
The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.
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Korean publication reiterates $1,000 price for the Galaxy Z Flip
Even with its many flaws — and Samsung's eye-watering $2,000 asking price — customers have flocked to the company's first foldable phone, which has already sold half a million units. That's half of what a Samsung exec previously claimed, but it's impressive nonetheless.
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Which Tech Company Is Really the Most Evil?
The 30 most dangerous corporations in the industry, ranked by the people who know.
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Can Machines Ever Truly Become Artists?
There is a theory in mathematics that an indefinite number of monkeys typing on an indefinite number of typewriters would eventually produce the complete written works of William Shakespeare. Were that the case, however, would we consider their work to be art?
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I Rode the Manta5 Hydrofoil eBike, and it's Even More Epic Than it Looks
I took a break from the madness of the CES 2020 showfloor to test ride the Hydrofoiler XE-1: a hydrofoil ebike from New Zealand upstart Manta5. It was exactly as fun as it sounds.
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'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens
A startup focused on "invisible computing" Thursday unveiled a smart contact lens which delivers an augmented reality display in a user's field of vision.
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5 reasons why Software QA needs humans
You might worry that, eventually, the machines will take over and eliminate humans from the QA process. So why does QA need humans, when humans need OSHA-approved working conditions and time-consuming bathroom breaks? Because in some cases, the reverse is true: Humans are better at QA than is automation. We have five situations to prove it.
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Google cutting web cookies, ending lucrative tracking tool for advertisers
Alphabet Inc's Google within two years plans to block a common way business...
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Mozilla lays off about 70 employees including senior staffers
Known best for its Firefox browser, Mozilla laid off approximately 6% of its staff in the face of diminishing revenue.
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Saying goodbye to Windows 7 isn’t easy, but you must
One in five Windows users is still using Windows 7. That’s one too many. It’s time to move on.
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Microsoft CEO says encryption backdoors are a ‘terrible idea’
Satya Nadella takes the middle road on encryption
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Apple's new privacy features have further rattled the location-based ad market
The pivot to privacy is roiling the location-based ad market, calling into question its future direction at a time when people are alert about the collection of their geographic information.
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Spectrum Kills Home Security Business, Refuses Refunds for Owners of Now-Worthless Equipment
Spectrum customers who are also users of the company’s home security service are about a month away from being left with a pile of useless equipment that in many cases cost them hundreds of dollars.
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It’s not your phone, it’s you
Stanford communication scholar Gabriella Harari finds that it’s personality that influences how people use their digital devices; technology is just a medium to channel our everyday behavior, says Harari in a Q&A with Stanford News Service.
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‘Most realistic’ plant-based steak revealed
The “most realistic” plant-based steak to date has been revealed, mimicking the texture and appearance of a real cut of meat. The fake steak’s ingredients include pea, seaweed and beetroot juice, which are extruded into fine fibres to recreate muscle tissue. Its producer, the Spanish company Novameat, says the steak will be available in some restaurants in Spain and Italy this year before scaling up in 2021.
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