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Elvie’s sleek tech for new mothers is breaking taboos in women’s health
Five years ago, global funding for the femtech sector had barely reached $100 million total. But now the femtech industry is set to see a huge increase with more than $400 million funneling in — the largest amount of funding the industry has ever received. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 16:41
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Domestic abusers are using easily accessible apps to stalk and control their victims
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Hollywood has us believing that spyware technology is only used by secret-agent hackers who plant tracking devices in car wheels or in the soles of shoes. äàëüøå »
2019-7-16 14:52
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It’s 2019 and Google still can’t keep malware out of its Android app store
Google appears to have a problem with stopping malicious apps from sneaking into the Play Store. In what appears to yet another case of malware disguised as a legitimate app, security researchers from Symantec have found a new app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram messaging app — only to push malicious websites in the background. äàëüøå »
2019-7-16 14:40
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Zoom’s scary webcam flaw also affects RingCentral and Zhumu
Last week, video conferencing app Zoom had to make a major change to its service to fix a frightening webcam vulnerability. But new evidence disclosed by security researcher Karan Lyons shows that other conferencing apps like RingCentral and Zhumu are susceptible to the same issue. äàëüøå »
2019-7-16 09:22
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Sexual assault survivors are using this sex education app to regain confidence
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. With female sexuality being a taboo topic, Ferly — an audio app that redefines the meaning of sex education — aims to help women connect with their bodies, and provide a safe space for survivors. äàëüøå »
2019-7-15 17:22
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Huawei wants to name its Android OS replacement ‘Harmony’ in Europe
Huawei may still be facing an uncertain future over its access to licensed versions of Android and Windows operating systems, but it’s been busy readying in-house replacements in case the tide turns against its favor. äàëüøå »
2019-7-15 08:44
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CRISPR is less like molecular scissors and more like molecular malware
Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a great piece – well researched, beautifully written, factually accurate. It covered some of the amazing projects scientist are working on using CRISPR, like bringing animals back from extinction and curing diseases. äàëüøå »
2019-7-14 15:15
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Here’s how algorithms can protect us against deepfakes
Deepfake videos are hard for untrained eyes to detect because they can be quite realistic. Whether used as personal weapons of revenge, to manipulate financial markets or to destabilize international relations, videos depicting people doing and saying things they never did or said are a fundamental threat to the longstanding idea that “seeing is believing. äàëüøå »
2019-7-13 15:12
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How to go the fuck to sleep
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I suck at sleeping. I’ve always been one of those people who toss and turn for hours before falling into a light slumber. äàëüøå »
2019-7-13 02:29
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Facebook now tells you where brands are getting your ad targeting data
Facebook will now begin to show you more information about the ads you see on the social network. The tech giant has announced a series of updates to its “Why am I seeing this ad?” and Ad Preferences tools with an aim to bring users greater transparency and control. äàëüøå »
2019-7-12 10:20
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Pablo Escobar’s brother escalates flamethrower feud with Elon Musk, threatens Tesla takeover
Elon Musk can add the Escobar family to his list of detractors after notorious kingpin Pablo’s older brother, Roberto Escobar, today accused the billionaire tech CEO of stealing the design for The Boring Company’s Not A Flamethrower. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 23:00
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UK Alexa users can now get answers to medical questions right from the NHS
Amazon’s Alexa is all set to gain medical smarts in the UK, thanks to a partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). The healthcare service said it’s teaming up with Amazon‘s voice assistant to help answer medical queries with advice from the service’s official website. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 10:41
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Apple steps in to automatically remove Zoom’s risky software from Macs
Apple has pushed a silent update to Mac users to remove the web server sneakily installed by popular video conference app Zoom, TechCrunch reports. Earlier this week, a disclosure by security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh revealed how Zoom installed a secret local web server on Mac devices — with an intent to save an extra click — but left users vulnerable by making it possible for an attacker to hijack their webcams. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 08:41
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Review: Samson’s G-Track Pro is the ultimate microphone for podcasts and game streaming
Samson’s G-Track Pro is a gumbo-esque mashup of microphone, audio interface, and onboard mixer. It’s a bit of an oddity, but if you’re looking for a dead-simple hardware solution to take your podcast or gaming stream out of the audio gutter and into the realm of professional broadcasting it just might be the answer to your prayers. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 03:03
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We can thank the Apollo moon missions for these widely used technologies
NASA’s Apollo programme was one of the most challenging technological achievements in the 20th century. Beyond the space race and exploration, it contributed to several inventions and innovations that are still having an impact on our lives. äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 15:22
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Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet happen to benefit Facebook
Facebook has recently outlined how it intends to clean up its content, making much of the fact that it has expunged 3.3 billion fake profiles in the last six months. After 18 months of mounting criticism, culminating in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s promise to break up so-called Big Tech – she is now a leading contender to become the Democratic presidential nominee – can we take Mark Zuckerberg’s promise that this is only the start at face value? To put it another way, can we trust the person whose stewardship of one of the world’s most powerful companies over the past… This story continues at The Next Web äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 14:00
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Marriott fined $123m for 2018 data breach that hit 339m customers
Hot on the heels of British Airways, international hotel group Marriott could face the wrath of the UKents, and 30 million related to residents of 31 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 09:25
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This ‘factory of factories’ helps hardware start-ups solve real problems in Kenya
[NAIROBI] Esther Mwangi, a 2014 graduate of economics from Kenyatta University in Kenya who wanted to venture into entrepreneurship but had no clear path, started off selling solar panels in coastal parts of the country as she conducted market research on other possible ventures. äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 17:27
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US risks its leading role in tech by leaving regulations to the EU
In the 30 years since Tim Berners Lee first documented his vision for what would become the World Wide Web, the US has been the primary leader in innovative infrastructure and products that are now core to everyday life. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 14:00
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Zoom security flaw could let websites turn on your Mac’s webcam without permission
A serious zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed in Zoom video conferencing app on the Mac. Security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh, in a Medium post, detailed the flaw that could let websites hijack your Mac‘s camera and “forcibly” join you to a Zoom call without your permission. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 10:13
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Predictive policing AI is a bigger scam than psychic detectives
Law enforcement agencies around the world have recently begun extricating themselves from expensive, ineffective predictive policing systems. The machine learning equivalent of psychic detectives, it turns out, simply doesn’t work. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 01:08
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Black Mirror’s ‘Striking Vipers’ episode is a surprisingly refreshing depiction of future sex
This article was originally published on SEXTECHGUIDE, an independent publication that looks at the intersection between sex and technology in a non-explicit, as close to a ‘safe for work’ way as possible – including app reviews, adult VR info, sextech devices, privacy, security issues, and much more. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 18:27
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Here’s how you can truly understand your company’s metrics
I have had the opportunity to work with numerous businesses on their analytics strategy. One of the most common questions I receive is “what are the right success metrics to measure?” If you build or market products, you’ve likely asked yourself this question as well. äàëüøå »
2019-7-8 13:55
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Ubuntu maker’s GitHub account hacked — but the source code is safe
The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd. , the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked over the weekend on July 6. While the hacker’s identity remains unknown, they managed to compromise the account’s credentials to create 11 new empty repositories. äàëüøå »
2019-7-8 10:40
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Mozilla is testing an ad-free news subscription for $5 a month
Mozilla last month hinted at introducing paid features in its Firefox browser, and it’s now spelling out its plans more clearly. The not-for-profit organization has announced it’s exploring a bunch of “alternative funding models for the web. äàëüøå »
2019-7-8 09:09
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A beginner’s guide to AI: Supervised and unsupervised learning
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. This is also a part of our “Beginner’s guide to AI,” featuring articles on algorithms, neural networks, computer vision, natural language processing, and artificial general intelligence. äàëüøå »
2019-7-6 19:06
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Robots for the elderly must be designed with care and respect
Many countries around the world have ageing populations and a growing prevalence of dementia. Japan, in particular, is a “super-ageing” society, with a population getting older faster than anywhere else in the world due to long life expectancy and low birth rates. äàëüøå »
2019-7-6 18:50
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The Pentagon’s new heartbeat detection laser could save us from our surveillance horror
The Pentagon last week unveiled a long-range laser device capable of detecting a person’s unique heart-signature. It was designed to thwart terrorism, but could lead to the Holy Grail of civilian surveillance: an ethical, non-invasive method of conducting biometric identification from afar. äàëüøå »
2019-7-6 22:55
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Humans and AI will work better when they start learning from each other
In the age of big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement and active presence. Digital democracy propagates the participation of a growing number of users to interact with institutions and services, ensuring that decisions made by AI-powered digital tools reflect human values. äàëüøå »
2019-7-5 15:22
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Reddit’s r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike
If you were planning to spend the US Independence Day browsing Reddit’s r/technology, you’re out of luck. For the social news aggregation service’s popular tech subreddit has gone dark for 24 hours to voice solidarity with a social media strike. äàëüøå »
2019-7-4 13:23
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IBM’s Call for Code Starter Kits are a perfect intro to coding and AI
IBM recently debuted technology Starter Kits to aid those joining the company’s Call for Code challenge. Anyone interested in starting their machine learning, artificial intelligence, or coding journey should consider this an opportunity to learn with experts and potentially do some good in the world. äàëüøå »
2019-7-4 03:14
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Review: Adventure Academy is the perfect after school companion for eager learners
Age of Learning recently launched an MMO-style educational game for ages 8-13 called Adventure Academy. It’s reminiscent of online questing games like World of Warcraft, only it’s entirely kid-safe. äàëüøå »
2019-7-4 23:43
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Here’s how gamification can help your business understand your users
Today’s operations require more comprehensive stores of information, most of which deals expressly in the human behavior of consumers or internal teams. To truly understand a product’s performance, for example, companies must know how many people buy it, how they use it, and what the consensus is—good or bad. äàëüøå »
2019-7-3 16:54
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Android creator Andy Rubin accused of running a ‘sex ring’
Android founder, Andy Rubin, may have left Google long back in 2014, but his departure is beginning to attract more unsavory attention as more information is released. According to documents made public by a California superior court, Rubin left the company after having an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate, and allegedly concealed payments about his hefty severance package from his now-estranged wife for several years. äàëüøå »
2019-7-3 14:53
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Android creator Andy Rubin is accused of running a ‘sex ring’ in new unsealed complaint
Android founder, Andy Rubin, may have left Google long back in 2014, but his departure is beginning to attract more unsavory attention as more information is released. According to documents made public by a California superior court, Rubin left the company after having an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate, and allegedly concealed payments about his hefty severance package from his now-estranged wife for several years. äàëüøå »
2019-7-3 14:53
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Girlboss launches its first-ever social network, a ‘LinkedIn’ for women
Not only is LinkedIn painfully boring, but it often feels like a sausage party filled with senior level white men. And research backs this up: in 2017, a study by LinkedIn revealed how sexist norms infiltrate the way men and women present themselves on LinkedIn. äàëüøå »
2019-7-3 14:19
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Amazon confirms it retains your Alexa voice recordings indefinitely
Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant may be useful, but the privacy concerns aren’t going away anytime soon. Now, in a fresh turn of events, the retail giant has confirmed that it keeps transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely, and only removes them if they’re manually deleted by users. äàëüøå »
2019-7-3 09:34
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Researchers invent multiplayer Tetris game controlled by brainwaves
A team of scientists from the University of Washington and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a method by which three people can play a Tetris-like multiplayer decision-making game together using only their minds. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 22:23
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Facebook removes accounts used to distribute malware since 2014
Facebook has shut down more than 30 accounts that were found to be spreading Remote Access Trojans (RATs) through malicious links that claimed to inform users about the ongoing political crisis in Libya. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 15:12
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Virginia outlaws deepfakes in its efforts to curb revenge porn
Revenge porn isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but with advancements in AI, “deepfakes” — an AI-based technology used to digitally produce or alter realistic looking video content — are becoming increasingly harder to distinguish from real videos. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 11:53
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Google wants to make the 25-year-old robots.txt protocol an internet standard
Google‘s main business has been search, and now it wants to make a core part of it an internet standard. The internet giant has outlined plans to turn robots exclusion protocol (REP) — better known as robots. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 09:28
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Inconvenience store: Tacoma shop’s facial recognition AI is a racist nightmare
A convenience store in Tacoma has installed a facial recognition security system to deny customers entry unless they’re approved by an AI. This news has likely been well-received by the city’s discrimination attorneys. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 03:41
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Here’s how to delete or deactivate your Instagram account
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Tired of Facebook too? We’ve got a guide for that. Social platforms like Instagram walk a fine line between being handy and consuming your whole life. äàëüøå »
2019-7-2 12:43
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How supermarkets can reduce packaging to save the planet from drowning in garbage
It was inspiring to read about the launch of Waitrose’s trial in Oxford offering consumers a range of products free of packaging. Their system isn’t revolutionary – smaller supermarkets have been doing the same thing for quite some time, as have many committed people. äàëüøå »
2019-6-30 20:00
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Small islands might be the first to achieve a full-electric transport system
At a recent talk on the UK’s energy sector, the head of an electric utility company claimed that “the problem of decarbonizing our electricity sector is fixed”. Eyebrows were raised at this, but his point quickly became clear. äàëüøå »
2019-6-30 15:34
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Waterfall illusion: the science behind why still objects sometime appear to move
Humans are fascinated by visual illusions, which occur when there is a mismatch between the pattern of light that falls on the retina, and what we perceive. Before books, films, and the internet allowed illusions to be shared widely, people were captivated by illusions in nature. äàëüøå »
2019-6-29 15:00
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This video game reveals how prehistoric people tackled climate change
How will climate change remake our world in the 21st century? Will we be able to adapt and survive? As with many things, the past is a good guide for the future. Humans have experienced climate changes in the past that have transformed their environment – studying their response could tell us something about our own fate. äàëüøå »
2019-6-29 12:00
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Scientists teleported quantum data into the flawed heart of a diamond
A team of scientists from Yokohama National University recently became the first researchers to teleport a photon into the vacuous space inside of a flaw within a diamond. In other words: physicists just invented quantum bling. äàëüøå »
2019-6-29 01:45
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You can now test Mozilla’s new fast and secure Android browser
Mozilla has announced the first preview of a completely redesigned version of Firefox browser for Android, and you can test it right away. Firefox Preview has been built from the ground up using Mozilla’s own GeckoView rendering engine and will ultimately replace the current Firefox for Android mobile app “this fall. äàëüøå »
2019-6-28 09:29
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Deepnudes developer shuts it down, but the damage is done
There’s no positive use case for developing an app with the sole purpose of using AI to predict what a clothed woman, in an image, would look like nude – full stop. Developing such an app, as did the person(s) responsible for Deepnudes, is an act of hate and an attack on women. äàëüøå »
2019-6-28 02:09
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