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Orangutans can play the kazoo – here’s what this tells us about speech evolution

A kazoo might seem a world away from the spoken word. But our ability to produce its buzzing, Donald Duck-like sound at will was key in us ever developing the ability to speak at all. And while our capacity for speech is unique, my colleague Robert Shumaker and I have used the novelty instrument to show that great apes aren’t far behind. дальше »

2019-10-5 20:00


Sennheiser is definitely mocking Beats in its new ad campaign

“Would you really take sound advice from a basketball player?” That line sums up Sennheiser‘s ad campaign for its new Momentum 3 Wireless headphones.  The venerable audio company doesn’t usually do much in the way of commercials, but this one highlighted a particular pet peeve of mine in mainstream headphone commercials: the celebrities peddling them don’t know jack about audio (probably). дальше »

2019-10-5 00:51


US House Committee Wants Zuckerberg’s Feet to Touch the Flame, Testify About Libra Coin

The regulatory scrutiny over Libra in the United States continues. Now, the House Financial Services Committee of the country has recently invited more people who work on Facebook to testify. The latest two executives that were invited were Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who will need to attend before January 2020. Sandberg […] дальше »

2019-10-4 20:27


Ethereum Price Analysis ETH / USD: Lit Fuse

Ethereum is struggling to stage a rally above the $180.00 resistance level The four-hour time frame shows that the ETH / USD pair is trapped within a bearish flag pattern The daily time frame shows that a much larger head and shoulders pattern could form if the ETH / USD pair continues to decline Ethereum […] The post Ethereum Price Analysis ETH / USD: Lit Fuse appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-10-5 16:56


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State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been targeting Southeast Asia since 2013

Researchers have revealed a previously undocumented threat actor of Chinese origin that has run at least six different cyber espionage campaigns in the Southeast Asian region since 2013. The research — disclosed by Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team Unit 42 — linked the attacks to a group (or groups) it called PKPLUG, named after its tactic of delivering PlugX malware inside ZIP files, which are identified with the signature “PK. дальше »

2019-10-4 15:23


Indian high court orders Facebook to name activists behind #MeToo testimonial account

One year ago in India’s capital, New Delhi, the #MeToo movement started to pick up pace as hundreds of sexual harassment and abuse survivors anonymously shared their experiences online. Many of these testimonials were published by anonymous social media accounts to protect survivors’ identity, and safely raise awareness of the realities of sexual assault in India. дальше »

2019-10-4 12:41


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US and UK pressure Facebook for backdoor access to WhatsApp messages

The tug of war between privacy and security has come to the fore again. This time, the US, the UK, and Australia are making a case against end-to-end encryption (E2EE), calling on Facebook to delay its plans to implement the privacy feature across its messaging apps until “there is no reduction to user safety and without including a means for lawful access to the content of communications to protect our citizens. дальше »

2019-10-4 12:39


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Drug dealer sells fentanyl for cryptocurrency, gets 30 years in prison

Yesterday, a judge in San Antonio, Texas sentenced an Iraqi man to 30 years in federal prison for selling various narcotics in exchange for cryptocurrency on the dark web. 30-year-old Alaa Mohammed Allawi allegedly distributed 245 kilograms of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and Xanax, a court press release states. дальше »

2019-10-4 12:34


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PayPal may be getting cold feet over Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra

Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra is reportedly on the verge of losing another one of its partners after Paypal pulled out of a key meeting in Washington on Thursday. According to the Financial Times, all 28 supporters of Facebook’s digital currency project were set to meet and discuss the ways in which Libra could overcome scrutiny from regulators. дальше »

2019-10-4 11:10