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Keto lets you unlock and start your car, using your phone:
It seems like it was only yesterday that – on some vehicles, at least – the traditional car key was replaced with a Bluetooth fob.
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19 August 2019.
Twitter And Facebook Removing Chinese Disinfo Campaigns Shows That, Contrary To Popular Opinion, They Do Moderate Against Disinfo:
Leaving aside the ridiculous and ignorant suggestions from some that no internet platforms should moderate anything, many, many people seem to believe (incorrectly) that the various internet companies refuse to moderate anything because it goes against their bottom lines.
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19 August 2019.
Police less proactive after negative public scrutiny, study says:
Public safety officers know that their profession could draw them into the line of fire at any moment, as it did recently for six officers wounded in a shooting standoff in Philadelphia.
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19 August 2019.
House Homeland Security Lawmakers Issue Subpoena For 8Chan Owner Jim Watkins:
The committee issued the bipartisan subpoena Wednesday calling for Watkins to testify Sept.
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14 August 2019.
You Can Install These 3 Hot Water Dispensers Yourself:
With our busy lives where time is valuable, a hot water dispenser can be the difference between getting an extra 5 minutes of sleep or waking up 30 minutes in.
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29 July 2019.
This hand-tracking algorithm could lead to sign language recognition:
Millions of people communicate using sign language, but so far projects to capture its complex gestures and translate them to verbal speech have had limited success.
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19 August 2019.
Certificate program develops skills in machine learning:
Cornell has launched an online certificate program in machine learning, available through eCornell, to teach the skills programmers, developers and others need to be successful in this rapidly expanding field.
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19 August 2019.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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08 August 2019.
Beats PowerBeats Pro review: Apple's fitness AirPods rock:
Bluetooth earbuds have long battery life, rock-solid connectivity and stay firmly planted on your earThe PowerBeats Pro are Apple-owned Beats’ first true wireless Bluetooth earbuds that cut the cable and seek to be the ultimate running and gym earphones.
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20 August 2019.
The five: surprising talents of the Neanderthals:
Embracing the arts as well as sports, they were masters of many different and complex disciplinesLast week, researchers from Washington University announced they had investigated the ear remains of 23 Neanderthals and found that around half had bony growths that suggested aquatic foraging was a prominent part of their lifestyle.
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20 August 2019.
Facebook awards $100,000 prize for new code isolation technique:
Facebook awards the 2019 Internet Defense Prize to a team of German researchers for their work on ERIM.
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20 August 2019.
Five ways UK farmers are tackling climate change:
Farms are on the front line of climate change - vulnerable to extreme weather events - so farmers are coming up with new and surprising ways of tackling the problem.
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18 August 2019.
Bananas in Crisis, Aggressive Social Spiders, and More News:
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19 August 2019.
New Research Casts Doubt On Connection Between Smartphone Use And Teen Mental Health:
New research casts doubt on the connection between smartphone use and teens' mental health.
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19 August 2019.
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01 January 1970.
Scientists extract hydrogen gas from oil and bitumen, giving potential pollution-free energy:
Scientists have developed a large-scale economical method to extract hydrogen (H2) from oil sands (natural bitumen) and oil fields.
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19 August 2019.
Facebook and Twitter Say China Is Spreading Disinformation in Hong Kong:
The social media companies removed accounts and said they were sowing divisive messages about the Hong Kong protests.
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20 August 2019.
Japan again approved shipment of photoresists to South Korea: Yonhap News:
Japan has approved shipment of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, Yonhap News Agency reported late on Monday, citing industry and government officials.
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19 August 2019.
Hotspot Shield review: Here's a VPN that actually lives to up its hype:
It's rare that we're surprised by a product.
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19 August 2019.
The Thick Gray Line: Forest Elephants Defend Against Climate Change:
If the species is wiped out by poachers, Africa’s vast rain forest will lose 7 percent of its carbon storage ability, scientists estimate.
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19 August 2019.
Got Pain? A Virtual Swim With Dolphins May Help Melt It Away:
A recent study found virtual reality experiences were better at easing pain than watching televised nature scenes.
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19 August 2019.
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01 January 1970.
Sporting expression 'caught fire' takes on literal meaning:
The sporting expression "caught fire" took on a literal meaning on Sunday as several players at the BMW Championship, including Phil Mickelson, were affected by a fire at their hotel.
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18 August 2019.
Twitter Blocks State-Controlled Media Outlets From Advertising On Its Social Network:
Twitter is now blocking state-run media outlets from advertising on its platform.
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01 January 1970.
US Justice Department opens antitrust investigations on Big Tech:
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01 January 1970.
Facebook and Google urged to set up independent regulator to avoid internet laws:
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25 January 2018.
Lions: The Uniquely Social 'King of the Jungle':
Throughout history, lions have been celebrated for their strength and beauty, and are the inspiration for many myths and stories worldwide.
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20 August 2019.
The three challenges keeping cars from being fully autonomous:
Technical, regulatory, and business obstacles are still in the way of safe, useful, and affordable self-driving vehicles.
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20 August 2019.
Dems ask: did Trump 'compromise classified information' with phones?:
A veteran of the Bush/Cheney team said Trump's use of unsecured phones "may be the largest, most significant breach of White House communications in history.
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20 August 2019.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
