Author: Tech Support

    • Chinese government report: travelers in China were blocked 23M times from buying plane or train tickets in 2018 due to their poor "social credit" (Joe McDonald/Associated Press)

    Joe McDonald / Associated Press: Chinese government report: travelers in China were blocked 23M times from buying plane or train tickets in 2018 due to their poor “social credit”  —  BEIJING (AP) — Skipped paying a fine in China?  Then forget about buying an airline ticket.  —  Would-be air travelers … Chinese government report: travelers

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    • Microsoft says it will first offer quantum computing via Azure, debuts the Microsoft Quantum Network, a network of partners collaborating on quantum innovations (Alan Boyle/GeekWire)

    Alan Boyle / GeekWire: Microsoft says it will first offer quantum computing via Azure, debuts the Microsoft Quantum Network, a network of partners collaborating on quantum innovations  —  REDMOND, Wash. — Quantum computing may still be in its infancy — but the Microsoft Quantum Network is all grown up … Microsoft says it will first

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    • Amazon removes at least three anti-vaccination documentaries from Prime Video hours after Rep. Schiff sent letter to Bezos regarding anti-vaccine misinformation (Caroline O'Donovan/BuzzFeed News)

    Caroline O’Donovan / BuzzFeed News: Amazon removes at least three anti-vaccination documentaries from Prime Video hours after Rep. Schiff sent letter to Bezos regarding anti-vaccine misinformation  —  Amazon appears to have removed anti-vaccination documentaries from search results on Amazon Prime Video today … Amazon removes at least three anti-vaccination documentaries from Prime Video hours after

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    • Facebook and Instagram file lawsuit in US federal court against 4 companies and 3 people in China for promoting the sale of fake accounts, likes, and followers (Paul Grewal/Facebook)

    Paul Grewal / Facebook: Facebook and Instagram file lawsuit in US federal court against 4 companies and 3 people in China for promoting the sale of fake accounts, likes, and followers  —  Today, Facebook and Instagram filed a lawsuit in US federal court against four companies and three people based in the People’s Republic …

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    A Big, Mean, Inflated Machine

    A Jeep is fun offroad, a motorcycle perhaps even more so. Diehard renegades go even further and get about in Unimogs and on snowmobiles. [amazingdiyprojects] might just have topped them all however, with his latest project – the astonishing Inflatable Car. Despite the name, it’s a vehicle that defies clear definition. Consisting of a lightweight

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    • Microsoft creates the Clinical Trials Bot, which connects patients and doctors to relevant clinical trials; drugmakers can also use it to find test subjects (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

    Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft creates the Clinical Trials Bot, which connects patients and doctors to relevant clinical trials; drugmakers can also use it to find test subjects  —  A chat bot that began as a hackathon project at Microsoft Corp.’s lab in Israel makes it easier for sick patients to find clinical trials …

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    • Civil to launch its blockchain on March 6 with individual and newsroom memberships and the ability to buy CVL tokens accessible via Civil's website (Matthew Iles/Civil)

    Matthew Iles / Civil: Civil to launch its blockchain on March 6 with individual and newsroom memberships and the ability to buy CVL tokens accessible via Civil’s website  —  Civil is back and better than ever.  Full details below.  But let’s put first things first: Civil is a community-owned platform … Civil to launch its

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    • Microsoft to shut down its Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Dashboard apps and services on May 31, will offer refunds to some active Band users (Tom Warren/The Verge)

    Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft to shut down its Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Dashboard apps and services on May 31, will offer refunds to some active Band users  —  Microsoft Band apps and services end on May 31st  —  Microsoft has announced today that it plans to kill off its Microsoft Band …

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    • Austin-based SpyCloud, which says it has a repository of 32B+ decrypted, compromised credentials and uses it to fight account takeovers, raises $21M Series B (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Austin-based SpyCloud, which says it has a repository of 32B+ decrypted, compromised credentials and uses it to fight account takeovers, raises $21M Series B  —  Identity theft hit a record high in 2017, according to Javelin Strategy and Research — the year 16.7 million victims … Austin-based SpyCloud, which says it

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