Rumors. Inflammatory and divisive messages. Doctored photos. Kevin Roose, technology columnist, explains how he has waded into that shadowy world to write about it. Tech Fix: Spotting Disinformation Online Before the Midterm Elections Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMelanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: EU to launch a six-month trial of iBorderCtrl, an AI lie detector that looks for “biomarkers of deceit”, at its external borders in Hungary, Latvia, and Greece — A number of border control checkpoints in the European Union are about to get increasingly—and unsettlingly—futuristic. EU to launch a six-month trial of
Read MoreThirty years ago, we would be lucky if a computer could play audio. Take a computer from twenty years ago, and you’ll be lucky if it can play an MP3 in real-time. Now, computers can handle hundreds of tracks of CD-quality audio, and microcontrollers are several times more powerful than a desktop computer of the
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter’s spam reporting tool now lets users specify more details, like if the account is fake, using unrelated hashtags, or sharing malicious links — Twitter is adding more nuance to its spam reporting tools, the company announced today. Instead of simply flagging a tweet as posting spam … Twitter's spam reporting
Read MoreMonica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: Lime pursues car sharing in Seattle, where rentable electric scooters are banned, and says it plans to add electric vehicles as another option to its app “soon” — Lime wants to add cars to its Seattle mobility fleet, expanding beyond the bright green, rentable bikes the company currently operates in the
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Read MoreSony today revealed the first trailer for the new MediEvil game, a full remake of the first game that arrived on the PlayStation 20 years ago. Bony protagonist Sir Dan reappears after nearly a decade of obscurity — and hopefully he’s the first of many of his fellows. MediEvil is one of those franchises that is obviously
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: Ford and Baidu announce a two year partnership to develop self-driving cars with on-road testing slated to start by the end of the year in China — – Ford and Baidu will collaborate on the development and testing of driverless vehicles for two years. — Ford’s autonomous vehicles … Ford and
Read MoreMicrosoft’s ‘Olympia Corp.’ lab for Windows Insider Enterprise testers is getting a V2 refresh. Microsoft provides a new way for business users to test Windows 10 Enterprise features Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Handshake, a LinkedIn for university students and diversity, raises $40M Series C on a $275M valuation after hitting 14M users in the US across 700 universities — LinkedIn has created and — with 562 million users — leads the market in social platforms for people who want to network … Handshake,
Read MoreKahn — perhaps Star Trek’s best-hated villain — said: “Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity, but improve man and you gain a thousandfold.” In fact, a lot of hacking effort goes into doing just that. Your phone has become an extension of your memory, for example. We use glasses, cameras, and hearing
Read MoreThe company also says that it has an augmented form of 4G called LTE Advanced across the nation now. Sprint rolls out Gigabit LTE in more than 225 cities – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSmall pieces of the lunar surface, complete with itty bits of bling, are expected to fetch up to $1 million next month. The only moon rocks available on Earth go up for auction – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: iRobot partners with Google and will share spatial data from Roombas to help improve Google’s smart home experience by mapping rooms — The two companies are working together to leverage spatial data generated by iRobot’s robovacs — Google and iRobot have announced they’re working together … iRobot partners with Google
Read MoreIt will be the first of three different generations of solar-roof tech for the automakers’ future vehicles, electric or otherwise. Hyundai, Kia hope to add solar panel charging tech to cars in 2019 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNew effort seeks to standardize business associates agreements Source: Search Compliance
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Read MoreThe International Space Station crew also has a mad scientist to keep them company. Star Wars, Elvis haunt the ISS on Halloween – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s much-hyped free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ended in 2016, right? Not exactly. The GWX tool may be gone, but all the other upgrade tools still work. The end result is an apparently valid digital license, and there’s no evidence that the free upgrades will end any time soon. Here's how you can still
Read MoreUnless you have an incredibly well-stocked parts bin, it’s probably too late to build these spooky animated eyes to scare off the neighborhood kiddies this year. But next year… It’s pretty clear that Halloween decorating has gone over the top recently. It may not be as extreme as some Christmas displays, but plenty of folks
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google introduces “Emoji Minis” in Gboard for Android and iOS, which uses machine learning to create customizable emoji-sized stickers based on users’ selfies — Last summer, Google introduced its own take on Bitmoji with the launch of “Mini” stickers in its keyboard app, Gboard … Google introduces "Emoji Minis" in Gboard
Read MoreAccording to South Korea’s intelligence service, North Korea is purportedly still hacking computers to mine cryptocurrency as a revenue stream for the country’s government, United Press International (UPI) reports. Local outlet Yonhap News states that North Korean hackers are continuing to target foreign computers to implant malware and steal confidential information. The malware appears to
Read MoreTen years ago to the day, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, published the Bitcoin whitepaper, and it undoubtedly changed the face of the internet. While we might be a few years away from mass adoption (and most blockchain use cases are still merely “proof of concepts”), Bitcoin’s impact has been undeniable. Bitcoin isn’t the first digital
Read MoreCompatible with phones and action cameras, this telescoping stabilizer helps you raise your moviemaking (and selfie) game. Plus: a sweet gift for your favorite handyman and giveaways galore! The Smove Mobile 3-axis gimbal is 9 with this exclusive code – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Starship Technologies launches a commercial package delivery service using its autonomous robots in Milton Keynes, UK for £7.99/month — Starship Technologies, a robotics startup created by two of Skype’s founders, is launching what it’s claiming to be a world’s first today: a commercial … Starship Technologies launches a commercial package delivery
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