Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader writes:Imagine having a chip in your brain to boost your concentration, or pumping artificial blood into your veins to improve stamina. With gene editing, this may be possible. Scientists are pioneering the ability to tweak our DNA … Continue reading We Risk Programming Inequality into Our DNA
Reader Trailrunner7 writes: Android Nougat is bringing with it a slew of security improvements, many of them under the covers, and the one that likely will have the biggest long-term effect is the major rebuilding effort Google undertook on the media s… Continue reading Google Rebuilt the Android Media Stack To Prevent Another Stagefright
Millions of internet-facing devices — from home broadband routers to industrial equipment — are still sharing well-known private keys for encrypting their communications, reports The Register. From the report: This is according to research from SEC C… Continue reading Million More Devices Sharing Known Private Keys For HTTPS, SSH Admin
Reuters reports: The iPhone 7 is expected to make its global debut on Wednesday, but many consumers and investors are already setting their sights on Apple’s 2017 version of the popular gadget, hoping for more significant advances. At its annual produc… Continue reading Many Looking Past iPhone 7 to Next Year’s iPhone 8
An anonymous reader shares an Ars Technica report: The sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software isn’t an unfair commercial practice because most customers prefer to buy a laptop they can use straight away, Europe’s top court has ruled in… Continue reading Sony Wins Battle Over Preinstalled Windows in Europe’s Top Court
An anonymous reader writes: Amazon continues to leverage advertisements with its ‘Prime Exclusive Phones’ program. This allows consumers to get a discounted Android phone in exchange for seeing ads on the lock screen. It is a great way for shoppers to … Continue reading Moto G Play Joins Amazon’s Ad-subsidized Prime Exclusive Phones Program For $99
China is ramping up its space efforts, it appears. A Chinese company named KuangChi Science plans to launch balloons from Hangzhou, in eastern China. HuffingtonPost reports: China is stepping up efforts to build a deep-sea underwater ‘space station’ in… Continue reading China Plans To Build A Deep-Sea ‘Space Station’ In South China Sea
Earlier this year, we heard rumors that Microsoft was interested in purchasing the popular team-chat app Slack for as much as $8 billion. The deal never happened, so naturally, Microsoft has decided to make a Slack-like app. Microsoft-centric news blog… Continue reading Microsoft Working On Skype Teams, Its Slack Competitor
Instagram is dropping the Photo Map feature from its service. The feature allowed one to see where a person took a photo. The company began removing the feature, it confirmed to Mashable. The social networking service added that it is currently focusin… Continue reading Instagram Is Killing Photo Maps
Sam Edwards, writing for Motherboard: A Spanish startup is promising to revolutionize readers’ access to often unreported news. The unreported news in question, however, is not overlooked disasters or under-reported tragedies in far-flung countries, bu… Continue reading An Algorithm May Soon Cover Your Local Sports Team