Reeling from security and optics issues, Microsoft appears to be trying to correct its story. An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft made it clear earlier this year that it was planning to make security its top priority, following years of security issues and mounting criticisms. Starting today, the software Read more…
Indonesia said it has banned the privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo, citing concerns that it could be used to access pornography and online gambling websites which are illegal in the country, the communications ministry said on Friday. Indonesia, with the world’s biggest Muslim population, has strict rules that ban the sharing Read more…
Silicon Valley’s fascination with AI has led to parents enrolling children as young as five in AI-focused summer camps. “It’s common for kids on summer break to attend space, science or soccer camp, or even go to coding school,” writes Priya Anand via the San Francisco Standard. “But the growing Read more…
Neuralink has successfully implanted in a second patient its device designed to give paralyzed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, according to the startup’s owner Elon Musk… [Musk] gave few details about the second participant beyond saying the person had a spinal cord injury similar to Read more…
[T]o protect batteries from damage, charging speeds slow way down once batteries get beyond 80% full. In fact, it can take as long, or even longer, to go from 80% charged to completely full than to reach 80%. Meanwhile, lines of electric vehicles wait behind almost-full cars. I was waiting Read more…
A new type of antibiotic targets bacteria in two ways, which could make it 100 million times harder for bacteria to develop resistance, according to recent research from the University of Illinois Chicago. Their experiments demonstrate that [a class of synthetic drugs called] macrolones can work two different ways — Read more…
America’s National Football League is the latest organization to turn to facial authentication to bolster event security. All 32 NFL stadiums will start using the technology this season, after the league signed a contract with a company that uses facial scans to verify the identity of people entering event venues Read more…