Technology

Officials from 32 countries “recognize that ransomware is an escalating global security threat with serious economic and security consequences,” according to a statement issued Thursday: From malign operations against local health providers that endanger patient care, to those directed at businesses that limit their ability to provide fuel, groceries, or Read more…

The case for robot umpires in baseball got some new interest this week — especially for Silicon Valley’s baseball fans. As America settled in to watch the final inning of this year’s National League Division Series, the Washington Post reports that (human) viewers saw a (human) umpire “call a third Read more…

The world’s first drone delivery of lungs has gone down in history as a success. Unither Bioelectronique, a bioengineering firm focused on organ transportation, recently completed a “proof-of-concept” flight in which a pair of human lungs were shipped via drone to the transplant site in about six minutes. The lungs Read more…

A new research paper written by a team of academics and computer scientists from Spain and Austria has demonstrated that it’s possible to use Facebook’s targeting tools to deliver an ad exclusively to a single individual if you know enough about the interests Facebook’s platform assigns them. TechCrunch reports: The Read more…

Google has announced that it’s changing the way search works on mobile devices, initially in the U.S. From a report: Now, when you reach the bottom of a set of search results on your phone, you won’t have to tap to go to the next page. Instead, the next set Read more…

Moscow’s sprawling metro network on Friday launched a fare payment system using facial recognition technology at its more than 240 stations, an initiative the authorities said was the first of its kind in the world. From a report: Moscow, a city of 12.7 million, has one of the world’s largest Read more…