Tag: Sci Tech

Daily Mail | Firm says it’s improved its Rekognition software to better read emotions and predict age more accurately.

Zero Hedge | Move over, SpaceX.

Daily Caller | The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy emitted a bizarre flash of light, an astronomer studying the phenomenon said.

HealthDay News | Binge-watching episodes of your favorite shows does no favors for your brain, an expert warns.

Daily Mail | NatWest will offer customers access to their accounts using smart speakers amid privacy fears.

RT | A “potentially hazardous” asteroid that’s slightly larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza is set to hurtle past Earth this month at a whopping speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Weasel Zippers | Russian President Vladimir Putin has remained silent, amid growing speculation that a nuclear missile accident has caused a dangerous radiation leak at a naval base.

Daily Mail | A bombshell report has revealed how Instagram’s ‘lax oversight’ allowed a San Francisco-based startup to collect data on millions of its users without their knowledge – including the disappearing photos posted as Stories.

Daisy Luther | We may not have to wait for a traveler from the Democratic Republic of Congo to visit the United States for an Ebola outbreak.

Daily Mail | The list of companies that enlist human workers to listen in on your personal conversations just won’t quit growing. 

Sputnik | An investigation revealed on 29 July that Amazon staff had been eavesdropping on private conversations and users having sex as they monitored thousands of Alexa recordings.

Breitbart | “Google CEO Sundar Pichai has insisted time and time again that Google is a nonpartisan company, but more and more those words seem like empty words.”

Daily Mail | The world must turn towards healthy plant-based diets to stop climate change, a UN-backed report has warned.