JasGoogle Voice How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternativeZDNet - Ed Bott As privacy concerns grow, companies like Google and Facebook that rely on data collection and advertising for revenue are increasingly in the …
JasWalmart Walmart releases app for placing in-home grocery deliveriesandroidpolice.com - Corbin Davenport Earlier this year, Walmart announced that it would deliver groceries to your home, even while you're away. If the idea of letting strangers into your …
JasEnergy The Holy Grail Of Energy Is Finally Within Reachyahoo.com - Alex Kimani Theoretically, two lone nuclear reactors running on small pellets could power the entire planet, safely and cleanly. That’s the promise of nuclear …
Jas Report: China Is Developing Deadly 'Magnetized Plasma Artillery' (Worried?)nationalinterest.org - Michael Peck The Chinese military recently published a notice inviting researchers to devise a weapon that sounds like a sort of electromagnetic rail gun—which …
JasOpinion Mark Zuckerberg's plea for the billionaire class is deeply anti-democraticThe Guardian - Kate AronoffHitting back against presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s assertion that billionaires should not exist – and his calls to tax their wealth at much higher rates – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, worth
JasGoogle Home Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwordsArs Technica - Dan Goodin Amazon- and Google-approved apps turned both voice-controlled devices into "smart spies." By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google …
JasSkin Phone case with artificial skin enables new input gestures, may fuel nightmaresDigital Trends - Aaron Mamiit Phone cases covered with artificial skin may augment mobile devices with new input gestures, in exchange for the possibility of fueling nightmares …
JasQatar Qatar Is Air-Conditioning the Outdoors Because of Climate ChangeGQ - Condé NastThe resource-rich nation is trying to engineer its way out of the most disastrous effects of global warming. One common-sense practice for enjoying air conditioning is to keep windows and doors closed,
JasScience Blue Light from LEDs Can Rot the Brains of Fruit Flies, Study FindsGizmodo - Ed Cara The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our …
JasWindows 10 How to Prepare Your PC for Windows 10's November UpdateLifehacker Microsoft is readying the public release of its next major Windows 10 update, version 1909. These major releases show up twice a year, first in …
JasBranding Emotional Thai Samsung Electronics campaign looks at importance of vocational educationthedrum.com - Taruka Srivastav Thai Samsung Electronics is celebrating its 30th anniversary by highlighting the challenges faced by vocational students and how the Samsung Dual …
JasScience Bilateral brain implant gives paraplegic a two-handed sense of touchnewatlas.com - Nick Lavars Brain-connected machines that capture and translate electrical signals are showing great promise across a number of areas, but one with massive …
JasDrones Skydio's Dock allows its self-piloted drone to also recharge itselfnewatlas.com - Nick Lavars Skydio released an impressive self-flying camera drone in early October that may well take autonomous flight to a whole new level, and it could soon …
JasTechnology Tor Snowflake turns your browser into a proxy for users in censored countriesZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Chrome and Firefox extensions released over the summer. Windows support added this month. The Tor Project has published Chrome and Firefox extensions …
JasConsciousness Scientists Want to Try Using Shrooms to Revive People in Vegetative StatesVICE - Shayla LoveIn 2006, neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his colleagues reported what happened when a woman stuck in an unresponsive state was asked to imagine playing tennis. Her brain showed a pattern of activity nearly
JasTechnology (India) Terminally-ill roboticist on his way to becoming the world's first full cyborg- Technology News, FirstpostFirstpost - tech2 News StaffOct 17, 2019 10:11:15 IST An American scientist battling a muscle-wasting disease has announced that he is in-transition to become "the world's first full cyborg." The …
JasPhysics For The Last Time, No, A NASA Engineer Has Not Broken Physics With An Impossible EngineForbes - Ethan SiegelFor centuries, ever since we realized that every star we can see in the night sky is a Sun just like our own — with possibly its own solar system, planets, and possibly even life — humanity has dreamed
JasChina China’s Record on Intellectual Property Theft Is Getting Better and Betterforeignpolicy.com - Yukon Huang China’s Record on Intellectual Property Rights Is Getting Better and Better The country is making the transition from net importer of ideas to net …
JasChinese Communist Party The Chinese national security threat is bigger than HuaweiAxios - Erica Pandey The consensus in Washington is increasingly clear: The security threat to the U.S. from Chinese firms is bigger than just Huawei. Why it matters: If …
JasTechnology Pixel 4 vs iPhone 11: tech specs comparedZDNet - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Now that Apple and Google have both unveiled their flagship smartphones, let's take a tour of the tech specs and see how they stack up against each …
JasTeslaTesla solar panels have become a nightmare for some homeowners, especially for one Colorado woman whose roof went up inBusiness Insider - Linette LopezBriana Greer was out of town when the fire started in her Tesla solar roof panels. Luckily her neighbors in Louisville, Colorado - a town outside of Boulder - were vigilant, and they were able to put fire
JasScooters Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalksCNN - By Matt McFarland, CNN BusinessWashington, DC (CNN) — Google has met few daring ideas it doesn't like. But three years ago, the idea of a self-driving bicycle was just too much. It mocked the concept of an autonomous bicycle in an Fools'
JasTechnology AI Has Learned to Create Fake News StoriesThe Wall Street Journal. - Asa FitchReal-sounding but made-up news articles have become much easier to produce thanks to a handful of new tools powered by artificial intelligence—raising concerns about potential misuse of the technology.
JasMoney 'I became a whistleblower and lost my job': the remarkable story of WorldRemit founder Ismail AhmedWired UK - Daphne Leprince-Ringuet A refugee from Somalia and a whistleblower at the United Nations, now an entrepreneur. Ismail Ahmed, the co-founder of online money transfer service …
JasInnovation Steve Jobs Was Wrong About Computers (And We're Paying For It Right Now)Inc Magazine - Chris MatyszczykSometimes, entrepreneurs can be taken over by wishful thinking. Even the great ones. Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Several times
JasAfrica This company claims it’s releasing the first phone to be fully made in AfricaTNW - Ivan MehtaMara Group, a pan-African company that works in technology and finance sectors, has claimed to launch the first fully ‘Made in Africa‘ phones in Rwanda. As per a report by CNN, the company opened a new
JasSpace International Space Station Crew 3D-Prints Meat In Space For The First Time!Mashable - Afiya QureshiFor the first time in the history of space, meat was ‘created’ on the International Space Station (ISS) and no animals were harmed in the making of this 3D bio-printed ‘space beef.’ On October 7, Aleph
JasExoplanets A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This Time, Astronomers Think They Know Where It Came FromLive Science - Rafi Letzter For the second time ever, astronomers have detected an interstellar object plunging through our solar system. But this time, researchers think they …
JasTechnology California's new police body cam law blocks the use of facial recognitionEngadget - Richard LawlerIn August, backers of California's Body Camera Accountability Act pointed out a test of facial recognition software that identified 26 state lawmakers as criminals. They argued it showed the flaws of technology,
