DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult
May 02, 2018 16:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Technologies for amplifying, sequencing and matching DNA have created new opportunities in genomic science. In this series When DNA Talks we look at the ethical and social implications. Everywhere we go we leave...
How tech can bring dignity to refugees in humanitarian crises
May 02, 2018 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The term refugee camp is often misleading. Many of the facilities housing some of the worlds 65m people fleeing war and disasters resemble small cities rather than comfortable campgrounds. With tents and caravans crammed...
Instagram Unleashes Bullying Filter Via Machine Learning, Uses Nuclear Option
May 02, 2018 04:58 am UTC| Technology
Cyberbullying has been a major problem in using the internet since the start and no one has really been able to do anything to stop it. In an attempt to finally censor bullies on the platform, Instagram finally uses the...
Facebook Wants To Make Virtual Memory Palaces For Users
May 02, 2018 04:58 am UTC| Technology
A memory palace is basically a place in the minds of people with incredibly vivid memory recollection abilities. It presents itself as something different to every person, but its basically a structure of some kind where...
Google And Amazon Are Looking Pro Censorship Based On New Signal Ban
May 02, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Technology
Signal is a messaging app that is often used by populations under oppressive governments in order to evade censorship. Recently, the platform was sent an email by Amazon to end this practice and open its users to being...
Patent Infringement Case Might Cause Another Nintendo Switch Shortage
May 02, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Technology
Just when the supply problems of the Nintendo Switch have finally started to wane, another issue rears its ugly head in the form of a patent infringement case. Its being handled by the US International Trade Commission...
The $200 Oculus Go VR Headset Is Here, VR Industry’s Best Chance
May 02, 2018 04:57 am UTC| Technology
The virtual reality industry has been around for several years, but they havent really taken off in popularity as companies might have hoped. In fact, interest in VR products has relatively stalled due to the combination...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects