Apple has apparently relented and let encrypted text and voice service Telegram proceed with an update to make its app compliant with Europe’s new GDPR privacy protections, just days after CEO Pavel Durov alleged Apple was preventing Telegram from releasing updates worldwide at the behest of Russian censors. Per the Verge, Durov thanked Apple and […]
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is just a couple of days away, but some of the updates appear to have been revealed early. Specifically, developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted some screenshots this morning of what he said was macOS 10.14. And while the screenshots focused on Xcode 10, they also revealed a couple of bigger changes to […]
Samsung Electronics Co. will feature an upgraded camera when it unveils its next Galaxy Note smartphone on Aug. 9, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg late this week. The new model, likely to be called the Note 9, will look similar to last year’s model. It will include a faster processor from Qualcomm Inc. […]
Revelations that an Amazon Echo smart speaker inadvertently sent a family’s private conversation to an acquaintance highlights some unexpected risks of new voice-enabled technologies. According to Amazon, the Echo’s Alexa voice assistant misheard a word as “Alexa” — a trigger to activate the device — and interpreted subsequent conversation as a “send message” request. That […]
In the quest to understand dark matter, scientists have now determined that the effective size of dark matter particles — how strong their interactions with regular matter are — must be smaller than we thought. Using the XENON1T dark matter detector, researchers have produced experimental results that establish the most stringent limit to date for […]
In the era of “fake news,” Facebook is doing away with its “Trending” news section. At the same time, it is testing new products aimed at delivering news from trustworthy sources. “We’re removing Trending soon to make way for future news experiences on Facebook,” Alex Hardiman, head of Facebook’s news products, said in a written […]
Misconfigured Google Groups may accidentally be spewing private conversations over the internet. Why it matters: A study conducted by Kenna Security published Friday found that, out of 9,600 public Google Groups it found by researching domains held by some of largest web sites, around a third leaked email sent through the platform. Show less Kenna lists a sampling […]
Pete Warden writes convincingly about computer scientists’ focus on improving machine learning algorithms, to the exclusion of improving the training data that the algorithms interpret, and how that focus has slowed the progress of machine learning. The problem is as old as data-processing itself: garbage in, garbage out. Assembling the large, well-labeled datasets needed to […]
Machines – is there anything they can’t learn? 20 years ago, the answer to that question would be very different. However, with modern processing power and deep learning tools, it seems that computers are getting quite nifty in the brainpower department. In that vein, a research group attempted to use machine learning tools to predict […]
With so many connected devices making their way into our living rooms and bedrooms and onto our persons, it was no surprise when gadgets started making their way into our kitchens. You can buy so many WiFi- or Bluetooth-enabled widgets to help out with your cooking now, from smart Crock-Pots to app-controlled cooktops. Some are […]
HMD Global is keeping its promise of reviving the Nokia Pro Camera software and bringing its special features to its newer smartphones. On Thursday, HMD chief product officer Juho Sarvikas took to Twitter to announce the rollout of Pro Camera mode to the Nokia 8. “Take control of every photo. I’m glad to announce that […]
Scientists have 3D printed the thin protective film over the eye, called the cornea, using human cells — and it’s the most advanced version of an artificial cornea yet. Should the technology improve, it could help millions of people see again. It was tricky to find the right recipe for an ink that’s thin enough […]
