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Scientist mom inspires “superhuman” race by turning son into a cyborg
“AI is a human right,” theoretical neuroscientist Vivienne Ming said in 2018. Her professional career is focused on exploring ways to improve human potential with artificial intelligence. Ming is not just a firm believer that tech will become a more integral part of our existence but proving it by turning her autistic son into a cyborg. Ming wanted to help her son after he was diagnosed with autism. Ming built a face- and expression-recognition system for Google Glass that will in real-time interpret people’s facial expressions. Mos...

Scientist mom inspires “superhuman” race by turning son into a cyborg

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Terraforming of Mars: Aerogel Could Support Martian Farming
The ongoing plans to make Mars our next home could be closer than we earlier thought. A new study suggests that terraforming of Mars could cost just a thin sheet of aerogel. Now that’s totally mind-blowing, right? Derived from a gel, aerogel is a synthetic porous lightweight material which its liquid component has been replaced with a gas, making it mostly composed of air. Scientists in the new study are proposing that the material could be used to create a greenhouse and to protect a garden in Mars from harmful radiation while suffi...

Terraforming of Mars: Aerogel Could Support Martian Farming

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Facebook FTC fight ends with a $5 billion fine
The ongoing Facebook FTC battle could be over already as the commission agrees to end its latest probe into the social media’s privacy challenges for a fine of $5 billion. The Republican majority carried the 3-2, party-line vote by FTC commissioners which will be finalized after a review by the Justice Department’s civil division, according to The Walls Street Journal. A $5 billion payout for Facebook settlement seems like a huge sum, however, the company earlier had about $3 billion sets aside to cover whatever costs the settlement...

Facebook FTC fight ends with a $5 billion fine

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Sexualized Female Game Characters Don’t Make Gamers Sexists, New Study Says
The latest gaming consoles and titles often dominate talk among teenagers and adults at public gatherings aside from topping the wish lists of many. This technology-induced culture has provoked many researchers into investigating how games influence people’s behavior. Some studies indicate that sexualized female game characters could cause body dissatisfaction among female gamers alongside aggression towards women, with many other reports related to social skills and mental health. Do sexualized female game characters actually turn ga...

Sexualized Female Game Characters Don’t Make Gamers Sexists, New Study...

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Our Moon would become a Ploonet when it escapes the Earth’s orbit
Earth’s closest companion, the moon, which is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot, won’t always be there, say an international team of researchers. The scientists explained a condition where a moon would escape the orbit of its host planet and began to orbit the host star instead, and proposed a hypothetical new type of world they referred to as “ploonet.” The condition is not peculiar to the Earth-Moon relationship. Ploonets could be the answer to many unusual astronomical phenomena, the team thinks. And our own M...

Our Moon would become a Ploonet when it escapes the Earth’s orbit

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Google Home is sending your private recordings to Google workers
According to the VRT NWS report, 153 of the 1,000 audio files it listened to “were conversations that should never have been recorded and during which the command 'OK Google' was clearly not given.”

Google Home is sending your private recordings to Google workers

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According to the VRT NWS report, 153 of the 1,000 audio files it listened to “were conversations that should never have been recorded and during which the command 'OK Google' was clearly not given.”[...]
The Hayabusa 2 could bring back Information about the Origin of Life on Earth
The Hayabusa 2 has successfully landed on a faraway asteroid - the Ryugu asteroid to collect samples that could give insights into the evolution of the solar system. The successful landing met with cheer and applause at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). “The touchdown is successful,” Jaxa spokesman Takayuki Tomobe said. This is the second touchdown for the Hayabusa 2 which has returned to the Ryugu asteroid to collect matter that can shed light into what the solar system was like 4.6 billion years ago. JAXA said that...

The Hayabusa 2 could bring back Information about the Origin of Life on...

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CRISPR Babies: Five couples okay gene-editing of their embryos
A Russian biologist is planning to help couples with deafness due to heritable mutations in their GJB2 gene by creating CRISPR babies that can hear from their embryos. Denis Rebrikov in June told Nature he planned CRISPR editing the human embryo and equally bring them to term. Until now, only He Jiankui, a Chinese scientist, has been able to produce CRISPR babies. The scientist claimed that the edits would prevent the babies from inheriting HIV from their fathers. Rebrikov told New Scientist last week Thursday that he has five...

CRISPR Babies: Five couples okay gene-editing of their embryos

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New Android Malware for Banking Apps steal passwords by recording screens
With people’s security consciousness skewed towards the personal computer, cybercriminals are now turning to Android malware for financial fraud. Last year, Anubis banking trojan made headlines after getting onto Android devices through infected downloads from the Google Play Store. The banking apps malware would request for permission to use the accessibility service of the victim’s Android device, from which it would steal banking apps login credentials, payment cards, and e-wallets. Anubis was enabled by a “dropper,” BianLian that ...

New Android Malware for Banking Apps steal passwords by recording screens

1 month ago
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