Silicon Valley HBO THESE days, when I think about the social media platforms I spend a lot of time on – and the people who run them with little concern for the privacy of my personal data – I get a bit sad and a lot angry. So, on the advice of a colleague, IContinue reading “How HBO’s Silicon Valley excuses the tech industry’s moral failings”
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DNA site GEDmatch sold to firm helping US police solve crime
One of the world’s biggest genetic genealogy websites has been bought by a company that aids law-enforcement agencies with forensic DNA work. More than 1.2 million people have added the results of their DNA tests to GEDmatch, a site that helped US police identify a suspected Californian serial killer via genetic information a relative had uploaded. ButContinue reading “DNA site GEDmatch sold to firm helping US police solve crime”
Listen to a bendy audio speaker made from liquid heavy metal
A bendy audio speaker literally made from liquid heavy metal could prove useful for the next generation of wearable technology. Flexible speakers may be the key to better, wearable music listening devices, says Jeong Sook Ha of Korea University, but that will require alternatives to the rigid loudspeakers and microphones we use today. Ha andContinue reading “Listen to a bendy audio speaker made from liquid heavy metal”
A handy guide to the tech buzzwords from CES 2019
Walk around the Consumer Electronics Show and you’ll hear a variety of different languages. There is, however, a common tongue on the show floor—and it consists entirely of buzzwords, marketing terms, and acronyms. It can get confusing, so we put together this handy cheat sheet to help you decode the announcements, presentations, and overstatements you’llContinue reading “A handy guide to the tech buzzwords from CES 2019”
TikTok may be leaking people’s data from the US to China
TikTok has become one of the hottest apps in the world, surpassing Instagram in popularity, as measured by the number of downloads of the app in the past 12 months. More than 1.5 billion people use the app to upload and watch quirky short videos performed to music. But court cases and investigations are raising concerns aboutContinue reading “TikTok may be leaking people’s data from the US to China”
Revealed: Mental health websites are selling your data to advertisers
Mental health websites are sharing user data with advertisers, including the results of tests for depression. This means that people seeking information or help for mental health conditions can be targeted with adverts while they may be vulnerable. Eliot Bendinelli at Privacy International in London and his colleagues looked at 136 of the most popular websitesContinue reading “Revealed: Mental health websites are selling your data to advertisers”
Number-crunchers set new record for cracking online encryption keys
A new record has been set for the largest encryption key ever cracked – but your secrets should be safe for now. Long strings of numbers are essential to the encryption that keeps our online data safe. One widely used form of encryption called RSA cryptography relies on the fact that it is extremely difficult to findContinue reading “Number-crunchers set new record for cracking online encryption keys”
3D-printed bunny contains DNA instructions to make a copy of itself
A 3D-printed polyester rabbit has been embedded with DNA that contains a blueprint for printing additional bunnies. Using the information, researchers have replicated the rabbit several times, highlighting the potential for using DNA to store information in everyday objects. The plastic bunny was developed by the teams of Robert Grass at the Swiss Federal InstituteContinue reading “3D-printed bunny contains DNA instructions to make a copy of itself”
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