Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg didn’t shy away from her company’s ongoing privacy scandal in a Friday commencement speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Instead, she turned it into a …
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Report: Chinese Hackers Breach US Navy Computers
Chinese government hackers breached the computer system of a Navy contractor and stole large amounts of sensitive data, The Washington Post reports. The Post said the hacking took place in …
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North Korea’s senior leadership has been exploiting loopholes in international sanctions to obtain the U.S. technology that Pyongyang uses to conduct “destructive cyber operations,” according to a global cyberthreat intelligence …
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Growing up on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco on the edge of the Sahara desert, Khadija Ghouate never imagined that the fog enveloping the nearby peaks would change her life. …
your ads here!Facebook Says Privacy-setting Bug Affected as Many as 14M
Facebook said a software bug led some users to post publicly by default regardless of their previous settings. The bug affected as many as 14 million users over several days …
your ads here!Scientists Say Cost of Sucking Carbon from Thin Air Could Tumble
High costs of extracting greenhouse gases from thin air could tumble with new technologies that can help to combat climate change, scientists said on Thursday. Carbon Engineering, a Canadian-based clean …
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Google won’t do artificial intelligence work for weapons, the company said Thursday. The company will not work on “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” wrote …
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Google will not allow its artificial intelligence software to be used in weapons or unreasonable surveillance efforts under new standards for its business decisions in the nascent field, the Alphabet …
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As the internet continues to revolutionize communications, the next world-changing technology may already be here. Blockchain, a way of recording data and automatically storing it on computers around the world, …
your ads here!NASA Chief: US Will Always Have Astronauts in Orbit
Major changes could be ahead for the International Space Station but there will always be an American astronaut in orbit, NASA’s new boss said Wednesday. The space agency is talking …
your ads here!Emirates Seeks to Lead the Way to Windowless Planes
Passenger jets of the future will be safer, lighter, faster, more fuel-efficient and … windowless. So predicts Emirates Airlines chief Tim Clark. The Dubai-based airline has already introduced virtual windows …
your ads here!Cambridge Analytica Boss Admits Getting Facebook Data From Researcher
The former head of Cambridge Analytica admitted on Wednesday his firm had received data from the researcher at the center of a scandal over Facebook users’ personal details, contradicting previous …
your ads here!As Internet of Things Lacks World Market Leader, Focus Turns to Startups
A surge in participation by startup companies this week, at a highlight of Asia’s biggest annual tech event, shows an increased reliance on young entrepreneurs to come with the IT …
your ads here!Facebook Acknowledges Data-Sharing Pact with Chinese Companies
Facebook has admitted that it had a data sharing agreement with four Chinese technology companies, including one considered a national security threat by the U.S. intelligence community, raising new concerns …
your ads here!Google Leading Computer Training in Vietnam
In and around the Mekong Delta, school children will spend this summer moving rainbow-colored blocks and cartoon animals around a screen to get an early taste of computers in a …
your ads here!Security Breach at MyHeritage Website Leaks Details of 92 Million Users
A security breach at family networking and genealogy website MyHeritage leaked the data of over 92 million users, the company said in a blog posted on Monday. The breach took …
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Babies cry, and they cry a lot. And every time they do, parents, unsure of why their baby is crying go through a checklist – hungry, tired, teething? But the …
your ads here!Apple to Let Users Limit Time on their Smartphones
Experts warn that spending too much time with smartphones is eroding our family and social life. The world’s biggest smartphone manufacturer, Apple, has heard that warning… and has announced new …
your ads here!Uphill Battle with Plastic Trash in Oceans
India is the global host of the 2018 World Environment Day. Highlighting its theme “Beat Plastic Pollution,” environmentalists will urge everyone, from those in government, industry as well as ordinary …
your ads here!Microsoft Confirms It is Acquiring GitHub for $7.5 Billion
Microsoft on Monday said it will buy software development platform GitHub, in a deal worth $7.5 billion which will blend two opposite corporate cultures. The tech giant, based in Washington …
your ads here!Facebook Under Scrutiny Over Data Sharing After NYT Report
Facebook is pushing back against a media report saying that it provided extensive information about its users and their friends to third parties like phone makers. The New York …
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Three astronauts from the International Space Station have safely returned to Earth after completing a five-month mission. American Scott Tingle, Russian Anton Shkaplerov and Japan’s Norishige Kanai touched down at …
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