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Sponsored Links Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images Homeland Security is joining the ranks of government agencies pushing for wider use of facial recognition for US travelers. The department has proposed that US citizens, not just visa holders and visitors, should go through a mandatory facial recognition check when they enter or leave the…
Sponsored Links Devindra Hardawar/Engadget Never mind Apple expanding the use of OLED in its devices — it may go one step further with its future hardware. Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (who has a reputation for largely accurate Apple predictions) believes that Apple will start using mini LED displays in its devices in late 2020, starting…
Sponsored Links Activision / Infinity Ward YouTube is making a significant change in how it will moderate content that shows video game violence. Starting today, the company says it will treat “scripted or simulated” violence in games the same way that it approaches violence in TV shows and movies. According to the company, the change…
Sponsored Links SOPA Images via Getty Images Google isn’t the only tech giant facing an investigation from European Union antitrust regulators over data collection and monetization. The European Commission has Facebook in its sights too. The body told Reuters it started preliminary investigations into how both companies handle data. “These investigations concern the way data…
Fire tornadoes are terrifying forces of nature. They’re rare, but as wildfires become bigger and more frequent, they may grow more common. Read more about the phenomena, here. — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Sponsored Links Westend61 via Getty Images Starting today, iOS users can fall asleep to their Spotify playlists without having their rest disturbed later. Spotify Sleep Timer — which has been available on the Android version of the app since May — lets you select a countdown timer between five minutes and an hour. After the…
Sponsored Links Andy Cross via Getty Images If you needed any more evidence that we are in fact living in the worst possible timeline, here it is: Lil Bub, one of the world’s favorite internet-famous cats, has died. Her human dad, Mike Bridavsky, shared the news on Monday. “On the morning of Sunday, December 1st…
Sponsored Links NurPhoto via Getty Images Today, Twitter launched a Privacy Center, where it will share announcements, new privacy products and communication about inevitable security incidents. “By using Twitter, you’ve shown us that you trust us with your data,” the Twitter Privacy Center states. “We do not take that trust lightly.” Twitter is already putting…
Apple has been rumored to be working on an iPad and MacBook featuring Mini-LED displays for months, and a new research note from noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now put a date on when to expect them: late 2020, via 9to5Mac. Kuo had originally broke the rumor that Apple was working on laptops and tablets…
Sponsored Links Amazon Amazon has just announced AWS DeepComposer, what the company claims is the world’s first machine-learning enabled musical keyboard. In practice, the actual device is a lot simpler than Amazon’s grand statement might make it seem. The company envisions developers using the 32-key, two-octave keyboard as a tool for experimenting with machine learning.…