How the death of voicemail is changing the way we connect
Don't wait for the beep: Voicemail is going the way of the dinosaurs.
Telecom
May 16, 2018
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Emergency 911 technology struggles to keep up with the times
High school students hiding from the gunman in Parkland, Florida, were forced to whisper in calls to 911 for fear of tipping off their location. Others texted friends and family who then relayed information to emergency dispatchers ...
Telecom
May 16, 2018
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Technology is better than ever – but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year
Today, driving is arguably safer than ever been before.
Other
May 1, 2018
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Scientists teach neural network to identify a writer's gender
A team of researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, the National Research Center Kurchatov Institute and the Voronezh State University has developed a new learning algorithm that allows a neural network ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 27, 2018
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Belarus to require internet comments to be authorized
The parliament in Belarus has passed a measure prohibiting internet users from commenting on forums without authorization and requiring online publications to register with the government as mass media.
Internet
Apr 19, 2018
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Facebook exec disavows his own his provocative memo
The author of a provocative Facebook memo declaring that growth is justified even if it costs lives says he doesn't actually agree with the memo and wrote it to provoke debate.
Internet
Mar 30, 2018
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3 Facebook Messenger app users file lawsuit over privacy
Three Facebook Messenger app users have filed a lawsuit claiming the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls and text messages.
Internet
Mar 28, 2018
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AI improves touchscreen interfaces for users with impairments
Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, and Kochi University of Technology, Japan, developed a new algorithmic approach to user interface optimization that takes individual differences into account.
Computer Sciences
Mar 27, 2018
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Facebook faces scrutiny for pulling Android call, text data
On the same day Facebook bought ads in U.S. and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android ...
Internet
Mar 26, 2018
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Hidden medical text read for the first time in a thousand years
An influential physician and a philosopher of early Western medicine, Galen of Pergamon was the doctor of emperors and gladiators. One of his many works, "On the Mixtures and Powers of Simple Drugs," was an important pharmaceutical ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2018
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