NSA Collected 151 Million Phone Records in 2016
May 5, 2017
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By the look of things, the NSA will not give up its habits of collecting data about consumers anytime soon. Although a new law has gone into effect in …
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China Wants to Compete With Wikipedia With Carefully Curated Content Platform
May 4, 2017
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It is not entirely surprising to learn some countries do not take kindly to platforms such as Wikipedia. This is especially true in regions where censorship is enforced quite …
Stanford Scientist Launches Crowdsourcing Project to Cure Malaria
May 4, 2017
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Everyone who owns a smartphone has to acknowledge these pocket-sized devices have gotten a lot more powerful over the years. With billions of smartphones out there, one would almost …
China’s Monkey King Wants to be Part of the Combat Robot Sports League
May 4, 2017
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Giant fighting robots may very well be the ultimate dream of every male child growing up. Whether it is a Transformer, the robot from Real Steel, or anything else …
NASA Unveils Five-stage Plan to put Humans on Mars by 2033
May 3, 2017
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NASA has come up with a bold and radical plan to transport humans to Mars by the year 2033. A total of five phases make up this wild plan, …
University of Virginia Researchers Develop Artificial Pancreas to Control Type 1 Diabetes
May 2, 2017
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It would seem artificial organs are quickly becoming the new norm where scientific research is considered. The University of Virginia successfully developed and trialed an artificial pancreas to help …
MIT Engineers Successfully Fire a 3D-printed Plastic-hulled Rocket
May 2, 2017
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For a lot of consumers, 3D printing remains a niche market. Luckily, there are large corporations looking beyond this factor, as they use the technology to achieve exciting innovations. …
App Wars – Uber Violates App Store Rules
May 1, 2017
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For the past few days, you might have heard about some controversy surrounding the ridesharing company, Uber, and one of the titans for personal and mobile computing, Apple. Apple’s …
Google and Facebook Lose US$100m in Wire Fraud Scam
May 1, 2017
News, Technology
It is never positive to learn large technology companies can fall victim to online scams just like everyone else. Earlier this week, both Google and Facebook suffered from a …