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LinkedIn ordered by San Francisco judge to remove all technical limitations for third party applications to collect public data from their network
FaceApp removes ethnicity filter after users condemned it as racist, allowed change of selfies to another ethnicity
Mazda becomes the first manufacturer to successfully harness the power of an HCCI gasoline engine, combines the advantages of both gasoline and diesel, making it environmentally friendly
Disney decides to remove its movies from Netflix and launch its own streaming service, fragmentation of streaming services risks maintaining the relevance of piracy
IBM stores 330 terabytes of uncompressed data on tape, equivalent of 330 million books, a new world record of 201 gigabits per square inch
Alphabet seeks to store energy by heating salt and cooling antifreeze or hydrocarbons, reversal of process powers turbine, potential to be cheaper than lithium ion batteries in storing renewable energy
Facebook shuts down AI program after it started communicating in language developers couldn't understand
Adobe to stop distributing Flash Player at end of 2020, will offer security updates during transition
Elon Musk announces that he has been granted oral permission to build hyperlink between New York and Washington DC, unclear which authorities that have given permission, the travel time is estimated to 29 minutes
Microsoft plans to provide fast Internet access to rural areas using unused TV channels, focusing on 12 US states to add 2 million new high-speed internet users
Edible chop sticks announced in Japan, made out of rush grass like traditional tatami mats, initiative to create new interest for tatami and economic growth in Kumamoto prefecture
Ethereum finds use case to automate media bureaucracy with smart contracts, intended to promote precise reporting readers want and journalists want to report
New software predicts how people look through analysis of DNA traces, predicts eye color, skin color and geographical descent, to be used by US law enforcement to find suspects when full DNA or fingerprints are not available
Company behind Chinese rail bus running elevated above car lanes investigated for illegal financing, test track has increased traffic problems
Kinetic impactor technique for changing orbit of asteroids to be tested by NASA, DART project to launch refrigerator-sized spacecraft in October 2022 to move Didymos B as it approaches Earth
Volvo's Large Animal Detection system is confused by kangaroos, uses ground as reference point to assess distance and is affected by jumping
US war veterans get bionic arms developed by DARPA, technology hailed as most significant advance in upper extremity prosthetics in more than a century
Sony resumes vinyl production after 30 year hiatus, Japanese production increased eightfold between 2010 and 2016, Panasonic resurrects Technics
Mining of cryptocurrency pushes prices of graphics cards up, manufacturers begin selling special devices targeted towards mining
Broken Hyperthreading on Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake Processors, can cause unexplained errors and data loss
Nintendo presents new version of Super Nintendo under brand name SNES Classic, available from September 29 including previously unreleased Star Fox 2, manufactured in limited edition
ThyssenKrupp performs first official test of maglev elevator, can travel sideways, higher and requires less space
Research on moth eyes could improve anti-reflective properties of computer screens by factor ten, according to researchers in Florida and Taiwan
Oil companies collect increasing amounts of data about drilling, weather and earthquakes through sensors, parallel computational capacity of graphics processors used more often to process data and enable "deep learning" and simulations
Airbus shows concept helicopter with wings and side rotors but without tail rotor, can fly over 400 kilometers per hour at high fuel efficiency
European parliament proposes demand for encryption of electronic communication and ban on government backdoors, says Europeans need better protection and integrity on the internet
Chinese company CHJ Automotive to launch electric car to compete with Tesla, vehicle measures 2.5 times 1 meter and has exchangeable battery
US authorities repeatedly tried to bribe messaging app Telegram's developers, says founder Pavel Durov, who suspects back door in partly publicly financed encryption in Signal, Facebook and WhatsApp
Intel warns companies to emulate the proprietary X86, Microsoft and Qualcomm have just demonstrated Windows 10 running ARM processor and emulating win32 applications
Ten car manufacturers choose to develop Automotive Grade Linux, open source based automotive technology, prevents user data from being hijacked by Apple and Google, about 70% of the code is generic while the rest is customized for a particular car
Pacemakers systems from four manufacturers have 8,000 security holes according to WhiteScope, goal conflict where care givers don't want to be hindered by passwords in emergencies
Rocket Lab succeeds in launching Electron rocket but doesn't reach orbit, company focused on smaller satellites that today often have to be launched by big, expensive rockets
Amiga X5000 launched by A-EON more than 20 years after Commodore discontinues Amiga 4000, Ars Technica review compares computer to expensive and beautifully engineered car
Hackers could use malicious code hidden in subtitles to take control of computers, popular video players affected
Iris scanner in Samsung's new flagship hacked with digital camera set to night mode and contact lens, the photo doesn't have to be of high quality
Apple CEO tests non-invasive blood glucose meter showing results in real time on his watch, eagerly awaited by diabetics and people concerned about their health
Fraunhofer IIS terminates licensing of MP3, new formats like AAC and MPEG-H deliver better sound with lower bitrate
Patch preventing WannaCry released two months before attacks, not updated computers to blame for size of attack
Linux Bash much easier to install on Windows 10, can be download from Windows Store, easier to run Linux scripts on Windows
Keylogger found installed by default on HP computers, the company is forced to create patch that erases the problem, was discovered in the driver for the audio
Facebook expands machine learning to prevent fake news in the upcoming UK election, places ads in UK newspapers on how to detect fake news
China conducts test flights of domestically produced passenger airplane C919 after several years delay, seeks to compete with current market leaders Airbus A320 and Boing 737
Nissan introduces Faraday's cage into a new concept car, wants to prevent drivers from being distracted by cell phones
Encryption of UHD Blu-Ray said to be broken for first time, person claims to have decrypted whole disk rather than capturing and decrypting image stream, published full copy of film The Smurfs 2
Samsung hands in patent on cell phone with a screen on both the front and back sides as well as the edges, shortcuts to apps on the sides that can be dragged to the front or back
Musks Boring Company takes delivery of tunnel boring machine, will start digging on SpaceX ground with transport solution as long-term goal
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen plans new crypto currency, will use hard drive space instead of processing power for mining
Scientists successfully grow lamb fetuses in artificial uterus, could be used for premature humans though it cannot support early development
Mastercard tests built-in fingerprint reader on their plastic cards, can be used instead of PIN, works with old payment terminals
Google library of 25 million scanned books may not be displayed, class action failed in unique legal process where US Justice Department interfered, according to analysis by James Somers
Due to competition from AMD's Ryzen processors, Intel will introduce new processors earlier than expected as Ryzen offers good performance at lower prices
Failed North Korea missile test may have been target of US cyber attack, says former UK foreign minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind who also says same method has been used successfully on several occasions in past
Microsoft says currently updated products are safe from 0day NSA exploits released by Shadow Brokers
Banks desperate to hire older programmers who master Cobol language as shift to modern mainframe computers goes slowly
USS Gerald R. Ford deployed one year later than planned, most expensive war ship in history at USD 12.9 billion
Ubuntu ceases investment in software for cell phones and tablets, desktop environment "Unity" also discontinued on desktops, switch to GNOME in a year
Android leading operating system on Internet, says StatCounter – first time since 1980s that Windows is not in lead
Elon Musk starts company to work on brain-computer interfaces, may also receive funding from Peter Thiel
Microsoft sued for having cost customers time, money and pain when upgrading to Windows 10, claim Microsoft knew the upgrade could cause data loss and destroy hardware
Mobile phones to analyze sperm quality by counting and measuring motility, on market within 2-3 years for USD 50
Hackers claim to have access to 300 million iCloud accounts, threaten to remotely wipe victims' devices unless Apple pays USD 75,000
Facebook increases investments in consumer hardware, company hardware group to have key role at upcoming developer conference
New retinal prosthesis prototype works without external sensor, energy efficient and scalable solution
Hydrogen fuel cell train pass first test run checking energy supply stability, next step include extensive test period in Czech Republic and Germany
American gaming company Blizzard suing German company that sells cheats for its games for USD 8.5 million, says it violates DMCA
Users of the vibrator We-Vibe with associated app got their user preferences, usage statistics and associated email uploaded to company servers without their knowledge, hackers at conference DefCon say remote control of the toy could be possible
Tesla promises to solve South Australia's recurring blackout problem by delivering grid energy storage system within 100 days, will not require payment if deadline exceeded