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How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time
Elie Habib doesn’t work in the defense or intelligence industries. Instead, he runs Anghami, one of the Middle East’s largest music streaming platforms. But as missiles began flying across the region, a side project he coded earlier this year...
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This smart device stops sneaky AI gadgets from listening to your conversations
A new device aims to give people control over who can hear them in a world filled with gadgets that are always listening and capturing your conversations. A startup called Deveillance has introduced Spectre I, a portable device designed...
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TikTok Says End-To-End Encryption Makes Users Less Safe – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) -- the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals -- arguing it makes users less safe. E2EE means only the...
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How to convey amounts of snow to Canadians: use polar bears
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you...
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Aria EV Challenges the Auto Industry With Repairable Design
At first glance, the Aria EV looks not much different than any other student-built electric prototype—no different than the battery-powered cars built by engineering students from dozens of universities every year. Beneath its panels, however, is a challenge to...
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How worried should you be about microplastics?
Let’s start off with a fact: you do not, no matter what you’ve heard, eat a credit card’s worth...
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This Offshore Wind Turbine Will House a Data Center Underwater
As data-center developers frantically seek to secure power for their operations, one startup is proposing a novel solution: Build them into floating offshore wind turbines. San Francisco–based offshore wind-power developer Aikido Technologies today announced its plans to start housing...
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Selfish Y chromosome may explain why some families mostly have sons
You probably know of a family where the children are almost all boys, or all girls. In most cases,...
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Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations
You probably know of a family where the children are almost all boys, or all girls. In most cases,...
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Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?
What is consciousness? It is one of the most perplexing questions in science. You would expect our intimacy with...
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Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran
Washington — Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran,...