Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users
Multiple sources and emails also describe SnapLion, an internal tool used by various departments to access Snapchat user data.

May 23, 2019 at 03:00PM
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Telepathy Is Real With The Help Of A Computer
Our computers can read and record brain activity. So what happens when a brain and a computer team up to connect to another brain-computer combo?

May 22, 2019 at 03:54PM
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Can Tech ‘Objectively’ Assess Pain?
Some combination of data and machinery may finally provide an objective marker of pain — but beware of bias.

May 21, 2019 at 08:05PM
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Too Human
The more “lifelike” simulations are, the less effective they risk becoming.

May 21, 2019 at 08:05PM
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Google Stored Some Passwords In Plain Text For Fourteen Years
In a blog post today, Google disclosed that it recently discovered a bug that caused some portion of G Suite users to have their passwords stored in plain text. The bug has been around since 2005, though Google says that it can’t find any evidence that anybody’s password was improperly accessed.

May 21, 2019 at 06:51PM
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I Built A Kilopixel Camera That Uses A Single Photoresistor For Portraits
I recently built a kilopixel camera called “The Flying Pixel Portrait Camera.” It’s a do-it-yourself project that uses a single photoresistor and a video projector in order to capture portraits.

May 21, 2019 at 03:39PM
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Stanford Students Made A Robot Dog You Can Build Yourself
Got a few thousand bucks and a good deal of engineering expertise? You’re in luck: Stanford students have created a quadrupedal robot platform called Doggo that you can build with off-the-shelf parts and a considerable amount of elbow grease.

May 21, 2019 at 02:42PM
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Why You May Never See ‘Game Of Thrones’ As It Was Meant To Be Seen
In the streaming era, compression, bandwidth and TV calibration all warp the viewing experience.

May 21, 2019 at 01:25PM
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We Can’t Believe It’s A Robot That’s Making This Omelette
The machines are rising and soon they’ll take over all our breakfast food.

May 21, 2019 at 10:33AM
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Beyond The Tablet: Seven Years Of Using An iPad As My Main Computer
For the past seven years, I’ve considered the iPad my main computer. Not my only one, and not the most powerful one I own, but the computer which I use and enjoy using the most.

May 21, 2019 at 09:51AM
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