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Mar 10, 2022

Clearview AI fined €20M for collecting Italians’ biometric data

Posted by in categories: privacy, robotics/AI

The Italian privacy guarantor (GPDP) has imposed a fine of €20,000,000 on Clearview AI for implementing a biometric monitoring network in Italy without acquiring people’s consent.

This decision resulted from a proceeding that launched in February 2021, following relevant complaints about GDPR violations that stemmed directly from Clearview’s operations.

More specifically, the investigation revealed that the American facial recognition software company maintains a database of 10 billion images of people’s faces, including Italians, who had their faces extracted from public website profiles and online videos.

Mar 10, 2022

Dr. Nour E. Raouafi

Posted by in category: space

Tue, Mar 15 at 5 PM PDT.


Project Scientist of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission.

Mar 10, 2022

Hibernation found to naturally stop the aging process

Posted by in category: life extension

What if you were told there was a completely natural way to stop your body from aging? The trick: You’d have to hibernate from September to May each year.

Mar 10, 2022

Virgin mouse gives birth after gene-editing experiment: scientists

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Scientists at Shanghai Jiao Tong University altered a mouse’s DNA to impregnate it through asexual reproduction.

Mar 10, 2022

NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems

Posted by in category: space travel

Check out this time lapse showing the retraction of half of Platform C in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building today at.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. On March 17, NASA’s Space Launch System & Orion Spacecraft will roll out to Launch Pad 39B for wet dress rehearsal for Artemis I.

Mar 10, 2022

Tiny switches give solid-state LiDAR record resolution

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

When Google unveiled its first autonomous cars in 2010, the spinning cylinder mounted on the roofs really stood out. It was the vehicle’s light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system, which worked like light-based radar. Together with cameras and radar, LiDAR mapped the environment to help these cars avoid obstacles and drive safely.

Since a then, inexpensive, chip-based cameras and have moved into the mainstream for collision avoidance and autonomous highway driving. Yet, LiDAR navigation systems remain unwieldy mechanical devices that cost thousands of dollars.

That may be about to change, thanks to a new type of high-resolution LiDAR chip developed by Ming Wu, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center at the University of California, Berkeley. The new design appears Wednesday, March 9, in the journal Nature.

Mar 9, 2022

Astronomers spot tantalizing large molecule near star with ‘comet factory’

Posted by in category: space

The molecule is a precursor to organic molecules, which can be associated with life.


Astronomers spotted the largest molecule yet found in a planet-forming disk, which they say will tell us more about the origin of life.

The molecule, dimethyl, is a precursor to organic molecules like methane that in some cases may be indicative of life. The team also may have found methyl formate, which is deemed a “building block” to constructing even larger organic molecules.

Mar 9, 2022

Samsung says hackers breached company data and source code for Galaxy smartphones

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

Samsung said on Monday that hackers breached its internal company data, gaining access to some source codes of Galaxy-branded devices like smartphones.

The statement from the South Korean electronics giant comes after hacking group Lapsus$ claimed over the weekend via its Telegram channel that it has stolen 190 gigabytes of confidential Samsung source code.

Samsung did not name any specific hackers in its statement nor what precise data was stolen.

Mar 9, 2022

Google Is Using Radar to Help Computers Read and React to Your Body Language

Posted by in categories: computing, electronics

The sensor sends out electromagnetic waves in a broad beam, which are intercepted and reflected back by objects (or people) in their path.

Mar 9, 2022

New SuperFi-Cas9 Increases Fidelity Without Sacrificing Speed

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A redesigned Cas9 is thousands of times less likely to target the wrong stretch of DNA while remaining just as efficient as the original version.