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Jan 18, 2020
Thousands of Chinese Students’ Data Exposed on Internet
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, internet, surveillance
A Chinese facial-recognition database with information on thousands of children was stored without protection on the internet, a researcher discovered, raising questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in China.
The cache was connected to a surveillance system labeled “Safe School Shield” and contained facial-identification and location data, according to Victor Gevers, a researcher at the Dutch nonprofit GDI Foundation, which scans the internet for vulnerabilities and flags them to owners for fixing.
Jan 17, 2020
NASA Wants to Grow a Moon Base Out of Mushrooms
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: energy, habitats, space
Fungus Among Us
The idea is to ship dormant fungus to a Moon base and, once it arrives, give it water and the right conditions to trigger growth, according to a NASA press release. That would also require a supply of photosynthetic bacteria to provide the fungus with nutrients. Once the fungus grows into the shape of a structure, it would be heat-treated, effectively killing it and turning it into a compact brick.
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Jan 17, 2020
Professor: Electrons and Quarks May Experience Consciousness
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: neuroscience, particle physics
Jan 17, 2020
The Uber Air Taxi Fleet Will Be Built by Hyundai
Posted by Roderick Reilly in categories: futurism, transportation
Jan 17, 2020
Google parent Alphabet is now a $1 trillion company
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Google’s parent company Alphabet ($GOOG) is now the fourth US company to hit a market cap of $1 trillion. It hit the number just before markets closed on Thursday, ending the day’s trading at $1,451.70 per share, up 0.87 percent.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai took over as CEO of Alphabet in December, after Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin relinquished control of Alphabet. It’s been a bumpy couple of years at the company that included allegations of sexual misconduct by executives and a 20,000-person Google Walkout employee protest.
Alphabet is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings on February 3rd, and Wall Street analysts are expecting it to report revenue of $46.9 billion, a year-over-year uptick of almost 20 percent.
Jan 17, 2020
Concerns over new virus from China prompt rare airport screenings for some travelers
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
The virus is from the same family as MERS and SARS, which caused deadly international outbreaks.
Jan 17, 2020
Scientists Create “Strange Metal” Packed With Entangled Electrons
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: computing, quantum physics
Jan 17, 2020
Google’s Sycamore beats top supercomputer to achieve ‘quantum supremacy’
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: quantum physics, supercomputing
Jan 17, 2020
Damon’s Hypersport AI Boosts Motorcycle Safety
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
For all its pure-electric acceleration and range and its ability to shapeshift, the Hypersport motorcycle shown off last week at CES by Vancouver, Canada-based Damon Motorcycles matters for just one thing: It’s the first chopper swathed in active safety systems.
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