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Facebook Get Involved With Revenge Porn, Employs New Photo-Matching Method

Apr 06, 2017 03:03 am UTC| Technology

Although it is no longer an epidemic in the same scale as it was a few years ago, revenge porn is still a huge problem within the internet community. Facebook is one of the biggest platforms to actually provide the...

$35/Month YouTube TV Goes Live In Select Areas, First Impressions Already Out

Apr 06, 2017 03:02 am UTC| Technology

Its the age of digital TV and YouTube is the latest to join with its own offering. At $35 a month, the online video hosting giant just launched YouTube TV in select areas and already, impressions as to what its like are...

Uber Self-Driving Tech Worst In The Business, 5,000 Times Worse Than Waymo

Apr 05, 2017 07:30 am UTC| Technology

(Corrected first and second paragraph.) For those who wanted to know the exact difference between the self-driving cars of Uber and that of Waymo, reports just came out that might provide the answers. It turns out that...

Developers Threaten Persona 5 Players, Don't Stream Too Much Or Else

Apr 05, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Technology

Most of the time, developers and publishers really dont mind when content creators stream gaming sessions involving their titles for everyone to see. One of the exceptions is Atlus, the development studio behind the widely...

Internet Inventor Gets Award, Bashes UK And US Over Internet Issues

Apr 05, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Technology

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is largely credited as the mind behind the invention of the internet and he was recently awarded the ACM Turing Award. Its basically like the Nobel Prize, but more to do with computers and technology....

Microsoft Risks It All In Huge Gamble, Sends Xbox Scorpio To Harshest Critic

Apr 05, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Technology

In a huge gamble, Microsoft is betting big by sending its upgraded Xbox One Scorpio to its harshest critic in the hopes of earning some good will from gamers. This move could either kill the new console before it even...

New Bipartisan Privacy Bill Submitted In Congress, Not About The Internet

Apr 05, 2017 07:08 am UTC| Technology Law

It seems the current Conservative House of Congress is not all about crushing the privacy rights of Americans with a new bipartisan bill that was recently proposed. The bill is meant to ensure that smartphones of US...

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Economy

China Yuan Hits 32-Month High as Central Bank Manages Appreciation Pace

Chinas yuan strengthened to a fresh 32-month high against the U.S. dollar on Monday, supported by a combination of central bank guidance, a weaker dollar, and seasonal corporate demand ahead of the Lunar New Year. The...

UK Job Vacancies Fall Again as Labour Market Shows Signs of Cooling

Vacancies for jobs in Britain continued to decline in December, reinforcing growing evidence that the UK labour market is cooling after several years of tight conditions. According to the latest survey from online jobs...

Japan Yen Intervention Faces Limits Without Fiscal Reform, Says Noda

Any Japanese government intervention to support the yen is unlikely to have a lasting impact unless it is backed by strong fiscal discipline and credible monetary policy, according to former Finance Minister Yoshihiko...

Rising Yen Pressures Dollar as Markets Brace for Possible Intervention and Fed Signals

The U.S. dollar weakened broadly in early Monday trading as a sharp rise in the Japanese yen heightened market anxiety over potential currency intervention and key upcoming decisions from the Federal Reserve. Investors...

U.S. Stock Futures Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting and Major Tech Earnings

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Sunday evening as investors prepared for a pivotal week marked by a Federal Reserve policy decision and a heavy slate of corporate earnings. The cautious tone followed a volatile...

Politics

Australia Day Protests Highlight Deep Divisions Over Indigenous Rights and Immigration

Thousands of Australians marked Australia Day on Monday by attending large-scale Invasion Day rallies across major cities, showing support for Indigenous Australians and calling for unity amid growing political and social...

U.S. Security Guarantees for Ukraine Ready as Kyiv Awaits Signing Amid Ongoing Peace Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced that a key U.S. document outlining security guarantees for Ukraine is fully prepared, with Kyiv now waiting for confirmation on when and where it will be signed....

Trump’s Centralized Foreign Policy Sparks Greenland Controversy and Ally Concerns

A recent Reuters report reveals how President Donald Trumps highly centralized foreign policy approach triggered diplomatic shockwaves over Greenland, alarming U.S. allies and even senior officials within his own...

More Than 100 Venezuelan Political Prisoners Released Amid Ongoing Human Rights Scrutiny

At least 104 people identified as political prisoners by a prominent Venezuelan human rights organization were released from detention on Sunday, marking a significant development in Venezuelas ongoing political prisoner...

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on Haiti Transitional Council Over Gang Allegations

The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on members of Haitis Transitional Presidential Council, citing alleged links to gangs and criminal organizations, according to a statement released by the U.S. State...

Science

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Technology

Samsung Set to Begin HBM4 Production for Nvidia and AMD

Samsung Electronics is preparing to begin mass production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, known as HBM4, as early as next month, according to a source familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. The...

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Scrutiny of TikTok-ByteDance Deal Amid National Security Concerns

U.S. lawmakers are calling for closer congressional scrutiny of a new deal involving TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, raising fresh concerns about national security, data privacy, and potential Chinese...

Ericsson Plans SEK 25 Billion Shareholder Returns as Margins Improve Despite Flat Network Market

Swedens telecom equipment giant Ericsson announced plans to significantly boost shareholder returns after reporting a sharp rise in net cash and continued margin improvements, even as the global mobile network market...

Microsoft Restores Microsoft 365 Services After Widespread Outage

Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it has fully restored access to its Microsoft 365 productivity suite following a widespread service outage that disrupted users across multiple regions, particularly in North America. The...

Tesla Plans FSD Subscription Price Hikes as Autonomous Capabilities Advance

Teslas Full Self-Driving (FSD) software is set to become more expensive over time as its technology improves, according to CEO Elon Musk. The announcement comes as Tesla Inc. continues its transition away from a one-time...