A lattice structure, originally printed flat, has morphed into the outline of a human face after changing the surrounding temperature. Perspective view (left), top view... Read More
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Scientists use optoacoustic tomography to create cross-sectional images of a mouse. Using machine learning, they were able to largely restore quality of images recorded with... Read More
As Facebook fears up to launch a “news tab” featuring professional journalism, the social network said some but not all of the news organizations will... Read More
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is limited by its astronomical electricity consumption and outsized carbon footprint. A nearly zero-energy alternative sounds too good... Read More
WeWork announced Monday that it will withdraw a plan to go public but will revive an initial public offering down the road WeWork, which replaced... Read More
Yolanda Gil, a research director at the USC Viterbi Information Sciences Institute (ISI), co-authored a new 20-year Artificial Intelligence Roadmap. Credit: USC Viterbi. Yolanda Gil,... Read More
Cross section of SMART’s Integrated Silicon III-V chip. Credit: SMART The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s Research Enterprise in Singapore, has announced... Read More
No, Alexa won't stop recording you
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Alexa, will you stop recording and storing my queries? You won’t get a response from Alexa to that one, but we... Read More
It’s time to start data-proofing our children. Credit: Shutterstock Google recently agreed to pay a US$170 million fine for illegally gathering children’s personal data on... Read More
Brown coal plants such as the one in Dormagen, western Germany, “laid the foundations” for power giant RWE German energy giant RWE said Monday it... Read More
The Slovenian government said Adria Airways’ financial situation was worse than expected Slovenia’s flag carrier Adria Airways announced Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy.... Read More
This cover image released by Random House shows "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America," by Christopher Wylie, which will be published Oct.... Read More
The posts use data taken by radiation monitoring authorities in both Japan and South Korea as well as by local offices in Fukushima Japan’s embassy... Read More
Did you know the iPhone or iPad can read aloud anything that is on screen? The Speak Screen feature of iOS is helpful for many... Read More
The newer versions of iOS include a fantastic text to speech engine that lets you select any text and have it spoken to you. This... Read More
If you’re fed up with auto-correct on the iPhone erroneously changing words to things you did not intend to type, you can opt to disable... Read More
The iPhone and iPad have a little known text-to-speech functionality that will verbally spell out a selected word or string for you. This great feature... Read More