Category: Tech

Sat 10 August 2019: WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Members of the Trump administration held a meeting with social media and technology leaders to discuss ways to detect violent behaviour that may potentially be a threat to the public, White House spokesperson Judd Deere said in a press statement. “Today, White House officials hosted a productive meeting […]

Sat 10 August 2019: A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc’s effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. The 3-0 decision from the ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over Facebook’s facial recognition technology […]

(Image via University of Toronto/Anura) Thu 08 August 2019: Selfies could have a vital health purpose beyond simply boosting your self-confidence or showing off your post-workout gains. In a new study, researchers at the University of Toronto figured out a way to accurately measure blood pressure with your cellphone’s camera by developing a technology known as transdermal […]

Thu 08 August 2019: A prototype of Turkey’s first domestic flying car, called the “Cezeri,” is nearing completion, Baykar Technical Director Selçuk Bayraktar announced Tuesday. Bayraktar – who is also the founding chairman of the Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) – shared photos on Twitter of the prototype’s eight-month-long design process, from the initial […]

Wed 07 August 2019: Hyundai Motor Company has launched its first ever car with a solar roof charging system. In an announcement Friday, the business said that the technology would be used on the latest version of its Sonata Hybrid and then introduced to other vehicles over the coming years. The idea is for the […]

Samsung is expected to launch two new models, the Note 10 and Note 10+, on Wednesday. Reuters Tue 06 August 2019: World’s largest producer of smartphones will reveal its latest range of mobile phones at in New York on Wednesday The impending launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 series is probably the last chance this year […]

Mon 05 August 2019: Like most things online, tweets can ostensibly be forever, but they probably shouldn’t. It’s a lesson many Twitter users have taken to in recent years, resulting in upwards of 5 million people enlisting independent services like Tweet­Delete and Tweet Archive Eraser in the hopes of ridding themselves of years of publicly accessible (usually bad) takes, comments, and posts. […]

Sat 03 August 2019: The expansion of home tech products to make life increasingly convenient requires consumer privacy sacrifices, the full extent of which won’t be revealed for years to come, but have been hinted at through a slew of missteps. This past week Amazon hit headlines after its virtual assistant Alexa was caught passively recording couples […]

Fri 02 August 2019: Apple Inc said on Friday it suspended its global program where it analyzed recordings from users interacting with its voice assistant Siri, after some privacy concerns were raised about the program. Apple’s decision comes in the light of a report from in Guardian last week which said the company’s contractors around […]