technology

Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

A peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange script utilizes smart contracts to facilitate direct crypto transactions between traders without a third-party custodian....

Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week::Google will start mass deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts on December 1st.

Largest Study of its Kind Shows Outdated Password Practices are Widespread::undefined

Nanoparticles Deliver Treatment Directly to Tumors of Deadly Brain Cancer::Using nanoparticles administered directly into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a research team has developed a treatment that may overcome significant challenges

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33 states accuse Meta of having a big ‘open secret’ — millions of underage users::Meta “routinely documented, rigorously analyzed and confirmed” its knowledge of millions of underage Instagram users, the complaint says.

Unsealed complaint says Meta ‘coveted’ under-13s and deceives the public about age enforcement | The unredacted document reveals more details from a lawsuit filed against Meta by 33 states in October.::Nearly a month after attorneys general from 33 states filed a lawsuit against Meta, the complaint has been unsealed to show...

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Arizona’s solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue::undefined

Hirox, a leading provider of 3D digital microscope technology, has painstakingly created the world’s largest 3D scan, a super-detailed 108-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s iconic painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

Biontech is planning cancer vaccines before 2030::undefined

Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row::In total, there were 149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

Australia unveils strategy to drive additional 32GW of renewable capacity by 2030::Australia to substantially enhance the capacity of the national grid, aiming to provide more reliable, affordable, and low-emission energy.

Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists:: The Uruguayan Parliament approved an amendment to the country’s copyright law last month

As FISA turns 45, time to rethink post-9/11 mass surveillance expansion under Section 702::Forty-five years ago this month, President Jimmy Carter signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to restrain U.S. intelligence agencies’ power to spy on Americans. A 1976 Senate investigation had found that the FBI’s...

AI Art Generators Can Be Fooled Into Making NSFW Images::Nonsense words can get around DALLE-2’s and Stable Diffusion’s filters

Chinese media and industry insiders are reporting that Alibaba has closed down the company's quantum laboratory.

A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month::Founder Rubén Cruz said AI model Aitana was so convincing that a famous Latin actor asked her on a date.

Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company — perps lurked for over two years to steal chipmaking IP::A Chinese-linked hacker group maintained covert access to NXP for over two years, from the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2020.