Category: tomorrow

Google temporarily stops Assistant audio transcriptions in the EU

Post author By Randall
Post date August 1, 2019
Categories In alexa, european commission, gadgetry, Gadgets, gdpr, Google, Google Assistant, Security, Tech, tomorrow, voice assistant

[ad_1] A Google spokesperson told CNBC that it paused the practice shortly after the audio was leaked, back in July. “We are in touch with the Hamburg data protection authority and are assessing how we conduct audio reviews and help our users understand how data is used,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. Last […]

‘AI Bar’ system makes sure patrons are served in the right order

Post author By Randall
Post date August 1, 2019
Categories In Ai, bar, business, Cameras, drinks, facial recognition, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, line, order, pub, queue jumper, Security, services, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] British data science company DataSparQ has developed a bit of kit that uses facial recognition technology to put customers in an “intelligently virtual” queue, letting bar staff know who really was next, and who’s just being rude. The technology has been on trial at 5cc Harrild & Sons bar in London, where bartender Luka […]

Google unveils advanced G Suite protection for high-risk employees

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In g suite, g suite enterprise, gear, Google, Internet, malware, Security, Tech, titan security keys, tomorrow

[ad_1] A new Advanced Protection Program is meant for clients who are high-risk for a targeted online attack, such as IT administrators, CEOs and those who work in security-sensitive roles in finance and government. To protect against phishing or account takeovers, the program would enforce the use of Google’s Titan Security Keys or compatible hardware. […]

The world’s largest telescope is one step closer to completion

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In astronomy, brazil, gear, giant magellan telescope, glass, gmt, korea, Space, Tech, telescope, tomorrow, universe, university of arizona, us, world's largest

[ad_1] The GMT is an international effort to create a telescope that delivers images 10 times clearer than those produced by the Hubble Space Telescope. When it’s up and running, the GMT will help scientists tackle some of the biggest questions, like are we alone in the universe? It will allow astronomers to collect more […]

32 million patient records were breached in the first half of 2019

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In breach, dark web, data, data breach, exposed, gear, Hack, hacked, hackers, Internet, medical records, medicine, patient records, protenus, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The Protenus’ 2019 Mid-Year Breach Barometer Report found that 60 percent of all breaches were due to hacking, including the single largest breach. In that incident, hackers targeted a medical collections agency and obtained the data of roughly 20 million patients, including those who’d used LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics. Their data was found for […]

Major broadcasters sue nonprofit TV service over copyright infringement

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In abc, allegations, at&t, att, av, booster, broadcasting, business, cable bill, cbs, copyright, copyright infringement, dish network, Entertainment, fox, lawsuit, local tv, locast, nbcu, nbcuniversal, nonprofit, streaming, streaming tv, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The lawsuit also alleges that Locast exists to help AT&T and Dish avoid paying to carry broadcast content. Both DirectTV and Dish customers are directed to Locast on their set-top box menus. The lawsuit claims that when Locast retransmits signals, the broadcasters lose out on vital viewership information. In its defense, Locast says its […]

Facebook is inching closer to a think-to-type computer system

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In brain-to-speech, brainwaves, ecg, epilepsy, Facebook, facebookrealitylabs, gear, medicine, neuroscience, Research, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Brain-computer interface systems already exist, but require users to mentally select a letter at a time on a virtual keyboard, a process that tends to be very slow. The UCSF researchers, however, tried to use context to help the machines translate entire words and phrases. Researchers implanted electrical arrays on the surfaces of the […]

NASA will help SpaceX and Blue Origin develop future mission technology

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2019
Categories In blue origin, gear, Nasa, Space, Spacex, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] One of NASA’s chosen companies is SpaceX, which will work on advancing its technology to land large rockets vertically on the moon with the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Elon Musk’s company is also teaming up with NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama to refine its […]

Livestreamer caught using face filter to make herself look younger

Post author By Randall
Post date July 30, 2019
Categories In ar filters, av, face filters, facetune, Internet, Tech, tomorrow, twitch, vlogger

[ad_1] The incident occurred while Your Highness Qiao Biluo was on a joint-live stream with another user on Douyu, a popular Chinese livestream platform that has been likened to Twitch. As the Global Times reported, fans began urging Qiao Biluo to remove her filter and show her real face. The star demurred, countering that she […]

Facebook fact-checker says more work is needed to curb fake news

Post author By Randall
Post date July 30, 2019
Categories In business, Entertainment, Facebook, fact-checking, fake news, full fact, Internet, misinformation, opacity, Politics, report, Security, services, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The organization published 96 fact checks during this period. Of these, 59 were found to be false, 19 were a mix of truth and lies, seven were found to be opinion and six were judged as satire. Just five of the posts — flagged by users concerned about their veracity — were marked as […]