Google Maps for Apple devices now supports Incognito Mode. Here's how to turn it on
Google Maps users seeking extra privacy on their iPhones and other iOS devices have a new option.
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Locking down your smart home with blockchain
The concept of the smart home has been around for many decades, but it is only in recent years with the advent of the so-called "internet of things," IoT, that meters and monitoring, cameras, locking systems, heating systems, ...
Dec 12, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Surface organometallic chemistry could open new paths for synthetic fuels and energy carriers
To convert hydrocarbons into fuel, the petrochemical industry currently relies primarily on heterogeneous catalysts, which in most cases contain active metal sites with poorly defined structures. In recent years, however, ...
Internet
Drones deliver on internet connectivity
Hovering airborne vehicles could connect smart sensors to the internet of things.
Dec 12, 2019
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Security
Researchers call for harnessing, regulation of AI
Artificial intelligence appears to be "widening inequality," and its deployment should be subject to tough regulations and limits, especially for sensitive technologies such as facial recognition, a research report said Thursday.
Dec 12, 2019
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Business
Australia stops short of major clampdown on Facebook, Google
Australia's government on Thursday announced a new taskforce to monitor the actions of tech giants such as Facebook and Google but stopped short of a major clampdown recommended by the country's consumer watchdog.
Dec 12, 2019
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Engineering
Sensing technology could improve machine learning precision for manufacturing, electric vehicles, smart homes
The same small piece of technology that one day may help train welding robots and monitor electric vehicles could enable energy companies to better power smart homes and factories.
Dec 12, 2019
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Engineering
Taking the carbon out of construction with engineered wood
To meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change—keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and ideally capping it at 1.5 C—humanity will ultimately need to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse ...
Dec 12, 2019
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Software
Google engineers raise the flag on AR depth, seek builders
So, a smartphone camera is just good for taking snapshots? Don't bring such talk to Google's augmented reality engineers. Blending the real and the virtual—-and winning special props for blending the real with the virtual—is ...
Internet
Twitter backs overhaul of social media to stem disinformation
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is funding research aimed at changing the way information circulates on social media—with the goal of combating online violence, hate and disinformation.
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