Consumer & Gadgets
Despite attempts to anonymize user data, the fitness app Strava allows anyone to find personal information—including home addresses—about some users. The finding, which is detailed in a new study, raises significant privacy ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Internet
Facebook can determine where users are even if they opt out of having their whereabouts tracked, the company revealed in a letter sent to US senators.
Dec 18, 2019
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Internet
When you type a password or credit card number into a website, you expect that your sensitive data will be protected by a system designed to keep it secure.
Oct 30, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Remote sighted assistance (RSA) technology—which connects visually impaired individuals with human agents through a live video call on their smartphones—helps people with low or no vision navigate tasks that require sight. ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Internet
A Rutgers researcher has developed techniques to help WhatsApp identify junk senders in public groups and automatically filter junk and spam messages for WhatsApp users.
Apr 25, 2022
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Security
Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have determined.
Dec 22, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Maintenance of modern aircraft is a complex process. The use of AR smart glasses with 3D information visualization should make repair and maintenance work easier for aircraft mechanics. Virtual elements such as instructions, ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Facebook earned more than $110 billion last year by selling advertisements targeted at its users, powered by the data Facebook collected from them.
Apr 19, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Algorithms recommend products while we shop online or suggest songs we might like as we listen to music on streaming apps.
May 13, 2022
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Business
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake.
Jul 10, 2020
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