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To Build Its COVID-19 Task Force, Las Vegas Partnered With A Company Linked To UAE Intelligence
Group 42 helped provide “vital testing materials" to Las Vegas. It also owns an app that has allegedly been used to spy on people.
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This ransomware steals your data and threatens to report you for a GDPR violation
A new campaign is scanning the web for unsecured MongoDB databases and infecting them with ransomware.
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Xiaomi releases 65” 4K OLED Mi TV Master
The TV market gets more and more diverse, but Xiaomi reminded yesterday that it has big plans for the premium segment with the introduction of a 65” 4K TV with an OLED panel, called Mi TV Master.
The 120Hz 65” panel supports variable refresh rate too. There is also Automatic Low Latency Mode that puts latency down to 1ms response time, while other specs of the screen include 98.5% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1000 nits peak brightness, 178-degree viewing angle, and Dolby Vision.
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The HP Envy x360 with a $200 discount is one of the best 4th of July laptop deals
Best Buy has just posted this fantastic laptop deal - a $200 discount on an HP Envy x360, reduced thanks to their 4th of July sale.
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'Animal Crossing,' a Nintendo Switch bestseller, now lets you go swimming
The waters of "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" are finally opening up: In the hit Nintendo Switch game's latest update, players can go swimming starting Friday.
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Study: Only 18% of data science students are learning about AI ethics
Amid a growing backlash over AI‘s racial and gender biases, numerous tech giants are launching their own ethics initiatives — of dubious intent. The schemes are billed as altruistic efforts to make tech serve humanity. But critics argue their main concern is evading regulation and scrutiny through “ethics washing.” At least we can rely on universities to teach the next generation of computer scientists to make. Right? Apparently not, according to a new survey of 2,360 data science students,...
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Ukraine's parliament accepts chief banker's resignation
Ukraine’s parliament has accepted the resignation of the country’s top banker, who has stepped down citing political pressure
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What to expect from the next version of 5G
5G coverage may still be sparse, and the world is still trying to understand how it works or affects us, but the people that define networking standards won’t stop working on it. One of the many companies that contributes ideas and technologies that eventually get adopted into 5G protocols is Qualcomm, and it also published blog posts today about Rel-16. Of course, Qualcomm wants you to know all about its inventions that have been adopted and will be used by the telecomms industry, but this...
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Turkey: pilots on trial over Ghosn escape released from jail
A Turkish court has released four pilots and a private airline official from jail, pending the outcome of their trial on charges of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan to Lebanon, via Turkey
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5G reinvented: The longer, rougher road toward ubiquity
With the dawn of the small cell era apparently postponed, 5G stakeholders look to one of the newly ratified components of the 3GPP standard as a revenue stream. Telcos, say hello to distributed cloud computing.
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Scientists make 'extraordinary' discovery of snake-like dental glands in an amphibian
Meet a legless caecilian with a funky mouth that may hide a venomous secret.
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Washington Redskins Officially Begin Review of Team Nickname
After facing intense pressure in recent weeks, the Washington Redskins have officially begun a review of the team's nickname. In a statement from the team, owner Dan Snyder said: "This process allows the team to take into account not only the proud tradition and history of the franchise but also input from our alumni, the