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1. State of DevOps Report Finds Maturity Varies Widely by Industry
(English/Linuxtoday)

State of DevOps Report Card gives high marks to the technology industry for DevOps practices and security integration, but the government sector didn't fare so well. Read all  ...

2. MIT helps self-driving cars ‘see’ through snow and fog
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Self-driving technology has come a long way, but it can still be tripped up by bad weather. A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) may have a solution. They've ...

3. KidKraft's Alexa-powered toy kitchen sizzles and tells dad jokes
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... thanks to voice control technology, which isn't easi... Read all  ...

4. Hitting the Books: A brief history of industrial espionage and corn
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... books on science and technology we can find and... Read all  ...

5. Minuscule ID chips could help spot even the smallest counterfeits
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There are times when something is simply too small to tag it with existing technology, and that can be a serious problem when you're trying to fight counterfeits. MIT researchers might have a way ...

6. Facebook will pay for user recordings to improve speech recognition
(English/engadget)

Facebook may have stopped listening to and transcribing Messenger voice chats, but it still needs voice recordings to improve its speech recognition technology. So the company is going to pay select users ...

7. America is falling in love with electric SUVs
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Established automakers and startups alike are hoping to cash in on the American public's paradigm shift towards electric transportation. For a long time, however, EV technology simply wasn't ...

8. Alphabet quits work on its energy-generating kites
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Alphabet's years-long involvement with energy-making kites is no more. The Google parent is ending its work on Makani's wind power technology, with X's Moonshot lead Astro Teller warning ...

9. Facebook's gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico
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Facebook's Terragraph WiFi technology is delivering high-speed broadband to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This week, AeroNet, Puerto Rico's internet service provider, announced a six-month Terragraph ...

10. Arista Networks Acquires Open Source SDN Pioneer Big Switch Networks
(English/Linuxtoday)

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Arista looks to expand its network visibility and cloud fabric with Big Switch technology. Read all  ...

11. Rocket Lab will launch a NASA cubesat to the Moon
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Rocket Lab will fulfill its dreams of launching payloads to the Moon. NASA has picked Rocket Lab to carry its CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) ...

12. Love at first fold: 24 hours with Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip
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I'll admit it, when Samsung teased the Galaxy Fold at its Developer Conference in 2018, I wasn't sold on the concept. Sure, the technology was impressive, but it just seemed gimmicky to me. The ...

13. CrazyCap is a water purifier cap for your water bottle
(English/the-gadgeteer)

... special cap uses deep UV-C LED light-ray technology to make your regular bottle of tap water safer … CrazyCap is a water purifier cap for your water bottle Read More Read all  ...

14. IKEA SYMFONISK lives loud as a folded horn speaker
(English/ikeahacker)

Little speaker, big sound in this folded horn speaker hack. I’m not that young anymore (born in 1965, the year of Moore’s law) but I’ve been interested in technology and engineering since I was young. ...

15. Bloomberg: India may soon make controversial social media rules official
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... of Electronics and Information Technology is expe... Read all  ...

16. New music label says it can use AI to find the next big artist
(English/engadget)

At this point, artificial intelligence isn't a new concept to musicians. We've seen artists like Björk and Arca use the technology to create new musical arrangements. But a new label ...

17. ACLU rejects Clearview AI's facial recognition accuracy claims
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Clearview AI's facial recognition isn't just raising privacy issues -- there are also concerns over its accuracy claims. The ACLU has rejected Clearview's assertion that its technology is ...

18. Taika Waititi dunks on Apple’s keyboards after Oscar win
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... his favorite technology company shortly after leaving... Read all  ...

19. 'Resurrected' mammoth DNA helps explain why the species went extinct
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Reviving the woolly mammoth is still a tall order. However, technology might be far enough along to help explain why the elephant ancestor went extinct in the first place. Scientists have 'resurrected' ...

20. Hitting the Books: The Y2K bug could come back sooner than you think
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... books on science and technology we can find and... Read all  ...

21. WireGuard is now in Linus Tree! WireGuard
(English/Linuxtoday)

 Wireguard is a next generation VPN technology and it's finally coming to the mainline Linux kernel Read all  ...

22. Podcast: Why Clearview AI's facial recognition is a privacy nightmare
(English/engadget)

All of our fears around facial recognition technology are coming true thanks to a little known startup called ClearView AI. This week, Devindra and Cherlynn dive into how ClearView works, and what unchecked ...

23. Elon Musk drops a surprise EDM track on SoundCloud
(English/engadget)

We've already shown that talented artists like Billie Ellish can create Grammy-caliber music with just a little technology. But what about someone with a lot of technology and just a little talent? ...

24. PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with an animatronic AI
(English/engadget)

When we imagine the future of artificial intelligence, we tend to think of the technology making most human jobs obsolete. But if PETA has its way, an AI could also take over for the world's most ...

25. Facebook pays $550m settlement over illegally-collected facial recognition data
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... labeling and other technology that may collect biometric details from people without their knowledge or consent. Read the rest Read all  ...