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Thwart purse-snatchers with this hidden smoke and dye bomb

@ 2017/05/12 read/post comments(0)
For anyone worrying a thief might steal their handbag and disappear, Malaysian sportswear company Ash Be Nimble has a new preventative measure. Its Handbag Dyetonator is a small accessory that spews smoke and splashes the offender in ink, marking the... Go To Full Article

Baidu AI helps parents find their abducted son 27 years later

@ 2017/05/12 read/post comments(0)
Facial recognition tech has loads of application other than the creepy ones that put your privacy at risk. In China, for instance, it has helped a couple find their son 27 years after he was abducted. Fu Gui thought it… Go To Full Article

[M] AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Processor Review

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
The Ryzen 5 1600 CPU does arrive with notably lower core clocks and 30W lower TDP versus its 1600X brother, all other technical specifications remaining the same. While we can see a small performance drop with the Ryzen 5 1600,… Go To Full Article

The US military might let its IT warriors skip boot camp

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
The commander of US Cyber Command (US CYBERCOM) told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that they're having difficulty raising a number of "cyber-warriors." They're in such a hurry to field a force of information technology- and digital securi...… Go To Full Article

Apple just bought a popular sleep tracker

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
Those rumors of Apple Watch sleep tracking just got more tangible. Apple has acquired Beddit, a company whose business revolves around a sleep monitoring device as well as companion iOS and Watch apps. The fate of Beddit's products isn't clear… Go To Full Article

Google is making 360-degree cameras Street View-ready

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
It can be a pain to upload your own Street View photos even if you have a 360-degree camera. You may have to stop to take photos every few feet, and then there's the question of getting the spherical shots… Go To Full Article

Nvidia draws cancer fighting research teams with generous donation Fudzilla by jon [

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
Pre-registration now open, contest begins in summer On Tuesday, the Nvidia Foundation announced that it will hand out $25,000 to the cancer-fighting research team that produces the best work in proteogenomics – the combination study of proteins… Go To Full Article

Nvidia to train 100,000 developers on deep learning AI

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
Courses in healthcare, robotics, self-driving cars, financial services and more During Nvidia’s annual GPU Technology Conference this week in San Jose, California, company officials mentioned that efforts are currently underway to train over 100,000 developers in machine… Go To Full Article

Leak shows Microsoft's vision for Echo-like Windows PCs

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
Remember when word got out for Microsoft's Home Hub, a Windows 10 update that would effectively turn your PC into a souped-up Amazon Echo with shared info, across-the-room voice control and home automation? You now have an idea as to… Go To Full Article

Alibaba opens its mobile payment system to 4 million US stores

@ 2017/05/10 read/post comments(0)
Chinese internet titan Alibaba has struck a deal to let its global AliPay customers buy things in the US through First Data, makers of the Clover point-of-sale system. Just don't mistake this for a full American expansion to compete with… Go To Full Article

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