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Matteo Salvini

Italy’s Salvini says China cannot be in control of sensitive data

MILAN (Reuters) - Italians must retain control of sensitive data, such as their personal finances or health conditions, and prevent an undemocratic country like China from gaining access, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday. Salvini …

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Android

Netflix app is mysteriously draining people’s phone battery, researchers find

The Netflix app could be draining away your battery without you knowing it, researchers have warned. On some Android phones, the app pulls significant amounts of power even if it is not open, and the phone is left asleep. The battery draw is so powerful tha…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey to arrest 249 foreign ministry personnel in post-coup probe: report

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. (Reuters Photo: Umit Bektas) Turkish authorities ordered the arrest of 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the network of a US-based cleric accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in 2016, broadcaster N…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Nukes

India’s BJP preparing for return to power after surprise exit polls: sources

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to meet coalition partners to discuss a new government, two BJP sources said on Monday, after exit polls predicted a better-than-expected result for it in a general election. The…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Blockchain

Dutch bank ABN AMRO ditches its Bitcoin wallet because it’s ‘too risky’

Dutch bank ABN AMRO has decided to cancel its plans for a custodial cryptocurrency wallet, called Wallie, claiming that digital assets are just too risky. Back in January, the rumor mill spun into action after images surfaced on Twitter that appeared to sugg…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Scientists Went to One of the World’s Most Remote Island Atolls. They Found 414 Million Pieces of Plastic

The amount of plastic pollution previously thought to exist around the world may be a dramatic underestimate — because the vast majority of plastic pollution may actually be below the surface. That's the takeaway from a survey of plastic pollution on the bea…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Yellow Vests

Man arrested in Paris wearing 12-inch hidden blades like Assassin’s Creed character

Police have arrested a man found carrying two self-made concealed wrist blades near a major Paris train station. The 27-year-old, named in local media as 'Thomas G' was spotted by police near Saint-Lazare station in the French capital wearing a black mask, s…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

LG develops its own Neural Engine AI chip

Artificial Intelligence is the future regardless if we’re talking about phones, cars, or appliances. Smartphones have become smarter and smarter over the past couple of years, with Huawei, Apple, and Qualcomm already utilizing Neural Engines to allow their ch…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

The Queen

The British royal family is looking for a social media whizz

If your Facebook messages, Instagram posts, and Twitter musings have always had an air of royalty about them, then you could be the perfect fit for a new job at Buckingham Palace. The U.K.s royal family is looking for someone to help manage its online presen…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Drones

Make Physics Fun with a Trebuchet

What goes up must come down. And what goes way, way up can come down way, way too fast to survive the sudden stop. That’s why built an altitude recording projectile into an oversized golf ball with parachute-controlled descent. Oh, and there’s a…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Italy’s Salvini says China cannot be in control of sensitive data

Netflix app is mysteriously draining people’s phone battery, researchers find

Turkey to arrest 249 foreign ministry personnel in post-coup probe: report

India’s BJP preparing for return to power after surprise exit polls: sources

Dutch bank ABN AMRO ditches its Bitcoin wallet because it’s ‘too risky’

Scientists Went to One of the World’s Most Remote Island Atolls. They Found 414 Million Pieces of Plastic

Man arrested in Paris wearing 12-inch hidden blades like Assassin’s Creed character

LG develops its own Neural Engine AI chip

The British royal family is looking for a social media whizz

Make Physics Fun with a Trebuchet

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