Facebook’s sad summer continues with a $650 million settlement
Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a years-long class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition in what continues...
What’s new in Microsoft .NET 5
Microsoft’s seventh preview of .NET 5 has arrived, with improvements in areas such as JSON and the Ryujit compiler. .NET 5 is a merger of...
Lockdown was the longest period of quiet in recorded human history
When lockdown started in March, the world went instantly, strangely silent. City streets emptied. Joggers and families disappeared from parks. Construction projects froze. Stores...
The 3 Best VR Headsets to Try and a Few Games to Play (2020)
It's only been a couple years but it has been a rocky road for VR. The hype, the dashed expectations, the slow climb toward...
China’s Tianwen-1 mission is on its way to Mars
The news: China’s Tianwen-1 mission to Mars successfully lifted off shortly before 1 p.m. local time on Thursday, July 23, Chinese media reported. The...
Roof Rack Technology Just Got Its First Interesting Tweak In A Long Time –...
Off-road overland outfitter ARB has basically taken GoPro’s best business idea and applied it to roof racks. The company’s BASE rack looks slick and,...
How to describe Java code with annotations
You’ve probably encountered situations where you need to associate metadata (data that describes other data) with classes, methods, and/or other application elements. For example,...
Seafood industry to utilise new technology in fight against food fraud – ABC News
The seafood industry is hoping world-first technology will protect them against food fraud.
Key points:
World first portable X-ray fluorescence technology will help protect against food-fraud
The...
Facebook is taking a hard look at racial bias in its algorithms
Facebook has announced it’s building teams that will study racial bias baked into the algorithms used on its platform and on Instagram, which...
The Many Faces of Bad Science
In 1942, sociologist Robert Merton described the ethos of science in terms of its four key values: The first, universalism, meant the rules for...
