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Why Your GPS Receiver Isn’t Bigger Than a Breadbox spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/…
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A multi-trillion dollar blockchain use case thenextweb.com/syndication/2…
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A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes techcrunch.com/2018/04/17/fa…

A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook's new GDPR privacy changes | TechCrunch

Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance changes. It will ask people to

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Wireless charging over distance just got a boost computerworld.com/article/32…
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Electrical Pulses and Neural Code Boost Memory Storage spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-…
SpaceX’s Earth views need a license now, probably thanks to the Tesla stunt theverge.com/2018/4/5/171977…
SpaceX’s Earth views need a license now, probably thanks to the Tesla stunt

SpaceX’s Earth views need a license now, probably thanks to the Tesla stunt

Blame NOAA and a 26-year-old law

theverge.com
FCC Commissioner Says Her Agency Is Now Just A Giant Rubber Stamp For Sinclair Broadcasting tdrt.io/gJE
Intel admits a load of its CPUs have Spectre v2 flaw that can't be fixed theregister.co.uk/2018/04/04…
Google employees revolt, say company should shut down military drone project arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018…

Google employees revolt, say company should shut down military drone project

Project applying Google’s image recognition to military drone footage causes uproar.

arstechnica.com
Not one, but 20,000 black holes hiding in Milky Way's heart theregister.co.uk/2018/04/04…
Not one, but 20,000 black holes hiding in Milky Way's heart

Not one, but 20,000 black holes hiding in Milky Way's heart

Thousands of them lie hidden in the dark secretly guzzling gas

theregister.com
Team identifies hidden clues to ancient supercontinents, confirms Pannotia phys.org/news/2018-04-team-h…

Team identifies hidden clues to ancient supercontinents, confirms Pannotia

An Ohio University geologist who first proposed the now-accepted supercontinent cycle theory in the 1980s has rallied to the cause of one of those supercontinents, Pannotia, that is in danger of...

phys.org
NASA explores ‘quiet’ supersonic flight over land engadget.com/2018/04/03/nasa…
Intel bumps up mobile chips to 6 cores in expanded 8th-generation line-up arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018…
Intel bumps up mobile chips to 6 cores in expanded 8th-generation line-up

Intel bumps up mobile chips to 6 cores in expanded 8th-generation line-up

There's also a wider range of desktop chips and 8th-generation Iris Plus graphics.

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Telescope larger than the Earth produces image of black hole jet formation in the core of a radio galaxy phys.org/news/2018-04-telesc…
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific phys.org/news/2018-04-china-…
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

China's defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific on Monday, Chinese space authorities said.

phys.org
Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail phys.org/news/2018-04-degree…
Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail

Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail

Limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius will not prevent destructive and deadly climate impacts, as once hoped, dozens of experts concluded in a score of scientific studies released Monday.

phys.org
How Coders Are Fighting Bias in Facial Recognition Software wired.com/story/how-coders-a…
How Coders Are Fighting Bias in Facial Recognition Software

How Coders Are Fighting Bias in Facial Recognition Software

Facial recognition systems are better at identifying whites than people of other ethnic groups. Companies like Gfycat are trying to fix the problem.

wired.com
Google is about to upend the U.S. wireless industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Carriers Are Hoarding America’s Bandwidth. Google Just Wants Them to Share

Carriers Are Hoarding America’s Bandwidth. Google Just Wants Them to Share

A bold plan to open up spectrum could rock the wireless industry and prove a $260 billion win for consumers. Guess-who would also make out all right.

bloomberg.com
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A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr's Effects wired.com/story/a-flawed-stu…
A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr's Effects

A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr's Effects

Flaws in a study about unintended gene editing snips have led to its retraction. But that’s not the end of the story.

wired.com
Comcast supports ban on paid prioritization—with an exception arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…
Comcast supports ban on paid prioritization—with an exception

Comcast supports ban on paid prioritization—with an exception

Instead of total ban, Comcast wants exception for specialized services.

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