Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and scientists said it offered no convincing evidence of when the outbreak began. From a report: The research, which has not been peer-reviewed by other scientists, used satellite imagery of hospital…
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Apple Should Acquire DuckDuckGo To Put Pressure On Google Search, Analyst Argues
According to Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple should acquire privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo to put pressure on Google Search and tap into lucrative advertising revenue. 9to5Mac reports: According to Sacconaghi, Apple should acquire DuckDuckGo for around $1 billion as a way to put more pressure on Google and capture the advertising revenue that comes from the search industry. As reported by…
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (of Technology)
If our social platforms are going to be gatekeepers, then they need to acknowledge their role in the information ecosystems. It is knowing what to boost and what to ignore that makes a good platform, writes veteran technology journalist and now a venture capitalist Om Malik. From his essay: The battle of good email versus spam email has taken a long…
Google Search a Target of US Antitrust Probes, Rival Says
U.S. federal and state authorities are asking detailed questions about how to limit Google’s power in the online search market as part of their antitrust investigations into the tech giant, according to rival DuckDuckGo. From a report: Gabriel Weinberg, chief executive officer of the privacy-focused search engine, said he has spoken with state regulators, and talked with the U.S. Justice Department…
Xiaomi Found Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use, Researchers Claim
According to an exclusive report from Forbes, cybersecurity researcher Gabi Cirlig discovered that his Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 smartphone was watching much of what he was doing and sending that data to remote servers hosted by Chinese tech giant Alibaba, which were ostensibly rented by Xiaomi. From the report: The seasoned cybersecurity researcher found a worrying amount of his behavior was…
Quebec’s Government Urges Online Shoppers To Local Retailers Instead of Amazon
“The coronavirus crisis is giving Quebec’s nationalist government an excuse to attempt what may be impossible,” reports Bloomberg. “The Canadian province is embarking on an uphill battle to chip away at Amazon’s position.” Reckoning that weeks of confinement will permanently accelerate the growth of online shopping, Premier Francois Legault wants to boost Quebec retailers’ digital sales, and is urging the population…
TIOBE Suddenly Ranks ‘Scratch’ as the 20th Most Popular Programming Language
Python knocked C++ out of the top 3 on TIOBE’s index of the most popular programming languages this month, while C# rose into the #5 position, overtaking Visual Basic. But the biggest surprise was when last month’s #26 most popular programming language suddenly jumped six spots into the #20 position, writes the CEO of TIOBE Software. “At first sight this…
Data of Millions of eBay and Amazon Shoppers Exposed
An anonymous reader quotes the “Naked Security” blog of anti-virus company Sophos: Researchers have discovered another big database containing millions of European customer records left unsecured on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for anyone to find using a search engine. A total of eight million records were involved, collected via marketplace and payment system APIs belonging to companies including Amazon, eBay, Shopify,…
Google Is ‘Helping To Develop’ Website For Coronavirus Testing, Trump Says
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency over the fast-spreading coronavirus. In addition to providing about $50 billion in federal aid to fight the disease and temporarily suspending interest on student loans, Trump said Google is “helping to develop” a website that will help users determine if testing is needed and where the nearest testing location is. Trump…
Hunt through satellite images of Earth with an AI search engine
This AI search engine takes one tenth of a second to search more than 2 billion satellite images, identifying similar natural or built features such as forests or military bases Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234262-hunt-through-satellite-images-of-earth-with-an-ai-search-engine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…