Australia’s new law threatens social media companies with jail, fines
Australia’s controversial bill that seeks to punish social networks and any other hosting service for failing to remove violent content from their platforms is now a law. The country’s politicians drafted the Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material bil… …read more
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House Judiciary panel to grill Google and Facebook on hate speech
On April 9th, a group of lawmakers will be squeezing Google and Facebook for answers on what they’re doing to curb the spread of white nationalism and separatism on their platforms. The House Judiciary Committee has called in the tech giants for a he… …read more
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Researchers trick radiologists with malware-created cancer nodes
Security researchers in Israel have developed malware that can add realistic-looking but entirely fake growths to CT and MRI scans or hide real cancerous nodules that would be detected by the medical imagining equipment. The software, designed by exp… …read more
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SpaceX’s ‘Starhopper’ test vehicle takes a short Raptor-powered trip
As SpaceX proceeds with development of its Starship vehicle, it’s first testing out the spacecraft’s Raptor engines. Today a stubby Starhopper test vehicle mounted with a single engine — as opposed to the more advanced Phase 2 version shown above –… …read more
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Mystery Motorola phone could pack four rear cameras
You might not have to spring for a premium-priced flagship to get a smartphone with an abundance of cameras. Well-known tipster OnLeaks and CashKaro have shared renders and details of a mystery device they say is a future Motorola device with four r… …read more
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Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot won’t need to confirm every lane change
Tesla has long asked you to flick the turn stalk to confirm Autopilot’s lane changes, but you won’t have to do that for much longer. The EV designer is rolling out an update to Navigate on Autopilot that gives you the option of disabling the turn st… …read more
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Toyota will share its patented hybrid vehicle tech for free
With more than 80 percent of the hybrid vehicle market, Toyota is undoubtedly a leader in hybrid technology. Rather than lock that expertise away, Toyota announced it will share nearly 24,000 patents with fellow automakers. According to the company,… …read more
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Epic will continue to sign Steam games to exclusive store deals
So much for hopes that Epic would stop signing developers to exclusives for its Games Store. While the company suggested at the Game Developers Conference that it would ramp down its push for exclusives, CEO Tim Sweeney has since said Epic would be… …read more
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Facebook will pull its apps from Windows Phone on April 30th
Facebook is bidding farewell to its family of apps for Windows Phone, including Messenger, Instagram, and the original Facebook app. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Engadget on Tuesday that Facebook will end its support for its apps on Windows… …read more
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Adobe’s After Effects can erase unwanted objects from your videos
With the latest release of its Creative Cloud video suite, Adobe has unveiled a content-aware eraser for video that it teased a couple of years ago. Called “Content-Aware Fill” (the same name on the similar Photoshop function), it’s now available on… …read more
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