Author: Agitator!!

Hmmm…Police departments across the U.S. are asking residents to register their security cameras so they can quickly request footage if an incident occurs nearby. [Sen] Markey is seeking more information from Bezos about Ring’s video-sharing agreements with law enforcement agencies. The lawmaker says he’s also alarmed that Ring may be pursuing facial recognition technology that…

…18 years later, it still hurts.

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Facial recognition? This seems to be scary… Facebook said on Tuesday its face recognition technology will now be available to all users with an option to opt out, while deciding to discontinue a related feature called ‘Tag Suggestions’. For more, check out this NBC News story.

Category 5 is as high as it goes. There is no higher measure, even though Dorian has already become the strongest hurricane in modern records for the Northern Bahamas packing winds of 180 mph. It is in contention for becoming one of the strongest storms of all time. For more, check out this USA Today…

Microsoft has posted a blog about porting DirectX 12 games to Windows 7. To better support game developers at larger scales, we are publishing the following resources to allow game developers to run their DirectX 12 games on Windows 7. Please post technical question or feedback to our Discord channel at http://discord.gg/directx. For more links,…

At the University of Findlay, pharmacy students are developing an oral compound that targets glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of cancer occurring in the brain. Using chemistry, physiology and pharmacology, they are researching an efficient way to direct medication to the brain. If successful, this kind of medication could remove the need for risky medical…

If you are in an area overrun with Spotted Lanternflys, you know what a menace they can be. Now there may be a way to control them. The research, published in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, involved two naturally occurring fungi – Batkoa major and Beauveria bassiana – found in soil in…

Hey Siri, Google and Alexa — enough with the snooping already! Unfortunately, consumers are trading privacy for convenience. And it’s our job, if we’re uncomfortable with the practice, to delete the recordings and change our settings to stop the snooping. Because by default, the companies are set to monitor, leaving it to us to have…