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Despite the growing controversy around the Cambridge Analytica data privacy allegations, Facebook is pushing those concerns to one side today with the launch of two new features for its Messenger app. The first of the tools is aimed at group admins, allowing them to essentially “vet” new members of group chats before they can join […]
Researchers at the University of Calgary say they have developed a portable brain-imaging system that would literally shed light on concussions.
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters A new service hopes to save users hundreds of dollars on plane tickets by automatically exploiting legal loopholes. Robot legal service DoNotPay attempts to rebook and get partial refunds on flights if their prices drop. It’s free to use, and users get to keep 100% of their savings. A new service is trying […]
A leaked NSA tool offers a glimpse into what the NSA knows about the hacking operations of adversaries—some of which may still be secretly ongoing. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9ede5e2b62655fe349d43a/master/pass/HackersHackingHackers.jpg
EternalBlue leaked to the public nearly a year ago. It’s wreaked havoc ever since. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99f6b6dc9df6500b907340/master/pass/EternalBlueHacks.jpg
Pornhub owner Mindgeek has unveiled what might become the default gatekeeping tool for porn in the UK. AgeID will ask porn site visitors to create an encrypted login that verifies their age across any compatible site, saving them from having to prove they’re 18 or older every time they want to view some racy material. […]
Google is bringing pro-level video-editing techniques to your phone. The search juggernaut is using AI and machine learning (naturally) to make replacing the background of video you take as easy as adding an Instagram filter to a photo. There’s a lot of technical jargon explaining how it all works at the source link, but suffice […]
Enlarge The usually staid world of professional-grade flight simulations was rocked by controversy over the weekend, with fans accusing mod developer FlightSimLabs (FSLabs) of distributing “malware” with an add-on package for Lockheed Martin’s popular Prepar3d simulation. The developer insists the hidden package was intended as an anti-piracy tool but has removed what it now acknowledges […]
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Digital Media Briefing” subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. Snapchat released an in-app tool that provides popular creators with detailed viewership analytics on their Stories, Marketing Land reports.See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: […]
Benefit Cosmetics launched its Brow Try-On service this month to much fanfare. The augmented reality tool lets people virtually try on different brow types before getting waxed or plucked. The tool actually detects the user’s eyebrow hair and duplicates it for a realistic eyebrow transformation. Everyone seems to have a waxing or plucking experience […]
