Acme Corp

Documenting "the end"

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New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service to install trojans on user devices

A new law being proposed in Germany would see all 19 federal state intelligence agencies in Germany granted the power to spy on German citizens through the use of trojans. The new law would force internet service providers (ISPs) to install government hardware at their data centers which would reroute data to law enforcement, and … Continue reading "New German law would force ISPs to allow secret service to install trojans on user devices"

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^ Lots of property damage is being done by white “allies” taking the opportunity to let out their anger and be edgy or whatever. White supremacists are also committing these acts to further incite racism.

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USAF Reveals Timelines And Basing Plans For Its Huge Adversary Support Contract

The service says it will start awarding contracts in 2019 as part of a massive program that could be worth billions over the next decade.

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jasonmayes/Real-Time-Person-Removal

Removing people from complex backgrounds in real time using TensorFlow.js in the web browser - jasonmayes/Real-Time-Person-Removal

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Scientists implant "memories" into bird brains to teach them songs they've never heard

Babies learn to speak by mimicking their parents – just ask anyone who’s caught their child casually repeating an obscenity they didn’t realize they'd heard. While studying just what’s going on in the brain during this kind of vocal learning, researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern…

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The Continental European (CE) Power System -a large synchronized area stretching from Spain to Turkey and from Poland to Netherlands; encompassing 25 countries- is experiencing a continuous system frequency deviation from the mean value of 50 Hz, and this since mid of January 2018.

"This average frequency deviation, that has never happened in any similar way in the CE Power system, must cease. The missing energy amounts currently to 113 GWh."

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Uber's autonomous trucks are now doing actual work for customers via Uber Freight, Uber's commercial cargo shipping on-demand app. The first runs are being..

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Human eggs grown in the lab for the first time in important fertility 'breakthrough'

Human eggs with the potential to become fertilised embryos have been grown in a laboratory for the first time in a breakthrough that could unlock future fertility treatments. In a landmark development, scientists have been able to replicate the process where egg cells mature in the ovaries outside of the body. Using strips of ovarian tissue removed in a biopsy, it represents an advance on IVF (in vitro fertilisation), where a mature egg is fused with a sperm in the lab and the fertilised embryo is implanted.

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Scientists make rare achievement in study of antimatter

Through hard work, ingenuity and a little cooperation from nature, scientists on the BASE experiment vastly improved their measurement of a property of protons and antiprotons.

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Six companies are about to merge into the biggest farm-business oligopoly in history

Monsanto and other agriculture companies want to get bigger.

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Russian weapons manufacturer the Kalashnikov Group has revealed it has developed a set of fully-automated combat robots. The announcement rekindles the debate over how autonomous should we let our weapons get and should machine's be allowed to make life or death decisions.

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EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR

Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos.

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New Startup Aims to Commercialize a Brain Prosthetic to Improve Memory

Kernel wants to build a neural implant based on neuroscientist Ted Berger's memory research

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New "Bionic" Leaf Is Roughly 10 Times More Efficient Than Natural Photosynthesis

It converts CO 2 in the air into alcohol that can be burned as fuel

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British woman held after being seen reading book about Syria on plane

Faizah Shaheen was detained after an airline crew member reported her for suspicious activity on a flight to Turkey

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One day learning to "hunt prey" could be a very important skill for robots across the world.

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Apple patent blocks your iPhone from recording video at gigs

The patent uses infrared to tell your phone to disable video recording so you can be forced to enjoy the show.