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• Facebook Pulls 9/11 Anniversary Topic after Promoting Conspiracy Article

  

  In the latest misstep attributed to its newly-automated Trending Topics feed, Facebook pulled a topic dedicated to the anniversary of September 11th after an article appearing to support ‘Truther’ conspiracy theories topped the feed. The article, from the UK’s Daily Star, claimed to feature “footage that ‘proves bombs were planted in the Twin Towers.’” It is a long-held suspicion among some conspiracy theorists that, in the lingo, “9/11 Was an Inside Job”, and the proliferation of specious vide..

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• MIT, Georgia Tech Researchers Use Terahertz Imaging To Read Books Without Opening Them

  

  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and their colleagues over at the Georgia Institute of Technology are devising an imaging system that will allow the reading of closed books. In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers detailed the prototype system they have designed, which has so far been tested on a stack of papers. Though still in the prototype stage, New York's Metropolitan Museum has shown interest in the technology, which can b..

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• The Apple dream car might not happen

  

  Having mostly perfected computers of various shapes and sizes, it is compelling to imagine Apple’s head of design, Jony Ive, now crafting a minimalist dream car with a revolutionary user experience. But according to several recent reports, Apple’s secret automotive project seems to have some issues. “Dozens of employees” in Apple’s car project “have departed in recent weeks,” the FT reports. The company has had more than 1,000 people working on its so-called “Project Titan,” but “it has struggl..

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• iPhone 7 Butts Heads With Galaxy Note 7 For First Time: Does It Bode Well For Apple?

  

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• WAMBUGU: What a buzz the new iPhone has created

  

  By SAM WAMBUGU More by this Author If you are a fan of Apple products, September is usually a month to look forward to. Last Wednesday, Apple, the iPhone maker, released its new flagship, the iPhone 7, and its cousin, iPhone 7 Plus. This has come a month after Apple celebrated selling its billionth phone since iPhones were introduced to the market nine years ago. The question is: Is it worth buying? Or, by extension, is it an innovative product worthy of all the attention it is getting? Th..

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• Chrome cracks down on sites that don't use encryption

  

  Chrome 56 is launching in January, and will implement a new warning that you'll see on any login sites that are still unencrypted. The pages will be marked as "not secure" in a small window by the address bar, which should help usher browsers away from any site that's still not utilizing HTTPS. In the future, these pages will also be denoted with a special red triangle symbol as well.This is in contrast to the way Chrome already warns users, as it uses a "neutral indicator," as explained by Emi..

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• Google DeepMind's AI can mimic realistic human speech

  

  Currently, developers use one of two methods to create speech programs. One involves using a large collection of words and speech fragments spoken by a single person, which makes sounds and intonations hard to manipulate. The other forms words electronically, depending on how they're supposed to sound. That makes things easier to tweak, but the results sound much more robotic. In order to build a speech program that actually sounds human, the team fed the neural network raw audio waveforms reco..

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• The iPhone 7 is a huge gift to accessory makers

  

  With every new iPhone comes a series of separate, smaller purchases. Perhaps a phone case or a portable charger, or maybe a new adapter for your car. This year, with the iPhone 7 and its lack of headphone jack, we can expect that even the most avid of tech hardware collectors won’t have all the necessary accessories on day one. Sure, Apple is bundling a 3.5mm dongle and a pair of Lightning EarPods in the box, but that won’t be enough. And no one knows this better than third-party accessory make..

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