Zuckerberg Defends Universal Basic Income Mark Zuckerberg again defends government giving people free money Video Interview Zuckerberg explains how a form of universal basic income works in Alaska. He doesn’t address Alaska’s deficits, however, and the governor’s call to increase taxes. He also uses his company as grounds to argue in favor Read more…
Facebook’s internet-beaming drone completed its second test flight Facebook’s internet-beaming drone, a lightweight but wide solar-powered aircraft it’s building to bring internet to rural places, completed its second test flight in the Arizona desert, the company announced Thursday. The drone flew for an hour and 46 minutes back in late Read more…
Facebook Announces “Typing-by-Brain” Project First it was Elon Musk, now Facebook. Suddenly, all the big Silicon Valley players want to get into brain tech. Yesterday Facebook announced that it’s working on a “typing by brain” project. At its developer conference, Facebook executive Regina Dugan promised that this brain-computer interface will Read more…
This Is A Giant Catfish Here’s a fish tale for the ages: a North Carolina man says he reeled in a massive 112-pound catfish (just five pounds short of the state record). Riahn Brewington claims that he was fishing on the Cape Fear River the day before Thanksgiving when he Read more…
ImageGate: Ransomware Spreading Via JPG Files on Social Networks Who doesn’t love a good scary problem that has a “-gate” suffix? An Israeli security firm has dubbed a particularly nasty outbreak of ransomware “ImageGate” and that will help us all remember that if you receive a random image on your Read more…
Set Your Facebook Account to Delete or Memorialize You Upon Your Death Many questions come about when one ponders their final days. Where will we go? Is there really an afterlife? What will happen to my Facebook account? Okay, so that last one’s probably low on the priority list, but it is Read more…
Facebook Live gets spooky face filters for Halloween Stream as a skull, evil queen, pumpkin or witch with the Snapchat-like feature. Should Facebook dress as Snapchat for Halloween? The company has unveiled new Facebook Live masks for the spooky soiree with an eerieresemblance to those from its social Read more…
Facebook, Twitter Suspend Tool Used by Police for Surveillance Twitter just announced that it’s revoking a surveillance service’s access to Twitter data. In September, the Daily Dot reported that the Denver Police Department was paying $30,000 to use a tool made by Geofeedia that aggregates information from tweets and other Read more…
Google opens up its machine learning tricks to all Now anyone can try to integrate smarter automation in their projects. There may now be an easier way to implement advanced machine learning models in your projects. Google has opened up its Cloud Machine Learning to all businesses in a public Read more…
How to Control Your Facebook News Feed You can’t complain about Facebook News Feed serving you up stuff you’re not interested in if you haven’t taken the time to customize all of the options and tweaks available. There are more than you might think. From prioritizing the friends you like Read more…
Watch what it takes to build a 350HP combat robot right here The first trailer for ‘MegaBots’ season one has arrived. Our dreams of watching giant robots battle it out in front of us have almost come true. The folks behind the MegaBots Kickstarter have released the first trailer for Read more…
How to Use Your Favorite Mobile Apps on Your Computer Mobile apps are great when you’re away from your desk, but there are times when you might just want a full keyboard, gigantic screen, and comfortable chair while you fiddle with your apps. If that’s the case, you might be Read more…