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Human rights advocates filed a new court petition against the Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite, urging Israel’s ministry of defense to halt the firm’s exports to Hong Kong, where security forces have been using the technology in crackdowns against dissidents as China takes greater control. Hong Kong police documents show the use of Cellebrite to […]
It’s not that Korra is a bad protagonist. It’s that she isn’t Aang—and that’s fine to say. Powered by WPeMatico
It’s not that Korra is a bad protagonist. It’s that she isn’t Aang—and that’s fine to say. Powered by WPeMatico
A report from Hong Kong provides the first credible evidence that it’s possible to catch the virus twice. Some immunologists are breathing a sigh of relief. Powered by WPeMatico
NASA has released new photos of Comet Neowise taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a close-up view of the brightest comet observed in decades after it passed around the sun this summer. What happened: The new image, taken on August 8, centers on the comet’s coma, the outer shell of gas and dust expelled […]
The AI community is finally waking up to the fact that machine learning can cause disproportionate harm to already oppressed and disadvantaged groups. We have activists and organizers to thank for that. Now, machine-learning researchers and scholars are looking for ways to make AI more fair, accountable, and transparent—but also, recently, more participatory. One of […]
The 33-year-old-man arrived by plane in Hong Kong on August 15. After disembarking, he headed to one of the airport’s covid-19 testing stations. Someone swabbed his throat, and then he waited for the results. The man had come down with the coronavirus in March, suffered fever and headaches, and spent two weeks in a hospital. […]
Conservative influencers say they understand the president’s moves to shut down the platform in the US, even if it costs them their audience. Powered by WPeMatico
Samsung has recently launched the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. It is an ultra-high-end, true flagship phone of the Android world. It goes head to head against one of the most popular ultra-high-end phones in the market, the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Both of these smartphones come with cutting-edge camera features but which one is the […]
Earlier this month Trend Micro had discovered a new vulnerability that could be injected into Xcode projects. The new type of malware can “command and control” a target system. An interview with researchers has yielded new details about the malware and the ways in which it can pose a risk to Mac users. Continue reading […]