Google tries to make its Duplex assistant sound less creepy; connected devices are playing a frightening new role in domestic abuse; and did you know Barbie is way into science now? …read more Source:: CNet

Samsung’s next watch could lean on health features and better battery life. Could it also get a new name? …read more Source:: CNet

Six words: french fries, almond butter, hand lotion. …read more Source:: CNet

I found a dust-covered, circa-2007 black polycarbonate MacBook, plugged it in and it came right back to life. …read more Source:: CNet

In the early 1980s there was growing public awareness that the microcomputer revolution would have a significant effect on everybody’s lives, and there was a brief period in which anything remotely connected with a computer attracted an air of glamour and sophistication. Broadcasters wanted to get in on the act, and produced glowing documentaries on…

Including DeepMind code, and Donald Duck’s robo-cousin Roundup Welcome to this week’s AI roundup – a mix of news and links beyond what we’ve already published this week.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has managed to get Tinder to encrypt the photos sent between its servers and its app. The 69-year-old Senator wrote a letter to Tinder back in February requesting that the company encrypt photos. They apparently already implemented the feature, but “waited to write back to Wyden until it also adjust a…

Got $4,000 to spend? Even if you don’t, keep reading — especially if you develop with FPGAs. Exostiv’s FPGA debugging setup costs around $4K although if you are in need of debugging a complex FPGA design and your time has any value, that might not be very expensive. Then again, most of us have a…

And NSA can’t stop slurping your phone records Roundup This week we dealt with buggered bookies, trouble at Ticketmaster, and a compromised Linux build from Gentoo.… …read more Source:: Register

We compared two Android heavyweights to see which phone comes out on top. …read more Source:: CNet