Day: August 29, 2018

Smile! Goats prefer happy people, study finds – CNET

No kidding! Scientists determine goats prefer grins to grimaces. …read more Source:: CNet


UK drivers not quite ready for electric vehicles – Roadshow

A study by Auto Trader says many drivers plan on waiting nine years before purchasing an EV. …read more Source:: CNet


Nintendo Shuts Down Tool Used To Build Pokemon Fan Games

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since 2007, Pokemon Essentials has been a crucial part of the Pokemon fan game community. As a free mod for the paid RPG Maker software, Pokemon Essentials offers all the graphics, music, maps, and tilesets a fan game maker needs to craft their own Poke-adventure. Fans…


Box expands AI capabilities

The Box Skills Kit will be generally available later this year, while Box Skills now supports customer-trained AI models. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Senate wants Google’s Larry Page to join Dorsey, Sandberg to talk foreign election influence – CNET

The CEO of Alphabet would be testifying alongside Jack Dorsey from Twitter and Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook, if he accepts. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon says Bernie Sanders’ criticism of wages, working conditions is ‘inaccurate’ – CNET

The senator and the e-commerce giant are butting heads once again. …read more Source:: CNet


BusyGasper Malware Packs a Simple but Potent Punch

BusyGasper is rudimentary spyware with a bevy of novel twists that is highly effective at collecting and exfiltrating data from Android phones. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Yahoo Persists in Scanning Emails for In-Depth Ad-Targeting

The service gleans information from receipts, travel itineraries, trade confirmations for online brokerages, Uber messages, auto-loan confirmations, promotions and much more. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Facebook Says It Aims To Power Itself With 100% Renewable Energy by 2020

Facebook says it is aiming to buy renewable energy to cover 100 percent of its electricity use by the end of 2020, joining companies such as Citigroup and Ikea in setting that deadline for achieving its goal. From a report: By 2020, Facebook plans to power its global operations with 100% renewable energy, and reduce…


California Moves To Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045

California’s assembly has voted to move the state’s electricity completely off fossil fuels. The state assembly this week passed S.B. 100, a proposal to transition California to 100 percent emissions-free electricity sources by 2045. A report adds: The Assembly voted 43-32 in favor of the legislation Tuesday. It would eliminate the reliance on fossil fuels…