Mozilla’s service lets you share 1GB files with no strings attached and 2.5GB files if you sign in. …read more Source:: CNet

The company says promoting misinformation violates its terms of service. …read more Source:: CNet

Devin Nunes, R-Calif., escalated the feud between conservatives and Twitter earlier this week with a lawsuit accusing the company of defamation and negligence — two different allegations, one of which poses a more serious question for the social media platform and technology companies in general. Nunes is claiming that Twitter negligently violated its terms of…

Norway’s capital wants all its taxis to be zero-emission vehicles from 2023 onward. …read more Source:: CNet

Mummy, why is Gramps talking to that tree? Ontario oldsters were left dazed and confused after munching their way through a succulent platter of cannabis-laced chocolate brownies.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A group of researchers claims to have built a prototype for an “online polygraph” that uses machine learning to detect deception from text alone. But as a few machine learning academics point out, what these researchers have actually demonstrated is the inherent danger of overblown machine learning claims. From a report: When Wired showed the…

No lie, says Zuck and co, it was a separate data thing that we forgot to mention Comment Facebook knew about “improper data-gathering practices” by Cambridge Analytica at least four months before it was exposed in news reports, internal emails reveal, contradicting a statement made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg as well as sworn testimony offered…

Hacked drones are breaching physical and cyberdefenses to cause disruption and steal data, experts warn. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Thursday was my final day in Shanghai. After spending all of Wednesday at Electronica Asia, I headed over to the Espressif Headquarters which is just one subway stop away. This is of course the company behind the well-known ESP8266 and its younger sibling, the ESP32. My host was Ivan Grotkothov, Director of Software Platforms. The…

Flash! Servant of the universe The great NAND flash price slump will accelerate the uptake of SSD storage, industry sources have predicted, with PCIe/NVMe SSDs possibly accounting for half of the market by the end of the year.… …read more Source:: TheRegister