Day: April 20, 2019

Corporate Surveillance: When Employers Collect Data on Their Workers

An anonymous reader quotes CNBC: The emergence of sensor and other technologies that let businesses track, listen to and even watch employees while on company time is raising concern about corporate levels of surveillance… Earlier this year, Amazon received a patent for an ultrasonic bracelet that can detect a warehouse worker’s location and monitor their…


Apple dismissed Qualcomm’s tech in public, while praising it in private – CNET

The iPhone maker called Qualcomm’s engineering “the best” in a memo, according to a Washington Post report. …read more Source:: CNet


A Breadboard Power Supply That’s More Universal Than Most

A favorite project of ours is the humble breadboard power supply. Yes, you can still prototype on breadboards, no, you don’t need an entire bench power supply to prototype on one, and every breadboard made in the last forty years has had the same pattern of holes. There’s plenty of opportunity to improve the breadboard…


The Nintendo Switch makes me feel like a kid with a Game Boy again – CNET

The Switch perfectly captures the fun and essence of the original Game Boy and NES. …read more Source:: CNet


On 420, Carl’s Jr. stirs the pot with cannibis-infused burger – CNET

The Rocky Mountain High Cheese Burger Delight has some truly special sauce. …read more Source:: CNet


America Reports Its First Cases of A Fungus Resistant To All Major Drugs

An anonymous reader quotes the New York Times: About 90 percent of C. auris strains are resistant to at least one drug, and 30 percent are resistant to two or more of the three major classes of antifungal drugs. However, on Tuesday, the C.D.C. confirmed that it has learned in the last month of the…


New Device Treats Childhood ADHD With Electric Pulses To Their Foreheads While They Sleep

An anonymous reader quotes CNN: The first medical device to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was OK’d Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Designated for children ages 7 to 12 who are not currently on medication for the disorder, the device delivers a low-level electrical pulse to the parts of…


8 actions to introduce enterprise AI and robotic process automation in a human way

The ultimate technology paradox: you can’t automate without people. …read more Source:: ZDNet


U.S. Intelligence Says Huawei Funded By Chinese State Security

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Marcus Hutchins Pleads Guilty To Two Counts Of Banking Malware Creation

…read more Source:: PacketStorm