Academics record light variations in a light bulb to recover the sound waves (speech, conversations, songs) from a room 25 meters (80 feet) away. …read more Source:: ZDNet

“An innocent man faced a torrent of online threats and abuse after being mistakenly identified in a viral video in which an angry cyclist hurt a child,” reports the BBC: Mr. Weinberg was falsely identified when the wrong date was attached to the initial appeal made by the police in Bethesda, U.S. Mr. Weinberg used…

For its third launch in two weeks, Elon Musk’s rocket company sends more Starlink satellites and three Planet Labs satellites to orbit. …read more Source:: CNet

Despite its tiny footprint, the Scan-tini has a 20-sheet ADF and does full-duplex scanning. …read more Source:: CNet

Last week, [Danal Estes] passed away. This comes as a shock to many of us who had the pleasure of interacting with him online. Not only was [Danal] an active contributor to the 3D printing community, he was simply a warm-hearted character who was just fun to get along with. I met [Danal] online less…

NBC News reports that in various parts of America, “States that had committed to using contact tracing apps or expressed interest are now backing away from those claims.” The few states that have rolled them out have seen only tepid responses. And there are no indications of any momentum for the apps at a national…

The 6 essential building blocks of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps), and why it matters. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Long-time Slashdot reader Z00L00K writes: The site known in amateur radio for access to a plethora of SDR (Software Defined Radio) sites sdr.hu has now closed down. The SDR sites that exists all over the world are for listening in to primarily shortwave radio. From the site: I’d like to say a big thanks to…

Celebrate CNET’s 25th birthday with us. We need photos of the old technology that you’ve used in the last quarter century. Dust them off and let’s make them shine again! …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Engadget: In September of 2019, Facebook launched its Deepfake Detection Challenge — a public contest to develop autonomous algorithmic detection systems to combat the emerging threat of deepfake videos. After nearly a year, the social media platform announced the winners of the challenge, out of a pool of more than 2,000…