After users complained online that their Galaxy devices are randomly sending photos to contacts, Samsung said it isn’t a hardware or software issue. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Apple’s virtual assistant piped up with information about Syria at the worst possible time. …read more Source:: CNet

Dude claims he had a direct line to @jack — for 8 whole months. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: Over the last year, gadget and software makers have developed ways for users to better manage their relationship with technology. They make it easier to ignore notifications or quiet all but the most important stuff. But even the latest mobile OS updates don’t address the entire problem. In this…

To make matters worse, regulators appear keenly aware of this. …read more Source:: CNet

India has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the country in the past few months. From a report: With more than 200 million users in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market in the world,…

Bio-boffins’ feathers ruffled after miscreants flip ’em the bird, costing charity a lotta Zloty A Polish charity is on the hook for 10,000 Zloty (£2,010, $2,648) after a tracking device it put on a white stork was stolen in Africa – and its SIM card used to make a ton of expensive phone calls.… …read…

The joy of building robots comes from being able to imbue them with as much or as little personality and functionality as you wish during the design and build process. While creative flair and originality is always a good thing, there’s a lot of basic needs many robots have in common with each other, so…

As data gets bigger and models grow larger, deep learning is once again “completely gated by hardware.” At the VLSI Symposia, Nvidia suggested some ways to address this problem. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Kasmir Hill, reporting for Gizmodo: It’s the smartphone conspiracy theory that just won’t go away: Many, many people are convinced that their phones are listening to their conversations to target them with ads. […] Some computer science academics at Northeastern University had heard enough people talking about this technological myth that they decided to do…