The latest batch of fast radio bursts could help us better understand the universe. …read more Source:: CNet

The smaller of Google’s new Pixel 3 phones throws down against the competition. …read more Source:: CNet

A patent filing from Amazon considers Alexa gaining awareness of your emotional and physical state. …read more Source:: CNet

Jeffrey Dastin, reporting for Reuters: Amazon’s machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants’ resumes with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar with the effort told Reuters. Automation has been…

That 60,000 patents in your pocket or are you just pleased to see us? Who would have thought it? Not content with signing with LOT Network, Microsoft has taken the next step in patent cuddling and joined the Open Innovation Network.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

For this week’s Hack Chat, we’re going to be talking all about FPGAs, with our own resident FPGA expert. This summer, Hackaday.io launched FPGA bootcamps, simple, easy-to-follow tutorials that will get you up and running with Verilog. These were all done by Al Williams, Hackaday’s resident FPGA hacker. Al’s an electrical engineer, author of over…

Amazon has patented a new version of its virtual assistant Alexa which can automatically detect when you’re ill and offer to sell you medicine. From a report: The proposed feature would analyse speech and identify other signs of illness or emotion. One example given in the patent is a woman coughing and sniffling while she…

The event starts at 9 a.m. PT, noon ET. …read more Source:: CNet

Verizon’s BOGO deal is the best so far for Google’s much-ballyhooed new phone. …read more Source:: CNet

Comparing Middle Kingdom’s hacker forums to Russia’s? Apples and pears Underground hacker forums in China and Russia are as different as each country’s regular shopping bazaars, according to research from Recorded Future.… …read more Source:: TheRegister