The risks of "fake news" spreading via social media have been highlighted in a recent study into false memories.    The study comprised of showing volunteers fake and fabricated news reports that appeared on social media a week before the abortion law referendum in Ireland in 2018. The...

White hat hackers help auto manufacturers to discover new security related issues in traditional architectural setting. “DEF CON security convention”, that took place in Las Vegas, saw hackers who try to pick locks and find out “cyber vulnerabilities in a makeshift hospital” looking into the ways...

The number of microplastic particles in water, including drinking water, continues to grow. However, scientists have no evidence its danger to the human body, stated a report of the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the researchers, most microplastic particles pass through the human...

Apple began to conduct tests of OLED displays for the new iPhone 12 made by the Chinese company BOE, MacRumors writes. Recall that testing of new technologies from Chinese manufacturers began against the backdrop of the call of US President Donald Trump to Apple to leave China. It is planned that...

Most Google searches end without clicking on the links, show data of Jumpshot marketing research firm. The number of such “idle” requests has grown since 2016 and continues to increase. Jumpshot specialists analyzed 40 million search queries in browsers in the US in June, and found that the number...

Microsoft has confirmed the fact of collection of audio recordings of the process of user communication with the voice assistant Cortana and Skype Translator, reports Reuters. According to a company representative, Microsoft employees and contractors subsequently study the data obtained in order to...

French eyewear giant Optic 2000 presented, during the CES 2019 edition, its flagship product: smart glasses. With a drastically different approach from Google’s failed Glass project, Optic 2000 is designing products which cover all the traditional parameters of classic glasses and launches the new...

Sony introduces wearable air conditioner smaller than a mobile phone. Now you will be able to wear your air conditioner! Yes, you heard it right. Sony has built a new wearable AC, which could be worn with clothes. The said portable air conditioner is named Reon Pocket. It is smaller as well as...

Databases of medical institutions, insurance companies, telecom operators or entertainment services that do not contain a person’s first and last name are no longer personal data from the point of view of the law, and therefore can be freely sold or transferred to third parties. Scientists say that...