Scientists Create E. Coli With Entirely Synthetic Genome
Scientists created a variant of the E. coli bacteria with an entirely synthetic genome, according to a new paper. Read more… Source : Scientists Create E....
Google’s Working on a Translation AI That Uses Your Own Voice
The worst part about visiting somewhere you don’t speak the local tongue is that sinking feeling as you squint at a phrasebook, open your mouth, and...
Asus’ $499 ZenFone 6 has a flip-up camera and a giant battery
Premium smartphone manufacturers have moved the needle on pricing, but 2019 may well go down as a kind of golden age for budget flagships. Apple, Google...
Retail Zipline raises $9.6M from Emergence and Serena Williams
Retail Zipline, a startup aiming to improve communication between retail stores and corporate decision makers, announced today that it has raised $9.6 million in Series A...
ProtonMail Adds New Anti-Phishing Defenses to Email
Last year, Amnesty International spotted a long-running campaign against journalists and human rights activists in the Middle East. Read more… Source : ProtonMail Adds New Anti-Phishing...
Stack Overflow confirms breach, but customer data said to be unaffected
Developer knowledge sharing site Stack Overflow has confirmed hackers breached its systems, but said customer data is unaffected. “Over the weekend, there was an attack on...
Renowned Biohacker Is Being Investigated for Practicing Medicine Without a License
A NASA scientist-turned-biohacker celebrity and entrepreneur—who has won over mad scientists around the world for his anti-establishment science advocacy—is reportedly being investigated for practicing medicine without...
A Quarter of West Antarctica’s Ice Is Now Unstable, Study Finds
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but the ice is screwed. New findings released on Thursday reveal that a quarter of the ice sheets...
Snapchat’s ‘gender-swap’ filter exposes the internet’s casual transphobia
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is a face filter for everything, from putting puppy ears on your head to horrifically swapping your face...
Now We Know Why YTMND Went Dark
You’re The Man Now Dog, one of the earliest sites associated with web 2.0 internet culture, went dark sometime in the past few days, though exactly...
