It’s long been known that Google pays Apple a hefty sum every year to ensure that it remains the default search engine on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Now, a new report from analysts at Bernstein suggests that the payment from Google to Apple may reach $15 b…
Your Sense of Smell May Be the Key To a Balanced Diet
Scientists at Northwestern University found that people became less sensitive to food odors based on the meal they had eaten just before. These findings show that just as smell regulates what we eat, what we eat — in turn — regulates our sense of sme…
More and More Humans Are Growing an Extra Artery, Showing We’re Still Evolving
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceAlert: An artery that temporarily runs down the center of our forearms while we’re still in the womb isn’t vanishing as often as it used to, according to researchers from Flinders University and the Unive…
Scientists Reveal World’s First 3D-Printed, Marbled Wagyu Beef
Scientists from Osaka University have manufactured the world’s first 3D-printed Wagyu beef by using stem cells isolated from Japanese cattle, according to a press release. The product looks like a realistic steak piece containing muscle, fat, and blood…
Facebook Used Facial Recognition Without Consent 200K Times, Says Watchdog
Facebook has been ordered to pay $5.5 million for creating and storing facial recognition templates of 200,000 local users without proper consent between April 2018 and September 2019, according to South Korea’s government data protection watchdog, the…
Alphabet’s Drones Delivered 10,000 Cups of Coffee, 1,200 Roast Chickens In the Last Year
Alphabet’s drone company Wing delivered 10,000 cups of coffee, 1,700 snack packs and 1,200 roast chickens to customers in Logan, Australia, over the last year, the company said Wednesday in a blog post outlining its progress. CNBC reports: Wing was lau…
Western Digital Caught Bait-and-Switching Customers With Slow SSDs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech, written by Joel Hruska: According to a report from Chinese tech site Expreview, the WD SN550 Blue — which is currently one of the best-reviewed budget SSDs on the market — has undergone a NAND lob…
YouTube Kills Discord’s Best Music Bot
YouTube has issued a cease-and-desist order against the creator of Groovy, who has agreed to shut down the widely-popular music bot on August 30th. PC Gamer reports: Effectively a tool for adding background tunes to a chat room, Groovy worked by pullin…
T-Mobile Hacker Explains How He Breached Carrier’s Security
According to the Wall Street Journal, the person behind T-Mobile’s recent security breach that affected more than 50 million customers is a 21-year-old named John Binns. ” Binns said he broke through the T-mobile defenses after discovering an unprotect…
Clearview AI Offered Free Facial Recognition Trials To Police Around the World
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BuzzFeed News: Law enforcement agencies and government organizations from 24 countries outside the United States used a controversial facial recognition technology called Clearview AI, according to internal comp…