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09/24/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Former Google bigwig launches AI “church” that positions technology as GOD

It might be tempting to crack jokes about today’s smartphone-obsessed youth seeming to worship their devices, but for one man, the concept of technology as a deity is reaching disturbing heights. Former Google executive Anthony Levandowski has filed IRS paperwork to establish an official religion devoted to technology. Not only will this bizarre religion worship […]

05/31/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Smartphone app developed to detect heart disease

Detecting heart disease is now easier – thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Southern California who have developed a smartphone app that can measure a key risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and arterial stiffness. When the arteries are stiff, they become less elastic and more rigid. In turn, this causes increases in blood […]

03/24/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Researchers: Cell phones can be easily hacked with sound waves

With all the end-to-end encryption built into their framework, smartphones are impenetrable, save for advanced backdoor hacking, right? Wrong. Computer security researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina say that simple sound waves, when utilized effectively, can successfully hack not only smartphones, but also wearable fitness monitors like Fitbit and […]

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