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How teens are changing the movies forever – The Hustle

With a meme, teens have made Minions relevant for an unexpected demographic: themselves.

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Japan to start jailing people for online insults

Cyberbullying is punishable by up to a year in prison.

www.theverge.com

Disney Targeted by QAnon Believers Using Meme-Stock Tactics

For weeks now, followers of the fringe conspiracy group QAnon have been spinning theories and falsehoods about Walt Disney Co. online, whipping up a frenzy of negative sentiment against one of America’s best-known corporations.

www.bloomberg.com

People who talk to AIs often believe they’re sentient

Plus: Activists fight for EU ban on AI lie detectors, and is the age prediction tool used by Meta accurate?

www.theregister.com

New York state buys robots for lonely elders

The ElliQ bots, according to a recent article in Smithsonian Magazine, were created to help elderly individuals who live alone. ElliQ functions similarly to Alexa and Siri in that it can make small conversation, create reminders, and answer queries.

www.thesciverse.com

Fake IPL in Gujarat village dupes Russian punters | Ahmedabad News – Times of India

The gang of cons who set up “IPL” matches at a farm in a Gujarat village accepted bets from punters in Russian cities of Tver, Voronezh and Moscow. Th

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Pesquisadores testam IA para distribuir riqueza e combater desigualdade

Pesquisadores do Reino Unido acreditam que inteligência artificial pode propor maneiras de redistribuir renda (e combater a desigualdade econômica) com mais viabilidade prática do que políticas públicas criadas por seres humanos.A conclusão é d

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Método usado na previsão do tempo servirá para enfrentar novas epidemias – Gizmodo Brasil

Pesquisadores estão trabalhando em aplicativo capaz de avaliar o risco de exposição do usuário a Covid-19. Entenda

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Método usado na previsão do tempo servirá para enfrentar novas epidemias – Gizmodo Brasil

Pesquisadores estão trabalhando em aplicativo capaz de avaliar o risco de exposição do usuário a Covid-19. Entenda

gizmodo.uol.com.br

FIFA Will Use AI to Track Players’ Bodies During World Cup

The semi-automated technology is designed to make more accurate offside decisions.

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How ‘The Dress’ Sparked a Neuroscience Breakthrough

The color debate that broke the internet raised new questions about the relationship between perception and consciousness.

www.wired.com

Digitalisation of services and money is creating a two-tier society

Letters: Andy Beverley is worried for those who are excluded by cashless systems, and Jane Ghosh says counter services are essential

www.theguardian.com

NASA strives to send swarms of swimming robots into space

Nasa has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells of our Solar System’

thenextweb.com

A Tech Millionaire Bought a Giant Cold War Radar to ‘Find UFOs’

A British tech entrepreneur posted on Reddit looking for help getting a Cold War era nuclear early warning radar dish to spin again.

www.vice.com

NASA rebukes Russian use of space station for propaganda purposes [Updated]

“The space station is supposed to be a symbol of peace and cooperation.”

arstechnica.com

Secret Service Director to Step Down and Join Maker of Snapchat

The director, James M. Murray, was appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2019 and is departing after nearly three decades with the agency.

www.nytimes.com

5G no Brasil: guia explica o que vai mudar com a nova tecnologia

Brasília é a primeira capital do país a receber o 5G ‘puro’, que oferece mais velocidade, na faixa principal, mas ainda vai demorar para o serviço alcançar todo o país. Tire dúvidas.

g1.globo.com

Ministério da Justiça abre processo para investigar se TikTok protege usuários contra conteúdos nocivos

Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor, vinculada ao ministério, vai apurar se a plataforma cumpre trechos do Código de Defesa do Consumidor que tratam da vulnerabilidade de usuários. Em junho, órgão determinou que a rede social removesse conteúdos impróprios para menores de idade.

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U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores

A leader of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over China-related data security concerns.

www.cnbc.com

TikTok is reportedly giving up on its live shopping plans in the US and Europe

Live, social shopping is big business in China, but other countries just don’t shop that way yet.

www.theverge.com

Amazon has a new physical retail analytics service – TechCrunch

Store Analytics gives brands anonymized insights about their products in Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores in the US that use Just Walk Out and Dash Cart tech.

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UK subscribers will soon be able to leave Amazon Prime in two clicks

The move follows changes across the EU that made it simpler for users to quit the subscription service

www.theguardian.com

Amazon Succumbs to UAE Government Pressure to Restrict LGBTQ Products

Search results and items for purchase were blocked on the company’s website in the gulf state.

gizmodo.com

Google apagará histórico de dados de visita a clínicas de aborto – Gizmodo Brasil

Decisão vem após a Suprema Corte dos EUA derrubar o direito ao aborto legal no país

gizmodo.uol.com.br

Twitter, Challenging Orders to Remove Content, Sues India’s Government

Twitter’s lawsuit is part of a broadening battle between the biggest tech companies and governments around the world over who gets to control information and how.

www.nytimes.com

Twitter sued the Indian government over content removal requests

The lawsuit heightens tensions between Twitter and the Bharatiya Janata Party, but it won’t cause as much uproar as Twitter unilaterally denying government orders.

www.protocol.com

India shares its e-government tools with all

Identity, payments, data management – the lot – as digital public goods

www.theregister.com

Hacker alega ter roubado da polícia de Xangai registros de 1 bilhão de chineses

Internauta se identificou como “ChinaDan” e postou no fórum de hackers oferecendo os dados por 10 bitcoins, o equivalente a US$ 200 mil (cerca de R$ 1 milhão). Moradores relataram preocupação nas redes sociais.

g1.globo.com

Netflix Ranks Last Among Streamers for Perceived Value — but It’s Still the No. 1 Must-Have Service, Survey Finds (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix customers seem to have a love-hate relationship with the industry’s biggest subscription streamer. Netflix remains the most indispensable service among major streaming platforms, with…

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Brands want to be more than your friend. They want community.

Brands and creators want customers to be active, engaged fans — and to spend more money.

www.vox.com

TikTok Killed the Video Star

MTV turned music into spectacle. The app is doing the opposite.

www.theatlantic.com

With Sign Language and Sound, an Artist Upends Audience Perceptions

Christine Sun Kim’s poetic and political art pushes viewers to consider the limits, and misunderstandings, that come with communication in any language, whether spoken or signed.

www.nytimes.com

Accessibility Week

Technology offers the utopian promise of a universally accessible society, but it only delivers part of the time.

www.theverge.com