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Google’s upcoming smartwatch prototype, the Pixel Watch, was reportedly left in a restaurant before being picked up by people who exposed it to the media . Watches are typically worn on the wrist and are used in a very different way than smartphones, so smartphone oblivion in restaurants makes sense, but the oblivion of smartwatches […]

A study of samples of the superbug Clostridium difficile from 14 Danish pig farms found multiple antibiotic resistance genes shared between pig and human patients, spreading for animals (transmitting zoonotic diseases) Provides evidence for the possibility of human beings. Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that infects the human gut, is resistant to all but three of

In the Brazilian state of Ceara, police departments rely on facial recognition systems to identify suspects. Earlier this year, a photo of African-American star Michael B. Jordan from the movie “Black Panther” appeared on police’s wanted list for the 2021 Christmas Eve mass shooting that killed five people , which drew a lot of criticism

A British patient has been infected with the new crown for up to 505 days, scientists report . Infectious disease expert Luke Blagdon Snell said 505 days was the longest reported infection so far. His team investigated what mutations appear in people with superlong infections, and whether variants evolve. The study involved nine patients who

The Wit Mars Helicopter, which first flew on April 19, 2021, is now in its first year of service on Mars, where it was originally scheduled to serve only 30 days. This achievement shows the potential for using mature commercial components in space missions. The Wit is mainly used for technology demonstrations, using commercial components

Researchers at security firm Check Point have discovered a high-severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to take control of millions of Android devices. This vulnerability is an out-of-bounds vulnerability and exists in the ALAC—Apple Lossless Audio Codec—codec. ALAC is an audio format introduced by Apple in 2004 to provide lossless audio. Apple has been updating

Apple announced the retirement of macOS Server , and existing customers can continue to download and use macOS Server. Apple says macOS Server’s most popular features like Caching Server, File Sharing Server, and Time Machine Server are bundled with macOS High Sierra and later, and are free for customers to use. macOS Server is a

Amazon’s European retail business reported a loss of 1.16 billion euros in 2021, leaving the company free of income tax and a 1 billion euro tax credit, corporate documents seen by Bloomberg show . Luxembourg-based Amazon Europe posted sales of 51.3 billion euros last year, up 17 percent from 43.8 billion euros in 2020. The

Sentiments expressed in tweets on Twitter can be used to assess in real-time where supply chain shortages caused by pandemics, wars or natural disasters are causing food, say researchers at Penn State University and Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar shortage. They found that food security-related tweets expressing anger, disgust or fear in the early

How big is the gap between lithium batteries and lead batteries? According to a 2021 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the average price of a metric ton of battery-grade lithium carbonate will be $17,000 in 2021, while the average price of lead in the North American market is $2,425, with the raw material

Lucasfilm Games has announced that Skydance New Media will make a Star Wars adventure game. When the game will be released is unknown. But it’s worth noting that this means well-known game maker Amy Hennig will be making a Star Wars game again . Amy Hennig, known for the Legacy of Kane and Uncharted series,

Google has announced a new policy that effectively bans all call recording apps from the Google Play app store. The Google Play support page states, “The Accessibility API should not be used for remote call recording, nor should apps make such requests to the API.” The policy goes into effect on May 11, 2022. Google’s

The annual Debian Project Leader (DPL) election has concluded and Jonathan Carter has been re-elected . This is his third election. There are three candidates for the election: Felix Lechner, Hideki Yamane, and Jonathan Carter. DPL elections use the Condorcet voting method . Voters rank candidates or candidate items according to their preferences, such as