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Iraqi province to replace James McCormick’s fake bomb detectors with 30 police dogs
Police in Dhi Qar are to replace fake bomb detectors bought from a now jailed British businessman with sniffer dogs, the police chief of the southern Iraqi province said on Tuesday. “We decided to buy 30 police dogs to strengthen security checkpoints and detection of explosives… replacing the explosives detection…
Internet giant Amazon hit by first strike in Germany
German employees of Amazon staged their first-ever walkouts on Tuesday as the US Internet retail giant was hit by a dispute over pay. Employees at two logistics centres in Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig launched a strike with the start of the early shift at 6:00 am (0400 GMT), the giant…
Backlash against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy grows
The backlash against Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy group is gathering steam with a campaign to pick off many of its high-profile Silicon Valley backers. Activists on Monday identified the next batch of figures they hope will defect following the departure of Elon Musk and David Sacks, adding fresh pressure to…
John McAfee tells USA Today: ‘I am not a madman’
John McAfee, the reclusive software mogul wanted for questioning in Belize over an expat neighbor’s death, broke his silence Monday in a US newspaper interview in which he pleaded his innocence. “People ask me, ‘How did it feel to kill a man?’ and I can honestly tell them I wouldn’t…
Dutch researchers estimate age and gender of Twitter users based on content shared
Researchers at a Dutch university have developed an online programme that is able give the age and gender of users purely based on the content they post on the social network Twitter. Based on data from almost 3,000 Twitter users who “tweet” messages in 140 characters or less, researchers at…
Demand for electric cars remains low despite tech advances
The road has gotten bumpier for electric cars, with Coda Automotive, one of what had been a promising crop of electric car startups, filing for bankruptcy protection this month. High-end electric car maker Fisker Automotive, which has had financial woes for months, announced meanwhile it was laying off 75 percent…
Doctors design ‘food memory’ phone app to combat obesity
Using a simple smartphone application to photograph one’s meals is a useful slimming aid for the overweight, according to an experiment reported on Sunday. The app, designed by British doctors, aims at promoting “food memory” so that people recall what they have eaten and are encouraged not to snack on…
Blueprints for 3-D printable handgun take refuge in Pirate Bay file-sharing site
Blueprints for the world’s first 3D printable handgun took refuge Friday at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, upsetting a US government attempt to get them off the Internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas non-profit that promotes the open-source development of firearms using 3D printers, withdrew the files needed to make the…
YouTube launches paid subscription channels
YouTube on Thursday unveiled its first paid subscription channels as the Google-owned video service made a long-anticipated move to challenge streaming services like Netflix. The move puts Google into direct competition with services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, which have been luring viewers away from cable and broadcast TV.…
State Department takes down blueprints for 3D-printable handgun
The State Department on Thursday ordered the nonprofit Defense Distributed to remove blueprints for the world’s first 3D-printed gun from its website. “All such data should be removed from public access, the letter says. That might be an impossible standard. But we’ll do our part to remove it from our…
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