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Privacy Group Files Legal Challenge to Facebook’s $5 Billion F.T.C. Settlement
The Electronic Privacy Information Center says the deal would unfairly dismiss thousands of complaints against the tech giant. Press Release Distribution Service
France will continue with its technology tax amidst tariff threat from US
french flag (flickr) France’s finance minister says that it will continue to carry out a plan to tax technology firms, despite a threat of tariffs on French goods from US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters. The country’s senate passed the controversial bill earlier this month, and it was signed into law by President Emmanuel…
Watch a Japanese spacecraft grab another sample from an asteroid
JAXA A camera has successfully recorded a Japanese spacecraft’s attempt to grab a second sample from a distant asteroid. While the actual sample collection happened earlier in July, a video made of images taken during the maneuver was just released on Friday, July 26th. The sample-collecting spacecraft, Hayabusa2, has been in orbit around the asteroid…
Sony’s wearable AC will arrive too late to save you from this year’s heatwave
Image: Sony First Flight Sony has announced the Reon Pocket, a small cooling device that you can wear like a portable air conditioner. It’s currently live on Sony’s crowdfunding website, where prices start at ¥12,760 (about $117). SlashGear notes that as well as cooling you during hot days, the device, which slots into the back…
Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope fight the process, not science
Nature, Published online: 26 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02304-1 Painting Native Hawaiian culture as against modern science is a false dichotomy, explains Rosie Alegado. Press Release Distribution Service
Former UK science minister returns as Brexit government assembles
Nature, Published online: 25 July 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02298-w Jo Johnson is back at the science ministry while hard-line Brexiters take leading roles. Press Release Distribution Service
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For salmonella detection, genomic tool emerges as a key
The world’s food supply will become safer as the food industry shifts to high-resolution, whole-genome sequencing — which examines the full DNA of a given organism all at once. This move to make sequencing ubiquitous will lead to the consistently reliable detection of salmonella. Press Release Distribution Service
A good first step toward nontoxic solar cells
A team of engineers has found what they believe is a more stable, less toxic semiconductor for solar applications, using a novel double mineral discovered through data analytics and quantum-mechanical calculations. Press Release Distribution Service