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Pocket-Sized DNA Reader Used To Scan Entire Human Genome Sequence

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A few years back, a company called Oxford Nanopore announced it was developing a radically different way of sequencing DNA. Its approach involved taking single strands of the double helix and stuffing them through a protein pore. With a small bit of current flowing across the […]

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T-Mobile Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Electricity By 2021

T-Mobile said on Monday that it will move to 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2021. It had also “finalized a contract for wind power from the Solomon Forks Wind Project in Kansas,” reports CNBC. “Power generation there is due to begin at the beginning of 2019, and will supplement the energy T-Mobile receives […]

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Amazon’s Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap

Today, Amazon, along with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan, announced a plan to launch an independent company that will offer healthcare services to the companies’ employees at a lower cost. The venture, which will be managed by executives from the firms, will be run more like a non-profit, than a for-profit entity. Even though the plans […]

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Google Play Removed 700,000 Bad Apps In 2017, 70 Percent More Than In 2016

Today, Google announced that it removed more than 700,000 apps that violated Google Play’s policies, or 70 percent more apps than the year before. “Google does not share total Google Play app numbers anymore, so we have to rely on third-party estimates to put this 70 percent figure into perspective,” reports VentureBeat. “Statista pegs the […]

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Facebook Users Cry ‘Censorship’ After Being Told Which Russian Troll Pages They Liked

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: As the FBI’s investigation into Russian election interference reaches a fever pitch, Facebook rolled out a new News Feed alert Monday night. The bulletin told users who followed pages created by Russian trolls that those pages have been removed. And some of the affected users did not […]

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Verizon Drops Plans To Sell Huawei Phones Due To US Government Pressure

Bloomberg reports that Verizon has dropped all plans to sell phones by Chinese manufacturer Huawei due to pressure from the U.S. government. The decision comes after AT&T walked away from a deal earlier this month to sell Huawei smartphones in the U.S. Bloomberg: Huawei devices still work on both companies’ networks, but direct sales would’ve […]

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Facebook Is Banning Cryptocurrency, ICO Ads

Facebbook has a new advertising policy pertaining to cryptocurrency, binary options and initial coin offerings. The policy specifically prohibits ads that promote those types of products and services “that are frequently associated with misleading or deceptive practices,” Facebook Product Management Director Rob Leathern wrote in a blog post today. TechCrunch reports: Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin […]

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US Government Investigates Apple Over iPhone Battery Slowdowns

An anonymous reader quotes a report from PhoneDog: The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Apple about its updates that slowed performance on iPhones with older batteries. Sources speaking to Bloomberg say that the agencies are looking into whether Apple violated securities laws regarding disclosures about its updates that […]

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Robot Delivery Vans Are Arriving Before Self-Driving Cars

The future of driverless driving looks like a giant toaster with a funny hat. From a report: That’s an approximation of a new autonomous vehicle unveiled Tuesday by Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup that’s been cryptic about its business plan since it launched about 18 months ago. Nuro’s shiny, minimalist appliance on wheels doesn’t have […]

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California Senate Defies FCC, Approves Net Neutrality Law

The California State Senate yesterday approved a bill to impose net neutrality restrictions on Internet service providers, challenging the Federal Communications Commission attempt to preempt such rules. From a report: The FCC’s repeal of its own net neutrality rules included a provision to preempt state and municipal governments from enforcing similar rules at the local […]

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