Today’s Tech Sightings:

FILE – A child rescued by Nigerian soldiers waits to receive treatment at a refugee camp in Yola; Nigeria, May 3; 2015, after being rescued from captivity by Boko Haram fighters. (AP)

Youth for Technology Foundation to Train 6,000 Nigerian Girls in Technology

The Youth for Technology Foundation announced it will train 6,000 Nigerian girls unable to attend school or risk the dangers of human trafficking to use 3-D printing. The training, which was made public during the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and Commitment to Action, will teach the girls trades that will allow them to use their newly-found skills in their own part of the world.

Microsoft Develops AI to Help Cancer Doctors Find the Right Treatments

Hanover is a Microsoft machine-learning project geared toward ingesting all sorts of literature about new cancer drugs in order to help doctors identify the combination that best works for each individual patient. Microsoft is collaborating with Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute to find effective combinations to fight acute myeloid leukemia, which is often fatal and has not seen much improvement in treatment options for decades.

Two India Students Challenge Facebook on WhatsApp Privacy Policy

WhatsApp messaging service, previously claiming to be a privacy champion, recently reneged on that commitment in favor of sharing user information with its parent company, Facebook. Now, two Indian students have filed a class action suit in the Delhi High Court, asking Facebook to reverse the recent changes and demanding the government implement guidelines to protect the privacy of users of messaging apps.

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• Security Researchers From China Remotely Hacked a Tesla Model S
• Cisco Warns of New Flaws Linked to Shadow Brokers Exploits
• Accenture Breaks Blockchain Taboo With Editing System
• Twitter Lays Off Engineering Staff in Bangalore, India
• Indonesia: Google May Face Over $400 Million Tax Bill for 2015
• Opera Brings Free, Unlimited VPN to Its Desktop Browser