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Google’s New Algorithm; Robots; Drones; Apple’s ‘RootPipe’ Still Lives

Posted April 21st, 2015 at 2:39 pm (UTC-5)
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Today’s Tech Sightings: Disaster Robots Slow to Gain Acceptance From Responders According to the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, robots have been used in 43 disasters worldwide, although first responders have been slow to adopt them. But the center is working to change that. Drones, Data Fight New Battle Against Poachers South Africa’s iSimangaliso […]

Tech Sightings, June 24, 2014

Posted June 24th, 2014 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Nineteen Year-Old Dies After Abuse in Chinese ‘Internet Rehab’ In China, where Internet addiction is now categorized as a mental illness, a 19-year-old student recently died at a so-called Internet-addiction recovery camp in Henan province. The girl was allegedly struck and kicked repeatedly. An autopsy showed she died from skull injuries and brain damage. ‘Bionic […]