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• Pregnancy Alters Woman's Brains 'For At Least Two Years'
  on Dec 20, 2016 in science
  EzInKy writes: The BBC and others are reporting the results of a study that women's brains do in fact change during pregnancy. BBC reports: "Pregnancy reduces grey matter in specific parts of a woman's brain, helping her bond with her baby and prepar...
• Filmmaker Installed Security Software On a Decoy Phone To Spy On Smartphone Thieves
  on Dec 20, 2016 in iphone
  An anonymous reader writes from a report via The Verge: Dutch film student Anthony van der Meer had the unfortunate pleasure of having his phone stolen while having lunch in Amsterdam. Unsatisfied with the response from the Amsterdam police, who regi...
• Tim Cook Assures Employees That It Is Committed To Mac and 'Great Desktops' Are Coming
  on Dec 20, 2016 in mac
  Apple CEO Tim Cook has assured the employees that the company is committed to the computer lineups and that a desktop computer is certainly on the way. From a report on TechCrunch: "Some folks in the media have raised the question about whether we're...
• EU Accuses Facebook Of Giving Misleading Information During WhatsApp Takeover
  on Dec 20, 2016 in facebook
  The European Commission has charged Facebook with providing misleading information during its takeover of the online messaging service WhatsApp, opening the company to a possible fine of 1 percent of its turnover. From a report on Reuters: The statem...
• Uber Lost $800 Million In Third Quarter
  on Dec 20, 2016 in business
  According to a report from The Information (Warning: paywalled), Uber has lost more than $800 million in the third quarter. CNBC reports: The results, The Information reported, put Uber on pace to record an 25 percent steeper operating loss than last...
• Google Responds On Skewed Holocaust Search Results
  on Dec 20, 2016 in google
  Google says it is "thinking deeply" about ways to improve search, after criticism over how some results -- including ones discussing the Holocaust -- were ranked. From a report on BBC: Searching for "did the Holocaust happen?" returned a top result t...
• US Fails To Renegotiate Arms Control Rule For Hacking Tools
  on Dec 20, 2016 in government
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: The Obama administration has failed to renegotiate portions of an international arms control arrangement to make it easier to export tools related to hacking and surveillance software -- technologies...
• Morgan Freeman To Voice Mark Zuckerberg's Jarvis
  on Dec 20, 2016 in ai
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently demoed his homemade artificial intelligence assistant Jarvis for Fast Company, and while their report didn't mention anything specific about the assistant's synthesized voice at the time, we have now learned that...
• AT&T Is Adding a Spam Filter For Phone Calls
  on Dec 20, 2016 in att
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Today, ATT introduced a new service for automated blocking of fraud or spam calls. Dubbed ATT Call Protect, the system identifies specific numbers believed to be sources of fraud, and will either de...
• Russian Hackers Stole $5 Million Per Day From Advertisers With Bots and Fake Websites
  on Dec 20, 2016 in advertising
  Russian hackers have used fake websites and bots to steal millions of dollars from advertisers. According to researchers, the fraud has siphoned more than $180 million from the online ad industry. CNNMoney reports: Dubbed "Methbot," it is a new twist...

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