Police: Credit Card Skimming Devices Harder to Spot
Gadgets

Authorities have been battling credit card skimmers in years, but claimed that criminals are getting harder and harder to beat (and spot). Recently, a skimming device was spotted inside a Lakeland gas station pump. According to police investigators, a card reader like it was also used at a SunTrust Bank

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Panelists: Technology Will Change How People Get Healthcare
Social

Panelists claim technology to change the way people receive healthcare.  In 2013, Ed Buckley, a doctoral student at the University of Florida was a presenter/creator during the first ever One Spark Festival, but not on Wednesday. He was back in Jacksonville in another session of One Spark, but not as

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Earth Collision with sister Planet Theia
Air & Space

Scientists think that the Moon may have been formed by the collision between an object and the Earth, the object is considered to be similar to that of the Earth. This has opened up new possibilities for new theories on the formation of the Moon. The study is one of

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China's Tianhe-2 Supercomputer
Computers

The US government has restricted Intel to help China building the world’s biggest supercomputer. The Tianhe-2 computer needs new chips which were supposed to be built Intel. Intel has applied for a license to build and export thousands of these chips to China but was restricted by the US as

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AWS Machine Learning Platform
Computers

The senior vice president of Amazon Web Services, Andy Jassy announced the new machine learning platform at the AWS Summit in San Francisco. The new machine learning platform is designed to give developers, without a machine learning background, the tools to build data-driven smart apps that can monitor what is

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Malware Detected
Computers

The infamous shape shifting malware called Beebone has been shut down by the Europe’s Cybercrime Centre and the FBI. Beebone was controlling more than 100,000 computers a day and hackers were using it to steal information like passwords and download other programs to infect machines. According to reports, around 12,000

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Jawbone UP3 Activity Tracker Launch Extended
Gadgets

The UP3 fitness tracker by Jawbone will be launched 4 months ahead from the original delivery date. The tracker was supposed to launch on the 20th of April this year. The company also mentioned that the device will not be waterproof as advertised first. However, it will be “splash proof”.

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Data Initiative for Community Policing, Leaders Gather at the White House
Computers

Police data initiative through using data and technology in community policing is given more priority. US President Barack Obama, after a meeting with the representatives of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, speaks to the press in the White’s House Roosevelt Room, on March 2. Later last year

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US and China Tension Ignites with Latest Technology Export Licensing Block
ComputersMilitary Tech

Tech tension between the US and China is further ignited with the prior’s move of blocking technology exports to the latter. The move comes from US tech companies, which are grappling with the proposed restrictions imposed by Beijing. The US is blocking the technology exports correlated with the world’s fastest

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Ed Tech Execs, Founders Sit Down at the ASU+GSV Summit
Computers

Hundred of education technology capitalists and executives attend and meet at the lobby of the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona this week.  They join forces and sit down at the annual education technology conference with full view of their competitors. A highlight:  An online skills training company for technology professionals,

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