DJI makes app to identify drones and find pilots
Drone maker DJI has demonstrated a way to quickly identify a nearby drone, and pinpoint the location of its pilot, via a smartphone. The technique...
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Smart lock lets Walmart deliver in home
(CNN) – It was 2 a.m. and John Martin and his family had finally arrived at their cabin in Lake Tahoe only to discover they...
Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts this year
(CNN) – So farthis year, Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts on its main platform, but millions likely remain, the social networking giant...
Electric car future may depend on deep sea mining
The future of electric cars may depend on mining critically important metals on the ocean floor. That’s the view of the engineer leading a major...
Project Nightingale: Google probed over US patient data deal
Google is to be investigated over how it is accessing US patient data via a major health firm, the Wall Street Journal reports. An office of...
Instagram to hide likes for some US users
(CNN) – Instagram is about to take its biggest step yet toward removing likes from its platform. After months of testing an option to hide...
Apple’s ‘sexist’ credit card investigated by US regulator
A US financial regulator has opened an investigation into claims Apple’s credit card offered different credit limits for men and women. It follows complaints –...
Online election ads – who is targeting whom?
Last weekend, BBC News economics editor Faisal Islam and I launched a project to try to get beneath the digital skin of this election. We...
Bloodhound land speed car will be back racing next week
The Bloodhound land speed challenger is likely to be back out on its South African lakebed track early next week. Engineers are now satisfied they...
The Chinese suicides prevented by AI from afar
Li Fan, a 21-year-old student, attempted suicide after posting a brief message on the Chinese Twitter-like platform Weibo just after Valentine’s Day. “I can’t go...