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• Scientists invented an electric baseball hat to reverse male baldness

  An international team of researchers just developed the most sophisticated treatment for male baldness ever: a hat that covers ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Google supercharges its mobile payment app in India with WeChat-style mini apps

  Google introduces a Spot Platform for Google Pay, allowing businesses to create branded experiences that's accessible to ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google Pay will let you use your cards in India without actually carrying them

  Along with Google's announcement of an AI research center, its local language translation with Google Lens, and a phone number ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Instagram now restricts visibility of weight loss products and cosmetic surgery posts for teens

  In an effort to combat toxic beauty standards, Instagram announced it will tighten its policy on posts related to weight ...

  • Cara Curtis

• GitHub acquires Semmle to help developers spot security vulnerabilities

  Software hosting service GitHub has acquired Semmle, a code analysis platform that helps developers discover security vulnerabilities ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Peter Thiel's Palantir set to delay IPO under bumbling leadership of CEO Alex Karp

  Bloomberg today reported that Palantir Technologies, a Peter Thiel-founded company that builds mass-surveillance solutions for law enforcement agencies, will delay its highly-anticipated IPO indefinitely. According to the report, CEO Alex Karp needs more time to woo foreign investors. Thiel's ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Scientists came up with a reasonable plan to build an elevator to the Moon

  It's not quite a “Stairway to Heaven,” but scientists have come up with what appears to be a perfectly feasible plan to build an elevator to the Moon. Or, more accurately, a Spaceline from the Moon to the Earth. In a paper published in late August, astrophysicists Zephyr Penoyre ...

  • Tristan Greene

• VENN is the 24/7 network gaming needs, say its creators

  VENN will be a TV-like network focused on gaming and esports, designed to fill a need in the community for higher production ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Study: Blaming mass shootings on video games is based on racial discrimination

  A new report suggests this assumption that video games lead to violent behavior is not only wrong, but also based on damaging ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Amazon's Alexa assistant now speaks Hindi

  Amazon officially today announced the integration of Hindi language in Alexa voice assistant, allowing users to issue voice ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Over 13.7M US medical test records found unsecured on servers

  Medical records belonging to millions of patients across the world, including echocardiograms and X-rays, are stored on insecure ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• IT firm manager arrested in massive Ecuador data breach case affecting 20M people

  Ecuador officals arrest the general manager of IT consulting firm Novaestrat after a massive data breach exposed personal ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan