Day: January 29, 2019

Towards reconstructing intelligible speech from the human auditory cortex

Posted on by Robin Edgar

To advance the state-of-the-art in speech neuroprosthesis, we combined the recent advances in deep learning with the latest innovations in speech synthesis technologies to reconstruct closed-set intelligible speech from the human auditory cortex. We investigated the dependence of reconstruction accuracy on linear and nonlinear (deep neural network) regression methods and the acoustic representation that is Read more about Towards reconstructing intelligible speech from the human auditory cortex[…]

Data Leak in Singapore Exposes HIV Status of 14,000 Locals and Foreign Visitors

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Medical records and contact information belonging to thousands of HIV-positive Singaporeans and foreign visitors to the southeast Asian city state have been leaked online, according to an alert issued by the country’s Ministry of Health (MOH). In a statement on its website, the ministry said the confidential health information of some 14,200 individuals diagnosed with Read more about Data Leak in Singapore Exposes HIV Status of 14,000 Locals and Foreign Visitors[…]

Apple: You can’t sue us for slowing down your iPhones because we’re like a contractor in your house

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Apple is like a building contractor you hire to redo your kitchen, the tech giant has argued in an attempt to explain why it shouldn’t have to pay customers for slowing down their iPhones. Addressing a bunch of people trying to sue it for damages, the iGiant’s lawyers told [PDF] a California court this month: Read more about Apple: You can’t sue us for slowing down your iPhones because we’re like a contractor in your house[…]

Apple temporarily disables group FaceTime to fix a bug that lets you eavesdrop on your contacts

Posted on by Robin Edgar

There was chaos on the internet late last night after 9to5Mac discovered a bug in Apple’s FaceTime video calling app that let you hear other person’s voice even before they answered your call. According to the report, a user running iOS 12.1 could potentially exploit the vulnerability to eavesdrop on others through a group FaceTime call. Read more about Apple temporarily disables group FaceTime to fix a bug that lets you eavesdrop on your contacts[…]

Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Most of the data collected by urban planners is messy, complex, and difficult to represent. It looks nothing like the smooth graphs and clean charts of city life in urban simulator games like “SimCity.” A new initiative from Sidewalk Labs, the city-building subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has set out to change that. The Read more about Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones[…]

Firefox cracks down on creepy web trackers, holds supercookies over fire whilst Chrome kills ad blockers

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The Mozilla Foundation has announced its intent to reduce the ability of websites and other online services to track users of its Firefox browser around the internet. At this stage, Moz’s actions are baby steps. In support of its decision in late 2018 to reduce the amount of tracking it permits, the organisation has now Read more about Firefox cracks down on creepy web trackers, holds supercookies over fire whilst Chrome kills ad blockers[…]