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Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. He currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. You can download Franz for Mac, Windows & Linux. Source: Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Read more about Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more[…]

Combined UK and French Joint Expeditionary Force is now reality

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with more than 5,000 personnel from the two countries coming together for Exercise Griffin Strike. The exercise, which involves a joint French/UK headquarters planning and executing military activity for the first time, will see the CJEF demonstrate ‘full validation of concept’. That means it will be available for bilateral, NATO, EU, UN or coalition operations. Read more about Combined UK and French Joint Expeditionary Force is now reality[…]

Data protection reform – Parliament approves new rules fit for the digital era

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The new rules include provisions on: a right to be forgotten, “clear and affirmative consent” to the processing of private data by the person concerned, a right to transfer your data to another service provider, the right to know when your data has been hacked, ensuring that privacy policies are explained in clear and understandable Read more about Data protection reform – Parliament approves new rules fit for the digital era[…]

Hotjar – Records mouse behaviour to see where visitors are scrolling, mousing and clicking to make heatmaps

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Hotjar is a new and easy way to truly understand your web and mobile site visitors. Source: Hotjar – Heatmaps, Visitor Recordings, Conversion Funnels, Form Analytics, Feedback Polls and Surveys in One Platform I’ve been seeing this on more and more sites recently. They state that the service is cheap (but no pricing to be Read more about Hotjar – Records mouse behaviour to see where visitors are scrolling, mousing and clicking to make heatmaps[…]

Brain link bypasses spine to control hands

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Here we show that intracortically recorded signals can be linked in real-time to muscle activation to restore movement in a paralysed human. We used a chronically implanted intracortical microelectrode array to record multiunit activity from the motor cortex in a study participant with quadriplegia from cervical spinal cord injury. We applied machine-learning algorithms to decode Read more about Brain link bypasses spine to control hands[…]

All Prior Art – generating patent applications and giving them away, helping kill patent trolls

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All Prior Art is a project attempting to algorithmically create and publicly publish all possible new prior art, thereby making the published concepts not patent-able. The concept is to democratize ideas, provide an impetus for change in the patent system, and to preempt patent trolls. The system works by pulling text from the entire database Read more about All Prior Art – generating patent applications and giving them away, helping kill patent trolls[…]

Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance announce plans for inflatable space station modules

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The volumes will be based on the Bigelow Aerospace B330 expandable module with the initial launch to orbit in 2020 on ULA’s Atlas V 552 configuration launch vehicle. The B330 will have 330 cubic meters (12,000 cu ft) of internal space. The craft will support zero-gravity research including scientific missions and manufacturing processes. Beyond its Read more about Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance announce plans for inflatable space station modules[…]

Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build tiny Interstellar Starships

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Last year, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence got a major boost when Russian billionaire Yuri Milner unveiled a $100 million effort to scan the skies for radio and light signals emitted by aliens. Not content to simply sit tight and wait for ET to hail us, Milner now plans to build interstellar spacecraft. Yes, you Read more about Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build tiny Interstellar Starships[…]

Rafael unveils “Drone Dome” anti-UAV system

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The all-weather Drone Dome has 360° circular coverage, and uses an electro-optical/infrared sensor and radar to detect a threat. The data is then combined and correlated and alerts the operator of the hostile UAV. The system initiates either an automatic interference operation – as per pre-defined rules – or it is carried out manually by Read more about Rafael unveils “Drone Dome” anti-UAV system[…]

Panama Papers – why are people hiding their money offshore anyway?

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So, with the Panama papers, governments are cracking down on tax dodgers. In the Netherlands the minister wants to increase the penalty for giving up your hidden funds to 300% plus back taxes plus interest. The claim is that it’s not fair, because poor people don’t have enough money to dodge taxes and so have Read more about Panama Papers – why are people hiding their money offshore anyway?[…]

Circuit Simulator Applet

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This HTML 5 applet has loads of circuit elements you can use to set up a circuit and see in animated form how the current is running, measure the voltage, amperage and resistance at any point. Very nice to predesign your electronics. Source: Circuit Simulator Applet

Why are our planets’ poles moving? Water.

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It turns out to be two factors: 1. Polar ice is melting. 2. We are storing water in different places and moving it around the planet using piping. These factors redistribute the weight of the water around the planet, making the poles wander around. We analyze space geodetic and satellite gravimetric data for the period Read more about Why are our planets’ poles moving? Water.[…]

CIA’s Fundings Clearista Skin Care Products That Collect DNA among other markers for health

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Clearista products were designed with medical applications in mind before they became beauty products. The idea was that removing the product got you access to traces or biological markers that give an insight into the health of a person. They also cover blemishes and dark spots on the skin. So the CIA is interested, as Read more about CIA’s Fundings Clearista Skin Care Products That Collect DNA among other markers for health[…]

A Student In Iceland May Have Just Saved The Planet

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The answer to our world’s plastic pollution problem is here.[…]To show Ari doesn’t just talk a big game, he started studying the strengths and weaknesses of certain substances, eventually landing on a solution to our plastic problem made from algae.[…]If the bottle remains full of water it will keep its shape, as soon as it’s Read more about A Student In Iceland May Have Just Saved The Planet[…]

IFTTT changes their ToS, claims ownership of all that goes through new API

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3. Ownership. IFTTT shall own all right, title, and interest (and all related moral rights and intellectual property rights) in and to the Developer Tool, Service, and Content 12. Patent License. Licensee hereby grants IFTTT a nonexclusive, sublicensable, perpetual, fully-paid, worldwide license to fully exercise and exploit all patent rights with respect to improvements or Read more about IFTTT changes their ToS, claims ownership of all that goes through new API[…]

Unaoil and the Panama Papers: A tale of a Bribe Factory and shady offshore money

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The Huffington Post Bribe Factory After a six-month investigation across two continents, Fairfax Media and The Huffington Post can reveal that billions of dollars of government contracts were awarded as the direct result of bribes paid on behalf of firms including British icon Rolls-Royce, US giant Halliburton, Australia’s Leighton Holdings and Korean heavyweights Samsung and Read more about Unaoil and the Panama Papers: A tale of a Bribe Factory and shady offshore money[…]

Did hacktivists really just expose half of Turkey’s entire population to ID theft?

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A trove of leaked information, purported to be the entire Turkish citizenship database, has been leaked. The leaked info appears to contain names, addresses and ID numbers of more than 49 million citizens. If confirmed the leak would become one of the biggest privacy breaches, by number of records, ever. Source: Did hacktivists really just Read more about Did hacktivists really just expose half of Turkey’s entire population to ID theft?[…]

Newly updated global Internet of Things standards from oneM2M will enable interconnection across devices and applications

Posted on by Robin Edgar

oneM2M is the global standards initiative that covers requirements, architecture, API specifications, security solutions and interoperability for Machine-to-Machine and IoT technologies. oneM2M was formed in 2012 and consists of eight of the world’s preeminent standards development organizations: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (North America), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (North America), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC Read more about Newly updated global Internet of Things standards from oneM2M will enable interconnection across devices and applications[…]

nodegoat – web based visualisation environment

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nodegoat is a web-based data management, network analysis & visualisation environment.Using nodegoat, you can create and manage any number of datasets by use of a graphic user interface. Your custom data model autoconfigures the backbone of notegoat’s core functionalities.Within nodegoat you are able to instantly analyse and visualise datasets. nodegoat allows you to enrich data Read more about nodegoat – web based visualisation environment[…]