Wednesday, September 26, 2018

26 September - iGoogle Portal Tab 7

  WIRED

  • Companies like Facebook use artificial intelligence to try to detect hate speech, but new research proves it’s a daunting task.
  • The company's chief privacy officer confirms that Project Dragonfly does in fact exist, but not much else.
    • Facebook's Oculus division wants more people in VR. The Quest, its new high-powered stand-alone headset, takes a flying leap in that direction.
  • Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
  • Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
    • President Trump said that his own opinion about Judge Kavanaugh’s case is affected by the many allegations of sexual misconduct that have been leveled against him...

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

  • Security forces had launched a search operation in the area following information about presence of militants there, the official said. Some gunshots were heard during the search...

    • It was satisfaction and relief which burst forth in BJP chief Amit Shah’s biting sarcasm. With Congress president Rahul Gandhi seeking to turn the SC’s validation of Aadhaar...
  • A suspect in the Salisbury poisoning was a decorated Russian intelligence officer, it has been revealed.
  • More than 40 university bosses call for companies that write essays for students to be outlawed.
    • The square is near a music venue the murdered MP regularly attended when she lived in Brussels.

      National Geographic News

  • The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.
  • It comes twice a year and marks the first day of fall, but a lot of people don't understand this celestial alignment.
    • What we know and don't know about the wreck of the H.M.B. Endeavour.
  • A Guatemala City court ruled on Wednesday that the crime of genocide had been perpetrated during the darkest hours of the country's long civil war, but acquitted a former military...
  • TAIPEI - Taiwan said on Thursday its relationship with the Vatican is stable and it would be closely watching developments between China and the Vatican after a landmark deal between...
    • The chairman of Australia's public broadcaster resigned on Thursday after allegations he appeared to bow to government pressure when he called for the removal of a senior journalist...
  • Two tiny Japanese rovers began exploring the surface of the big asteroid Ryugu over the weekend — but they're not roving in the traditional sense of the term...
  • The Milky Way is on a collision course with an even bigger galaxy, known as Andromeda. Should we be worried?
    • What might stars be like in other universes?

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