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A facial recognition feature has been added to an app for smartphone
Blippar, the AR (augmented reality) startup aiming to build a visual catalogue of every object in the world, has added real-time facial recognition technology to its mobile app, allowing users to create “Augmented Reality Face Profiles.” The new technology enables users to scan or “Blipp” faces —...
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft join forces to combat ‘terrorist content’ online
Technology giants Facebook, Twitter, Google's YouTube and Microsoft have teamed up to identify and tackle the spread of extremist content on their platforms. On Monday (5 November), the companies announced their plan to create a shared database of unique digital fingerprints called "hashes" of terrorist and...
Lascaux cave paintings still hide secrets more than 70 years after their discovery
Lascaux cave paintings are perhaps the greatest masterpiece of parietal art ever found. They have fascinated generations of people and puzzled prehistorians since their discovery in September 1940, by a group of four local boys and their dog. Beautiful, colourful depictions of animals as well as mysterious symbols and...
Iceland vs Iceland: Trademark row between supermarket and nation escalates
UK supermarket chain Iceland has claimed that the Icelandic government is unwilling to hold "any serious discussion" to settle a trademark dispute over usage of the name Iceland. The Icelandic government has launched legal action against Iceland Foods, which owns the European trademark for using the name Iceland,...
Mystery of 20 million years of missing fossils solved with five new species
Researchers have found fossils of five new species that date from a period that previously represented a large gap in the fossil record, filling in crucial details of the first stages of animals that walked on land on four legs. The gap was more than 20 million years, just after a mass extinction event about 358 million years...
Criminals who ran fake US embassy in Ghana for over a decade arrested
Ghanaian authorities have arrested members of a criminal network who ran a fake US embassy in the capital Accra for 10 years. The number of those who ran the scam has not been confirmed. The gang allegedly charged up to $6,000 (£4,714) for fraudulently obtained but legitimate US visas and false identification documents....
British woman working as Santa tour guide in Lapland stabbed to death
An investigation is underway after a British woman who worked for a SanAn investigation is underway after a British woman who worked for a Santa tour guide operator in Lapland was found stabbed to death. The body of the 26-year-old woman, who has not yet been identified, was found in Kuttanen, Lapland, on 3 December. She is...
Hungry python gorged itself on three deer
16-foot long Burmese python has been found with three whole deer in its gut, a new study has revealed. The snake was trapped and euthanised in the Florida Everglades in June 2013. Researchers who conducted a necropsy on the creature subsequently discovered its record-breaking deer consumption, details of which have now been...
Japanese PM in historic visit to Pearl Harbor 75 years after ‘day of infamy’
After three quarters of a century Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the first Japanese leader to visit the site of the attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled the United States into the Second World War. During a live television broadcast Monday (5 December) Abe said he "will visit Pearl Harbor" along with President Barack...
Elon Musk’s OpenAI unveils new virtual playground to train computers to use apps like a human would
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $1bn non-profit OpenAI has unveiled a new virtual world called Universe that trains an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to use computers and applications the way a human would. Announced on Monday (5 December), the tool will include a thousand different environments and will focus on reinforcement...
Pizza shop gunman ‘probing Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory’
A man who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring from a pizza restaurant in Washington DC has been detained after firing an assault rifle inside the shop. Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said police received a call on Sunday afternoon local time about...
Madeleine McCann police ‘probing important new lead’ she was taken by trafficking gang
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are probing an “important new lead” that she was snatched by a trafficking gang, reports have suggested. The new line of inquiry could shed light on whether Madeleine was kidnapped or transported away, the Sun on Sunday reported. Madeleine disappeared from...
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