Barclays’ new ATMs let you withdraw money with your phone
By Matt Brian From engadget Contactless technology is, we’re told, destined to replace physical currency. In the meantime, you’ll soon be able to use your phone to withdraw cash from an ATM — if you’re with Barclays that is. The…
Google opens new AI lab and invests $3.4M in Montreal-based AI research
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch Google has invested a total of $4.5 million CAD ($3.4M US) in AI research in Montreal’s Institute for Learning Algorithms, with an academic fund covering three years that will help pay for seven faculty members…
The [US] Navy can’t fire its awesome new gun because the rounds cost nearly $1 million each
Paul Szoldra From Business Insider The US Navy can’t fire its awesome new gun that can hit a target more than 70 miles away because the rounds are costing the service nearly a million bucks a piece. Just a couple weeks…
Fake news sites are using Amazon to hire their writers
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget It appears that right wing websites that traffic in “alt-right” fake news are using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system to recruit writers to produce content for them. The Mechanical Turk platform is an “odd-job board” where…
The [US] Navy’s most advanced warship just broke down for the second time in 2 months
By Paul Szoldra From Business Insider The US Navy’s most technologically advanced warship broke down while transiting through the Panama Canal, the second setback for the $4 billion ship in the last two months. The propulsion system of the USS Zumwalt…
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Lab-made meat startup Memphis Meats hopes to grow a Thanksgiving turkey
By Sarah Buhr From TchCrunch Memphis Meats sizzled onto the startup stage earlier this year with a lab-grown meatball. Now, it’s entertaining the idea of growing other meats — including turkey. The startup has created an Indiegogo campaign to save some…
Ancient mummified crocodile found to be harboring dozens of babies
ByJack Durschlag From Wn.com Researchers at a Swedish firm were recently astonished to discover dozens of mummified baby crocodiles hidden alongside a massive adult embalmed by ancient Egyptians around 2,500 years ago, IFL Science reported Tuesday. The 3-meter-long (10-foot-long) crocodile…
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CRFM and FAO plan fisheries data reform for the Caribbean
Belize City, Belize, Monday, 21 November 2016 (CRFM)—The coming of the digital age presents novel opportunities for the fisheries and aquaculture sector of the wider Caribbean to build a more robust data and information system that would augment the monitoring…
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Trump drops plan to investigate Clinton
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax President-elect Donald Trump does not plan to pursue investigations into former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for either her use of a private email server or for questions surrounding the Clinton Foundation, MSNBC’s“Morning Joe” co-host Mika…
Gadget of the week
These scratch-proof safety goggles have no lenses, just steel mesh By Rain Noe From Core77 “Safe eyes” are unfoggable to boot Here’s an interesting take on protective eyewear: New-Zealand-based Kiwi Ideas Company has developed Safe Eyes, a pair of safety…
