Facebook says its data can’t be used for ‘surveillance’
Facebook is prohibiting developers from using the massive amount of data it collects on users for surveillance. This includes using such data to monitor activists and protesters.
Nintendo Switch’s big challenge: Luring casual gamers
With three kids and constant travel for work, John Hussey jumped at the chance to play an open-world adventure game like “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” anywhere, anytime.
Tech Talk
• US Senator Edward Markey wants to give the world internet access.
WikiLeaks: CIA has targeted everyday gadgets for snooping
Maybe the CIA is spying on you through your television set after all.
internet-beaming balloons to out manoeuvre shifting winds?
For its next trick, an internet-beaming balloon factory spun out of Google believes it can outmanoeuvre the wind.
Tech Talk
• In a nod to its past as well as its future, WhatsApp is adding a “status” feature that lets users tell their contacts what they are up to.
Atlanta eyes test tracks for self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology.
Officials to ‘Pokemon’ monsters: Get a permit to enter parks
“Pokemon Go” monsters can roam virtually wherever they please, but they’ll need a permit to get into Milwaukee County parks.
500 YEARS OF ROBOTS
Inspired by his belief that human beings are essentially terrified of robots, Ben Russell set about charting the evolution of automatons for an exhibition he hopes will force people to think about how androids and other robotic forms can enhance their lives.
TECH TALK
• Howard Webb, the retired English referee who worked the 2010 World Cup and Champions League finals, will move to New York and manage Major League Soccer’s development of video technology for on-field officials.
Skiing aims to catch up fast with new TV graphics at worlds
When Lindsey Vonn competes in the opening event at next week’s world skiing championships, television viewers will get their first look at some new on-screen technology.
French candidate uses hologram on campaign trail
French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon can’t be in two places at once.
Tech Talk
• Slack Technologies, a fast-growing startup trying to wean businesses off email by hooking employees on its more informal messaging service, is now hoping to snare the world’s biggest companies as customers.
‘Father of Pac-Man’ has died age 91
Masaya Nakamura, the “Father of Pac-Man” who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. He was 91.
Entrepreneurs race to develop flying car
Even before George Jetson entranced kids with his cartoon flying car, people dreamed of soaring above traffic congestion. Inventors and entrepreneurs have long tried and failed to make the dream a reality, but that may be changing.
