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Researchers have invented a method to prevent (or reverse) obesity

Sep07
by on September 7, 2019 at 1:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Dr. Shu Wang may have stumbled upon the cure for obesity. Dr. Wang, an associate professor at Texas Tech, believes that nanotechnology could prevent, or even reverse, obesity — a problem affecting one in three Americans. Obesity is characterized by an increase in adipose tissue, what most people would call fat. All mammals possess two types of adipose tissue. White tissue, or white fat, is where energy is stored. Brown tissue, or brown fat, aids in heat production by burning fat through energy expenditure. Both are composed of adipocytes, which are special cells designed to store fat. As we age,…

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How to edit Facebook’s list of your presumed interests

Sep07
by on September 7, 2019 at 12:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Last week we showed you how to see what kinds of ads Instagram was likely to serve you, based on data it gathered about your browsing preferences. Now it’s time to show you how it’s adoptive parent, Facebook, thinks of you. There’s one important difference between the two: you can actually adjust Facebook’s ad preferences. To see the list of topics Facebook thinks interest you, go to your settings. The exact listing is slightly different…

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Apple wants Siri to stay neutral on feminism

Sep06
by on September 6, 2019 at 11:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


A new report from Apple contractors reveals that, allegedly, Apple deliberately set out to make Siri as neutral as possible with regards to recent events like MeToo — in spite of her being a focal point in the conversation about the gender politics in voice assistants. The Guardian reports Apple had an internal project to rewrite Siri’s responses to “sensitive topics,” which apparently included the recent MeToo movement among other things. According to leaked documents, the plan was to make her respond in three ways: “don’t engage,” “deflect,” and “inform.” To whit, when asked about things like women’s rights or gender equality,…

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Apple claps back at Google for spreading FUD in iOS exploit report

Sep06
by on September 6, 2019 at 8:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


It was just last week that we covered a report by Google‘s Project Zero security researchers claiming they’d identified a malware campaign targeting iPhones for “at least two years.” When successful, the exploit chain allowed iPhones to be compromised with no interaction from the user beyond visiting a malicious website. Now Apple is disputing some of Google‘s claims about the severity of these exploits in order to “make sure all of our customers have the facts.” Apple aims multiple condemnatory comments towards the Project Zero post: Apple downplays the breadth of the attack, stating it was “narrowly focused, not a…

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