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March 3, 2016

Car makers talking with possible partners for mapping company: Audi CEO

This post was originally published on this site A Audi car during the company’s annual news conference in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt March 3, 2016. Reuters/Michael Dalder German luxury car makers are in talks with possible partners for digital mapping company HERE, Audi (VOWG_p.DE) Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said on Thursday. Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz clubbed together last year to buy Nokia’s maps business, beating out high-tech rivals for location services seen as key to the future of self-driving cars. “There are different kinds of talks at the moment,” Stadler told reporters. “We have let it be known that […]
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March 3, 2016

German court rules Facebook may block pseudonyms

This post was originally published on this site Cups with the Facebook logo are pictured at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch Facebook may prevent its users from using fake names, a German court said on Thursday, overturning a previous order from the Hamburg data protection authority. The ruling is a coup for the social network firm which has long argued its real-name policy ensures people know who they are sharing and connecting with and protects them from the abuse of the wide-open Internet. The Hamburg data protection […]
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March 3, 2016

Robotic arm allows ‘cyborg drumming’

This post was originally published on this site A wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play their kit with three arms has been invented by U.S.-based researchers.     The two-foot long ‘smart arm’ can be attached to a musician’s shoulder and was invented by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, overseen by Professor Gil Weinberg.     An inventor of various experimental musical instruments, Weinberg said the aim of the technology was to maximize a drummer’s potential, while pushing the limits of human-technology interaction.     “We believe that if you augment humans with technology humans should be able to do much […]
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March 3, 2016

U.S. tech companies unite behind Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling

This post was originally published on this site Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, Facebook Inc (FB.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and about a dozen other Internet companies will file a joint legal brief on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in its encryption battle with the U.S. government, sources familiar with the companies’ plans said. They will outline their rationale for supporting Apple in an amicus brief to the Riverside, California, federal judge who will rule on Apple’s appeal of a court order that would force it to create software to unlock an iPhone associated with last December’s shootings […]
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