As gun crime in Chicago reaches record levels, police claim that it’s having an impact on crime prevention, but civil rights campaigners are less convinced
News in brief: Game of Thrones tells cast to use 2FA; Cisco flaw patched; Windows 10 on 500m devices
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One more way to get busted on the Dark Web
Tor users suspected of child abuse imagery may have visited an outside file-sharing service – simply because Tor is so slow at routing traffic
Unhappy 39th birthday, spam, and many unhappy returns
As computing reaches middle age, expect to see more of these kinds of anniversaries
Would you like a side of facial recognition with your pizza?
Oslo pizza joint’s menu includes facial recognition so that it can serve up gender-specific ads – meat to the men, salad to the women
News in brief: laptop ban could be extended; DDoS hits news sites; Taiwan might block Google DNS
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Azure Goes Database Crazy With One New NoSQL, Two New SQL Services
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In its continued efforts to make Azure a platform that appeals to the widest range of developers possible, Microsoft announced a range of new features at Build, its annual developer conference….
NVIDIA Unveils Tesla V100 AI Accelerator Powered By 5120 CUDA Core Volta GPU
MojoKid writes: NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang just offered the first public unveiling of a product based on the company’s next generation GPU architecture, codenamed Volta. NVIDIA just announced its new Tesla V100 accelerator that’s designed for AI and machine learning…
Zillow Faces Lawsuit Over 'Zestimate' Tool That Calculates a House's Worth
According to The Washington Post, “a homeowner has filed suit against online reality giant Zillow, claiming the company’s controversial ‘Zestimate’ tool repeatedly undervalued her house, creating a ‘tremendous road block’ to its sale.” From the report: The suit, which may…
Call Center Operator and His Cousin Steal $645,000 From UK Water Supplier
An anonymous reader writes: “An unnamed UK-based regional water supply company lost over $645,000 in a sophisticated scam that involved social engineering, an inside man, and international bank transfers,” reports BleepingComputer. According to a recently disclosed report, one of the…