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Reddit Has Subtly Said That The Government Secretly Requested User Data Last Year
Every year, Reddit publishes a transparency report detailing how many requests for information it received, along with more mundane things like copyright takedowns. What Reddit can’t say, by law, is if it’s been sent any US National Security Letters, AKA secret subpoenas. Nod nod wink wink.
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Researchers Are Trying To Use An iPhone App To Understand Body Temperature
The average body temperature is normally within a degree of 37C, assuming you’re healthy. But when you’re a doctor trying to diagnose one specific patient, an average temperature from the whole population is imperfect at best. This is 2016, so let’s fix that problem with smartphones!
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NASA Is Setting A Gas-Sniffing Drone To Work On Earth
Whenever anyone questions NASA’s government funding, it’s customary to remind them of memory foam and ballpoint pen, all (somewhat) products of the space program. Now you can add another: a really tiny fart detector.
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Microsoft Made A Special Version Of Windows 10 For China’s Government
While Windows 10 has been a success in much of the world, it hasn’t had a great rollout in China. In a bid to improve things a little, Microsoft has quietly produced a unique version of 10 for China’s government, with fewer games and more worker oversight.