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Amazon to Monitor Customer Service Workers’ Keyboard and Mouse Strokes
An internal document also mentions cases where imposters have stolen Amazon customer data.
The Most Common Blood Pressure Test Is Often Inaccurate
A misdiagnosis of high blood pressure could lead to people being prescribed unnecessary medication.
Facebook Will Hire 3,000 People to Watch Videos of Murder, Suicides, and Mayhem
Facebook will be making it easier for users to report “problems,” noting that the company receives “millions of reports” every week.
This NASA Simulation Highlights Why Climate Change Research Is Essential
It’s like a snowglobe, but with harmful greenhouse gas emissions in place of the snowflakes.
Your Public Facebook Posts Might Still Be 'Private' In UK Cops' Eyes
According to a set of guidelines produced by a UK police body, Facebook users may have a reasonable expectation of privacy over their social media postings.
Graphene-Infused Silly Putty Can Detect Movements as Subtle as Spider Footsteps
“A small amount of nano can really turn the ordinary into something extraordinary.”
This USB-Sized Device Can Detect HIV in Under 30 Minutes
It brings the typical three-day wait for test results down to under half an hour.
The US Isn't Making Sure Its Military Aid to Egypt Stays Out of the Wrong Hands
The State Department lacks a rigorous protocol to ensure that US equipment doesn't find its way into the hands of Egyptian units flagged as human rights abusers, even as it has itself criticized Egypt's rights record.
Abusers Could Use This Parenting Service to Secretly Track an Ex’s Tinder Usage
The world is a trash fire.
The Canadian Space Agency's Plan to Engineer Super-Thin Wearables for Astronauts
Montreal company Hexoskin is helping the agency develop an "On-Astronaut Wireless Sensor System" that could one day be used on long-term missions.
Photos of Teenagers' Lives in Limbo Between Incarceration and Freedom
Photographer Zora J. Murff's 'Corrections' chronicles the impact that constant monitoring has on the development of young offenders who have avoided incarceration, but are under probation.
Why Is the Department of Homeland Security Monitoring the Black Lives Matter Movement?
They've had their eyes on anti-police protestors since Michael Brown's death in Ferguson almost a year ago.