Technology

Comcast is reporting a 26% jump in profits as it continued to add internet customers in its fourth quarter January 23, 2020, 4:09 PM 2 min read Comcast continued adding internet customers in the fourth quarter, helping lift its net income 26%. The Philadelphia company, which owns NBCUniversal and European broadcaster Sky as well as […]

Researchers say they’ve mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx January 23, 2020, 4:18 PM 2 min read BERLIN — Researchers say they’ve mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract

In life, Nesyamun was an Egyptian priest who sang and chanted words of worship at the Karnak temple in Thebes. In death, he was ritually mummified and sealed in a coffin with the inscription “Nesyamun, true of voice.” Now, some 3,000 years into the afterlife and with the aid of a 3-D-printed vocal tract, Nesyamun

Scientists say the ancient blast of Mount Vesuvius turned the brain matter of one victim into glass January 23, 2020, 12:10 PM 2 min read MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass, the first time scientists have verified the phenomenon from a volcanic blast, officials at the

Open up TikTok and there’s a good chance you’ll be confronted by a teenager in the bathroom. Most home bathrooms are well lit and have nice, bright acoustics. Unlike the kitchen, living room or even bedroom, bathrooms are private spaces, where parents and siblings are trained to not barge in. It’s almost inevitable that they

SAN FRANCISCO — Over the first week of November, the police in San Francisco and New York responded to a series of telephone calls claiming that hostages were being held in the homes of Adam Mosseri, a senior Facebook executive. The calls appeared to be coming from inside the homes. Officers arrived in force and

The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer January 23, 2020, 5:15 AM 4 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space. While looking more or less normal, the best cookies

A mysterious company that has licensed its powerful facial recognition technology to hundreds of law enforcement agencies is facing attacks from Capitol Hill and from at least one Silicon Valley giant. Twitter sent a letter this week to the small start-up company, Clearview AI, demanding that it stop taking photos and any other data from

The report’s conclusions renew questions about the shadowy world of private hackers for hire. For the right client, or the right sum, such hackers apparently infiltrated the phone of one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men. The report did not say which private cybersecurity company was used, but suggested that the Tel Aviv-based

Thanks to the increasing sophistication of so-called deepfake video technology, it is getting easier and easier to turn yourself into somebody else on screen. At this year’s Davos summit, Jaewoo Seo of technology firm Pinscreen alters his face to resemble a succession of celebrities: K-pop singer Jennie, US actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, footballer