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“A few grams of biological media in a tube will replace a million sq-ft data center”: Interview with Moji Karimi, cofounder of CEMVITA, the scientific startup inspired by nature

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Mother nature is quite arguably one of the greatest architects of all time. Not only in its divine structures such a...

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BBC launches standalone iPlayer Radio app, expands video partnership with YouTube

Darren McCarra7 years ago

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The BBC has launched a new standalone iPlayer Radio app for iPhone, iPad and desktop that grants users access to live audio streams of all of the BBC's radio stations, as well as on-demand archive content.

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Scientists genetically engineer a cell that can shoot frickin’ laser beams

Piers Dillon Scott8 years ago

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US scientists who were just "really curious" have genetically engineered the world’s first organism that can shoot laser beams.

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Social networking through Earth Hour – did we miss the point?

Piers Dillon Scott9 years ago

According to Google’s Realtime search results the greatest number of tweets about Earth Hour from Irish users came at exactly 8:30pm, just when the event started in Ireland. It then took another hour before the massive spike of #earthhour tweets subsided.

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

The internet is full of trolls. This is nothing new. However, the tactics used by trolls can go way further than stupid comments on YouTube, and doxxing is an example of this.

If you are not familiar with the term doxxing, it is the publishing of private or identifying information, such as a home or work address, about a particular individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. While this might sound outright illegal, as it stands the law surrounding doxxing is limited and vague.

To get a better understanding of where the US law stands on this issue, what the future of doxxing might look like, and how you should respond if you are a victim, we are joined by Joseph Hoelscher, a criminal defense attorney and Managing Attorney of a Texas law firm, Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC, who has worked on multiple doxxing cases in the past, from both sides, as clients who were charged with online harassment and with clients who were the victims of doxxing.

And for our side piece today, we have Computer Says LOL, where we have a stand-up comedy bit from Don McMillan, a technology engineer turned stand up comedian.