Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/washington-asks-allies-to-drop-huawei-1542965105
U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks
One U.S. concern centers on the use of Chinese telecom equipment in countries that host American military bases
Facebook criticised for post promoting child bride auction – The Guardian
Company failed to remove post that informed users of auction of 17-year-old girl for several days
Facebook Files Algorithm Patent To Predict Who You Live With
use algorithms based on tagging, hashtags and face recognition technology to determine who lives in the same household
First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/21/first-ever-plane-with-no-moving-parts-takes-flight
The flight represents a breakthrough in “ionic wind” technology, which uses a powerful electric field to generate charged nitrogen ions, which are then expelled from the back of the aircraft, generating thrust.
New experimental Lockheed supersonic jet starts production – WTOP
The X-59 will cruise at a speed of about 940 mph and an altitude of 55,000 feet. Lockheed says it will create a sound about as loud as a car door closing, instead of a deafening sonic boom.
AI is transforming wildlife research by automating some tasks typically done manually by researchers, like identifying individual animals from photos
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/artificial-intelligence-counts-wild-animals/
From analyzing animal photos to combing through YouTube, new software is harnessing data never before accessible to scientists.
Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life – CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hemimastigotes-supra-kingdom-1.4715823
Hemimastigotes are more different from all other living things than animals are from fungi
Major SMS security lapse is a reminder to use authenticator apps instead - The Verge
anyone could have monitored a near-real-time data stream to find the relevant two-factor authentication code sent after trying to log into someone else’s account.
Facebook bug let websites read ‘likes’ and interests from a user’s profile – TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/13/facebook-bug-website-leak-likes-interests-profile/
The vulnerability exposed the user and their friends’ interests, even if their privacy settings were set so that interests were only visible to the user’s friends