Antisemitism
'Beware of Jews' sign appears in Stamford Hill bbc
The sign depicts the silhouette of an orthodox Jewish man wearing a traditional Fedora hat and was spotted on a lamppost in Stamford Hill on Tuesday.
Privacy
Creepy new app matches pictures of strangers with their Facebook profile within seconds independent.co.uk
Facezam, which plans to launch on iOS later this month, claims to scan billions of Facebook photos per second, which it accesses through a database for developers.
Brain scans can spot criminals, scientists say theguardian
It is the first time that people’s intentions, or otherwise, to perform criminal acts have been decoded in a brain scanner, revealing that legal categories used to draw up sentences reflect real brain activity.
The catch? Getting criminals to stand in a scanner while commiting the crime.
Abortion
Republican Health Plan Could End Insurance Coverage of Abortion nytimes
“There’s no reason insurers would sell any plans that cover abortion because everyone would be wanting to use these tax credits,” said Adam Sonfield, a senior policy manager for the Guttmacher Institute, a research center that works to promote access to abortion.
Creatures
Spiders eat 400-800 million tons of prey every year phys.org
The researchers used two calculation methods based on different models, which consistently showed that the global spider population (with a weight of around 25 million tons) wipes out an estimated 400-800 million tons of prey every year. More than 90% of that prey is insects and springtails (Collembola). Furthermore, large tropical spiders occasionally prey on small vertebrates (frogs, lizards, snakes, fish, birds, and bats) or feed on plants. The large range of the global prey kill estimate is due to the fact that rates of prey kill can vary widely within specific ecosystems, and these variations must be taken into account for ecological projections.
Tech
Meet The Smart Denim Jacket Created By Google And Levi’s techviral.net v
The Jacquard project google was announced by Google in 2015: it is a conductive fabric that, if used in a garment, allows you to control your smartphone through gestures, such as pausing a song by tapping twice on the wrist. This technology will be featured in the Commuter Trucker jacket, which Levi’s will launch in the fourth quarter for $350.
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