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World's Largest Bacteria Discovered in Guadeloupe
You can see it with the naked eye and pick it up with a pair of tweezers -- not bad for a single bacteria. Scientists say they have discovered the world's largest variety in the mangroves of Guadeloupe -- and it puts its peers to shame, AFP reported. At up to two centimeters (three-quarters of

Instagram Tests Using AI, Other Tools for Age Verification
Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID. But the tools won't be used, at least not yet, to try to keep children off of the popular photo and video

Google: Apple, Android Phones Hacked by Italian Spyware
An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc's Google said in a report on Thursday. Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages

Microsoft Stops Selling Emotion-Reading Tech, Limits Face Recognition
Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it would stop selling technology that guesses someone's emotion based on a facial image and would no longer provide unfettered access to facial recognition technology.