Infotech

Android apps can track phones

RESEARCHERS say that thousands of apps have found ways to cheat Android’s permissions system, phoning home device’s unique identifier and enough data to potentially reveal user’s location as well. Even if users say “no” to one app when it asks for permission to see those personally identifying bits of data, it might not be enough: […]

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Breakthrough in leukemia treatment

A molecular process involved in the action of anti-leukemia drugs has been discovered at Université de Montréal’s Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC). While calling into question a central tenet of oncology, this discovery, published today in the journal Cancer Cell, also holds promise for the development of effective treatments in the near […]

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New device eMacula for better vision

SYSTEMS engineering and lens development company Innovega has created eMacula, a new generation of eyewear that combines smart contact lenses and lightweight glasses. The system will be tailored to the needs of vision impaired patients who will benefit from both lens-based vision correction and from magnification and digital enhancement of the view of their surroundings. […]

Infotech

New device eMacula for better vision

SYSTEMS engineering and lens development company Innovega has created eMacula, a new generation of eyewear that combines smart contact lenses and lightweight glasses. The system will be tailored to the needs of vision impaired patients who will benefit from both lens-based vision correction and from magnification and digital enhancement of the view of their surroundings. […]

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Intel’s next generation ‘ultrabook’

INTEL has launched its first batch of 10 nanometre CPUs, claiming its new chips will spearhead the next evolution of laptops almost a decade after it helped usher in the era of thin-and-light notebook PCs with its “Ultrabook” initiative. Intel showcased how the company, together with industry partners, is transforming intelligent computing for our data-centric […]