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News Around The Web – May 29

PimEyes Launches Facial Recognition Affiliate Program, Blocks Russian Requests Due to War PimEyes, a facial recognition search engine that lets individuals see where their images have been exploited online, has launched an affiliate programme to promote product exposure by rewarding successful referrals. PimEyes claims to give a $10 commission for each successful referral to its …

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News Around The Web – May 28

Tiny Robotic Crab Is Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot Northwestern University engineers have constructed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot, and it comes in the guise of a tiny, charming peekytoe crab. The tiny crabs, which are only a half-millimetre across, can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn, and even jump. In addition, the researchers created millimetre-sized robots …

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News Around The Web – May 27

DuckDuckGo Caught Giving Microsoft Permission for Trackers Users of DuckDuckGo’s Android, iOS, and macOS browsers are promised anonymity. However, the company permits certain data to flow from third-party websites to Microsoft-owned services. In a recent examination of DuckDuckGo’s mobile browsers, security researcher Zach Edwards discovered that, contrary to expectations, they do not prevent Meta’s Workplace …

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News Around The Web – May 26

TECH China vs. Elon Musk: Scientists Develop Plan to Destroy Starlink Satellites According to reports, a group of Chinese experts produced a study calling for anti-satellite capabilities that might be used to deactivate Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites if necessary. Ren Yuanzhen, a researcher at the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications, conducted the study, which …

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