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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- January 26, 2016

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DARPA Challenges Researchers to Link Human Brains With Computers
Samsung Rolls Out Stylish Gear S2 Classic Smartwatches
Panel: Time Is Running Out to Address Killer Robot Threat
How Trump Wins: Master Manipulator, Meet Analytics
Facebook Opens Sports Stadium
Snap-Happy Trojan Targets Linux Servers
Brave Browser Promises to Defend Users' Privacy

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DARPA Challenges Researchers to Link Human Brains With Computers
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA,
last week announced a new program that aims to build a connection
between the human brain and the digital world. To achieve the goals of
the Neural Engineering System Design program, DARPA has invited
proposals to design, build, demonstrate and validate a human-computer
interface.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83029.html

Samsung Rolls Out Stylish Gear S2 Classic Smartwatches
Samsung on Monday began a global rollout of the latest versions of its
Gear S2 Classic smartwatch, hitting China first. There are two models in
the Gear S2 Classic New Edition line -- one with 18K rose gold plating
and the other with a platinum finish. They have ivory and black genuine
leather bands, respectively. The watches' new faces feature characters
from the Peanuts comic strip.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83026.html

Panel: Time Is Running Out to Address Killer Robot Threat
The rise of autonomous war machines is outpacing policies and
technological countermeasures, weapons and robotics experts warned last
week at the World Economic Forum. Autonomous weaponry potentially is a
$20 billion industry that has taken root in 40 countries, said BAE
Systems Chairman Roger Carr. He was one of four panelists at the session
titled "What If: Robots Go to War?"
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83024.html

How Trump Wins: Master Manipulator, Meet Analytics
Given President Obama's success in the last two elections, I was
convinced that we would see a major emphasis on the use of analytics in
this election season. It seemed that Clinton, in particular, would have
been drawn to it after Obama used it to defeat her in the 2008
primaries. Although some of the PACs have embraced analytics, I haven't
seen a similar effort on the part of any candidate.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83019.html

Facebook Opens Sports Stadium
Facebook on Thursday announced its new Sports Stadium -- built with no
taxpayer dollars or city leases required. About 650 million sports fans
already make Facebook the world's largest stadium, the company reasoned.
The new hub will compile and chronologize game-related content in real
time so that fans can feel they're watching the action with friends.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83016.html

Snap-Happy Trojan Targets Linux Servers
Security researchers at Dr.Web on Tuesday revealed details of the Trojan
Linux.Ekoms.1, which takes screen shots and records audio to acquire
sensitive and personal information, mostly from Linux servers. Malware
for Linux is becoming more diverse and includes spyware programs,
ransomware and Trojans designed to carry out distributed denial-of-
service attacks, according to Dr.Web.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83020.html

Brave Browser Promises to Defend Users' Privacy
Brave Software, helmed by Brendan Eich, who cofounded Mozilla and
created the JavaScript programming language, on Tuesday released the 0.7
developer version of its Brave browser. Brave is an open source project
that promises to block Internet greed and ugliness, while improving
speed and protecting privacy. Basically, it blocks ads containing
tracking pixels and cookies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83015.html

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