Tech & Science

by Bob Smietana (RNS) When Mike Woodward was growing up, he learned about the story of David and Goliath in Sunday school with a teacher who used a felt board and puppets to bring the story to life. His sons Parker, 12, and Owen, 9, had a more high-tech experience — battling wolves, lions, a bear and finally the big guy himself — as beta testers for DvG: Conquering … [Read more...] about New VR Game Lets Kids, Adults Face-off Against Goliath

(LifeSiteNews) Facebook’s new oversight board has overturned the tech giant’s decision to censor a post promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for COVID-19. The social media platform removed the post last year, saying that it caused a “risk of offline harm” due to “misinformation.” The corporation’s oversight board was created last year to act as a kind … [Read more...] about Facebook Forced to Remove Censorship of Post Promoting Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine

(CNBC) Tesla boss Elon Musk said in an interview late Sunday that a monkey has been wired up to play video games with its mind by a company he founded called Neuralink.  Neuralink put a computer chip into the monkey’s skull and used “tiny wires” to connect it to its brain, Musk said. “It’s not an unhappy monkey,” he said during a talk on Clubhouse, a new social media app … [Read more...] about Elon Musk Says His Start-up Neuralink Has Wired up a Monkey to Play Video Games Using Its Mind

(Forbes) Apple just confirmed a stunning new privacy move coming in an iOS 14 update that will be a game-changer for all iPhone users. It’s been a long time coming. Apple first announced a stunning new privacy feature that would require all apps to ask for explicit permission to track in summer 2020. The feature, dubbed App Tracking Transparency (ATT), was expected … [Read more...] about Apple’s Stunning iOS 14 Privacy Move: A Game-Changer For All iPhone Users