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Drones are able to fly above the Bornean forest canopy and identify orangutans from their heat signatures.https://www.verdict.co.uk/orangutan-conservation-space-drones/ …

In a pilot programme available at 12 polling stations across the country, those with visual impairments will be given the option of using a MyEye artificial vision device.https://www.verdict.co.uk/israel-election-blind-orcam/ …

An unlikely partnership between Apple and Huawei may be on the cards in the ongoing race to bring 5G phones to market.https://www.verdict.co.uk/apple-and-huawei/ …

The highly-targeted malware is proving to be costly for the industrial giants that are being targeted. @Veracodehttps://www.verdict.co.uk/what-is-lockergoga-ransomware/ …

A new wave of sextortion scam emails is targeting victims in multiple languages to blackmail victims into paying thousands of pounds in Bitcoin. @ESEThttps://www.verdict.co.uk/sextortion-scam-language-bitcoin/ …

Scientists have found that the bacteria found at the bottom of the sea could be used in potential new drug candidates.https://www.verdict.co.uk/seaweed-antibiotics-actinobacteria/ …

The final value of the transaction is approximately SR90 million higher than the initial agreement made in November last year.https://www.verdict.co.uk/telecom-towers-saudi-arabia/ …

Pinterest has set its price range at $15 to $17 a share in an updated IPO prospectus.https://www.verdict.co.uk/pinterest-ipo-valuation-change/ …

A landmark project is applying technology normally used to discover stars to orangutan conservation. @LJMU @wwf_uk @ngo_hutanhttps://www.verdict.co.uk/orangutan-conservation-space-drones/ …

Scientists have discovered that dozens of antimicrobial and anticancer compounds found in seaweed could be used to develop new antibiotics. @CiimarUphttps://www.verdict.co.uk/seaweed-antibiotics-actinobacteria/ …

Germany is going its own way on important technology regulation issues.https://www.verdict.co.uk/germany-telecoms-regulator/ …

AI journalism is now being used to provide local and hyper local news in the UK, with the commercial rollout of Reporters and Data and Robots. @radar_aiukhttps://www.verdict.co.uk/ai-journalism-radar/ …

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the tax season to trick businesses into downloading malicious files.https://www.verdict.co.uk/tax-season-cybercrime-trickbot/ …

Researchers from MIT, IBM, and DeepMind have created a neuro-symbolic learner, which can learn “visual concepts, words, and semantic parsing of sentences".https://www.verdict.co.uk/mit-ai-machine-learning/ …

bu Dhabi is investing up to $272 million in Hub71, which offers fully subsidised housing, office space and health insurance for technology startups. @Mubadalahttps://www.verdict.co.uk/abu-dhabi-startups/ …

Today is IoT Day, where the tech industry takes stock of the state of the Internet of Things. #IoTDay @wherescape @exabeam @cradlepointUK @Leaseweb @bitglasshttps://www.verdict.co.uk/iot-day-2019/ 

Clinical trials are now underway on a thought-to-text technology that could provide those suffering with paralysis with a new lease of life.https://www.verdict.co.uk/thought-to-text-brain-technology/ …

Pinterest has set its value at between $10.6bn and $11.3bn, some way off of the $12.3bn valuation. @WarwickBSchool @IGcomhttps://www.verdict.co.uk/pinterest-ipo-valuation-change/ …

The European Union has released one of the world’s first government-led set of AI ethics guidelines. @IBM_UK_news @SASsoftwareUKI @Questhttps://www.verdict.co.uk/ai-ethics-guidelines/ …

Social media firms could be be punished for illegal content, terrorist propaganda, child sex abuse and cyberbullying that takes place on their platforms under proposed UK laws. #OnlineHarmshttps://www.verdict.co.uk/online-harms-white-paper-social-media/ …