EasyGlucose certainly meets that brief, combining a macro lens attachment for phones with machine learning to read diabetic’s levels in a non-invasive way. Creator Bryan Chiang hails from the US’ UCLA, and went head to head with two finalists from the UK and India. “I want to make cost-effective and painless blood glucose monitoring to all diabetic patients around the globe, and Imagine Cup enables me not only to share my idea and get invaluable public feedback, but also to obtain funding and keep validating and improving EasyGlucose,” said Chiang....

1 Chromium Edge for Developers2 Internet Explorer Mode Among the features on Chromium Microsoft Edge are Collections, which allow you to gather content as you browse the web. Specifically, Collections can help users organize and share to help keep track easier. Microsoft many customers say they find the internet and overwhelming place and are often cluttered. Collections are not in the Chromium Edge browser just yet but should be arriving in future builds....

That could be changing. In Chrome OS 72, a new flag lets users ‘Enable use of MyFiles as a read/write volume’. The option will let users manage their storage like a Windows one, creating folders and storing their files wherever they want. However, it does come with a warning. Google states, “This should be only used for testing or for trying to restore the previous Downloads content”. This is likely due to cloud backups, which would presumably not apply to other folders....

At the time, Microsoft sold that collaboration as an open development that was essential to drive forward the growth of voice assistants. However, it is increasingly looking like Microsoft is adopting Alexa across its services and putting Cortana in the back seat. It seems 2018 will be a make or break for Cortana. Indeed, Microsoft is moving towards needing to decide between going all in with the assistant or simply killing it off....

Microsoft is expected to launch its Surface Centaurus device in October, while Dell has long been working on its Janus folding screen hardware. As Lenovo and Dell are both Windows 10 partners, Microsoft is likely to be a winner in all scenarios. Dell has filed two new patents regarding its foldable Windows 10 laptop. As we have seen with numerous Microsoft folding display patents, Dell is focused on the hinge mechanism....

Deepfakes have their roots in the 2016 Face2Face app, but methods to swap faces onto different bodies have been evolving since. After an explosion of press coverage in 2017, the next year followed with FakeApp, with simplified the process and built off Google’s TensorFlow framework. Alternatives have since sprung up, making it clear the practice won’t disappear any time soon. While the technique sounds fairly innocuous on first read, it could have a major impact in the future....

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the settlement with the FTC serves as a point for Facebook to restructure. Requirements placed on the company change how it can handle user’s data. In its response to the penalties, Facebook said that it has already been winding down data integrations. However, the social network claims a software bug meant a dozen partners could still access data. Among them, Microsoft and Sony were the only two that “continued to access limited types of friends data”....

The company is expected to announce a manufacturing facility at an event in Washington D.C. Sources close to the matter say the announcement could be made as soon as this week. Wisconsin is said to be the location of choice, but it has yet to be confirmed. Indeed, some reports point to Detroit as a possible base. Once a vital element of manufacturing in the United States, Detroit has been in decline for decades and would benefit from the plant....

The private meeting followed an open letter from Microsoft and GitHub employees asking for the contracts to be dropped. This has been a point of contention since the Trump administration first announced its immigration policies, especially since Microsoft mistakenly said it was providing facial recognition tech. Microsoft reportedly holds $8 million in ICE contracts, while GitHub recently renewed one worth $200,00. Despite some assurances little would change after the acquisition, it seems the company was under pressure regarding the ICE....

The company says an Android version will be rolling out in early 2020. According to the leader of the platform, mobile will drive a substantial amount of traffic in the coming years: “My bet is that more that half of interactions that take place on GitHub in 5 years will take place on mobile,” GitHub CEO Nat Friedman said in a press conference. On the mobile experience, users will be able to receive notifications from both private and projects....

This essentially acts as another development bridge before earlier previews and the stable version of Google Chrome. However, the company points out that this new “Early Stable” version will not be available for all users and will come to a subset of users each time. Google does not say what percentage of users will get access, while also not saying if the same users will have access each time or whether it will rotate....

By suspending updates on Chrome, the company is not pressuring developers into keeping their services up to date. Compatibility will be maintained for developers on the last release of the browser and Chrome OS. “Due to adjusted work schedules, we’re pausing upcoming Chrome & Chrome OS releases. Our goal is to ensure they continue to be stable, secure, & reliable for anyone who depends on them. We’ll prioritize updates related to security, which will be included in Chrome 80....

Google was part of a trio of tech giants (alongside Twitter and Facebook) called to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The companies face questions about how they handle privacy and prevent hateful content on their social media platforms. Facebook and Twitter were in attendance today, represented by Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook’s COO) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter CEO). However, Google did not show up to the meeting, because Alphabet (Google parent company) CEO Larry Page and Google CEO Sundar Pichai declined the invitation....

“Fitbit has been a true pioneer in the industry and has created engaging products, experiences and a vibrant community of users,” said Google’s senior vice president of devices and services Rick Osterloh in a blog post. “By working closely with Fitbit’s team of experts, and bringing together the best AI, software and hardware, we can help spur innovation in wearables and build products to benefit even more people around the world....

Importantly, the end of this investigation could change the way other tech companies deal with French authorities. The investigation has centered on whether Google did not pay enough taxes in France. Google holds its European headquarters in Ireland and has been accused of not declaring all its activities. To settle the case, the company will be fined 500 million euros and taxes of 465 million euros. Over the years, Google has managed to avoid big tax payouts in the European Union because of its Irish base....

Not many users know they can ask Google to remove some data about themselves. This week, Google is expanding the data you can request to be removed. Specifically, the company says users can now ask for their contact info (email address, physical address, and phone number) to be removed. This follows the ability to remove images from a search for under 18s. Google has been allowing users to request the removal of bank accounts, credit card, and other sensitive information for years....

1 How to Completely Delete a Microsoft Account2 How to Stop Apps from Running in the Background on Windows 11 / Windows 103 How to Disable Your Webcam in Windows 11 and Windows 10 Deleting a Microsoft account will affect different services you might be using Before we go through with this, we should point out all of the services that require a Microsoft account. Deleting your account will lose you access to: Outlook, Office, Skype, Xbox/Xbox Live, OneDrive, Microsoft Store, and Minecraft....

1 How to Change Lock Screen Wallpaper in Windows 102 How to Add or Change Windows 10 Lock Screen Apps3 How to Remove a Lock Screen Wallpaper from the Sign-in screen4 How to Allow Cortana Above the Lock Screen5 How to Customize the Lock Screen Timeout in Windows 10 Thankfully, Microsoft provides several options to customize your lock screen, though you still don’t get quite as much freedom as we’d like....

Those to trying to run Telnet without it enabled will face errors such as “Telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command” and “CreateProcess ‘telnet’ is not recognized (C++)”. What is Telnet? At its core, Telnet, or “teletype network” is a communications protocol developed in 1969. It lets users connect to a remote device or host remotely via a Telnet client to manage files other functions as if they were a regular user....

1 How to Find the Windows 10 Spotlight Images Location and Save Them Manually2 How to save Windows Spotlight Images Automatically In fact, they’re so nice you may be wondering how to save Windows Spotlight images for use as a desktop background. Unfortunately, this isn’t as easy as you might expect as there is no option to save a spotlight background / spotlight wallpaper directly. The Windows 10 spotlight images location is in AppData with unintuitive file names....