After a few months of hard work we are now finished with the 3rd phase of Pole Sabz 2.0. The construction of phase 4 which is the final phase of the project is now under way. Phase 3 took longer than expected mostly because it involved too many components working together which made it difficult to troubleshoot bugs and issues. Phase 4 will introduce the all new Media capabilities and [Read the rest...]

Although high school students report drinking plenty of water, milk, and real fruit juice, they still gulp down more sugar-sweetened beverages than is probably good for them, CDC researchers found. Nearly three-quarters (72.4 percent) of the teens who responded to a national survey said they drank at least one glass of water a day over the preceding seven days, Nancy Brener of the CDC and colleagues reported in the June [Read the rest...]

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 (Reuters) – Connecticut’s Attorney General is concerned over Facebook’s use of facial recognition technology to identify users and has requested a meeting with Facebook officials to discuss ways to alleviate those concerns. Attorney General George Jepsen said in a letter to Facebook earlier this week that the world’s No. 1 Internet social network appeared to have overlooked consumer privacy by analyzing the faces in photographs posted [Read the rest...]

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. International Business Machines Corp., more commonly known as IBM, turned 100 years old on Thursday. Surviving a century is impressive for a human being; it’s astonishing for a tech company that got its start a mere three years after the Ford Model T began production. IBM dates back to June 16, 1911, when three small companies — [Read the rest...]

BEIRUT — Tens of thousands of Syrians poured onto the streets of cities around the country after prayers on Friday to press their demand for the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad, apparently undeterred by concessions from a top member of Assad’s inner circle. The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group that organizes the protests, said eight people were killed when troops opened fire on demonstrators in four different locations. With [Read the rest...]

Reports in Ankara said Turkey‘s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was planning to create a buffer zone to prevent its instability spilling into Turkish territory. Mr Erdogan, who once said he would be a “brother” to President Assad, condemned the Assad regime’s use of violence to put down protests as “savagery” and in a key move said he could support intervention by the United Nations. His turn against the Syrian [Read the rest...]

At least 22 people have been killed in Syria, following confrontations between security forces and anti-government demonstrators. Activists say at least 10 of the deaths on Friday occurred in the northwestern province of Idlib. State-run news reports say an armed group in the provincial city of Maaret al-Numan attacked security forces and set several government buildings on fire. The news report said gunmen were trying to “repeat the scenario” of [Read the rest...]

Facebook has enabled facial recognition technology, without your permission. While this feature makes tagging easier than Facebook had intended, it has caused a storm of controversy and warning among security experts and Facebook users. And we want to help you make your choice. The facial recognition technology can identify people in the photos uploaded on Facebook, and suggest who they might be. By confirming Facebook’s guess, you can let the [Read the rest...]

I have a knack for finding interesting things about places that I go to. This time I had an interesting experience when I was in Atlanta the other week that I would like to share with others. After I got to my hotel I decided to scout around the downtown area to find places to hangout and eat for the next few days that I was going to be there. [Read the rest...]

PETA has long warned that having students dissect animals in the classroom has the unintended consequence of teaching kids disrespect for living beings, and a recent prank involving a dead cat appears to bolster our case. A senior at John Jay High School in San Antonio stole a dead cat from the school’s dissection laboratory and placed the body on another student’s car. The victim in turn placed the cat [Read the rest...]