NEWSWORTHY
Keep going and going. The Nobel Committee recognized three scientists for the invention the lithium-ion battery. This year's Nobel prize for chemistry went to John Goodenough at the University of Texas, Austin, Stanley Whittingham at SUNY-Binghamton, and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University.
A broadcast that should never be broadcast. A shooting outside a synagogue in Halle, Germany which left two people dead on Wednesday was live-streamed to online video service Twitch. The Amazon-owned service pulled the video down after 35 minutes and publicly condemned the attack.
Here we go again. An ad filled with false claims by the Trump re-election campaign will be allowed to run on Facebook. The social network rejected a protest over the ad from Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. "In mature democracies with a free press, political speech is already arguably the most scrutinized speech there is," Facebook's public policy director of global elections Katie Harbath told the Biden campaign in a letter.
Flying through the air with the greatest of ease. While Apple is waiting until at least 2020 to offer a 5G phone, Google is testing a Pixel device compatible with the new, super-fast wireless standard and could introduce it next week, Nikkei Asian Review reports. Other Android phonemakers, including Samsung and Huawei, have already started selling 5G models.
Who watchers the watchers? Opening the next privacy scandal, it turns out workers for Amazon have reviewed footage from some customers of the company's Cloud Cam home security service. Dozens of Amazon workers based in India and Romania review select clips, Bloomberg reports.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Speaking of the clash between free expression and Chinese government demands for censorship, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo has a warning for the tech industry. Executives from U.S. companies have long pitched engagement with China as a way to weaken the authoritarian government's hold on power, but it hasn't turned out that way, he writes:
China proved them wrong. It didn't just find a way to nail Jell-O; it became a Jell-O master carpenter. Through online surveillance, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and the propagandistic gold mine of social media, China has mobilized a set of tools that allow it to invisibly, routinely repress its citizens and shape political opinion by manipulating their feelings and grievances on just about any controversy.
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BEFORE YOU GO
Solar power is great, but it only works in daylight, obviously. Now a new energy-producing chip has arrived that works at night using somewhat similar principles. UCLA researcher Aaswath Raman's invention uses radiative cooling from the night sky, but so far can only power a single lightbulb. Maybe he should hook up with the drone racing league to spur faster developments?
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