Amazon Just Got a Patent to Track Bitcoin Transactions and Sell the Data
That may be a bit worrying for crypto fans and the security-conscious
That may be a bit worrying for crypto fans and the security-conscious
Fortunately Amazon says it has no plans to do anything with it.
A recently published Amazon patent depicts a delivery drone capable of recognising and responding to human gestures and speech.
The details on what this is intended to do are worryingly vague.
It should, in theory, cut down the transaction confirmation down to almost nothing.
Having previously axed FireWire, USB-A ports, physical home keys and headphone jacks, could the MacBook's physical keyboard be next on Apple's chopping block?
A solution that involves vibrating seats and bursts of air. Oh my.
“The bigger the prize at the end of the race, the more likely we will see inefficiency.”
And also possibly track them while they work.
Essentially, it's a notebook chassis that can accept either a phone, which becomes a high-tech trackpad, or a tablet that acts as a touchscreen.
This case could lead to a virtual DRM on everything.
"The helpful hairpiece" - take my money
While academic researchers can still use CRISPR for free, companies hoping to harness the gene editing tool for a myriad of potential applications, may have to pay not one, but two institutions, a hefty fee.
And now they have no clue what they plan to do with it.
One of these could be the next Facebook
On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent that gives credence to those rumours of an edge-to-edge OLED iPhone.
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