Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Google Fights Child Porn; Facebook Tips New Product; Bills Target 3D-Printed ... - PC Magazine

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Didn't have time to check out the tech headlines over the weekend? Here's what you missed.

Google is spearheading a new, shareable database that should make it easier for organizations to report and remove images of child sexual abuse from the Web. According to Google, the database will identify images by a process known as hashing, which breaks a picture down into specific components that can be identified regardless of file type or resolution. 

In other Google news, the Web giant has confirmed plans to provide Internet access to underserved areas via high-flying balloons. The effort, dubbed Project Loon, got started last week with a pilot in the Canterbury area of New Zealand with 30 balloons in the air and 50 testers on the ground.

Also making headlines, Facebook on Thursday will once again take the stage to announce "a new product" at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The invitation doesn't give too much away, though there are reports that it might involve Instagram's version of Vine. Meanwhile, Facebook is reportedly developing its own RSS service, presumably aimed at filling the void Google Reader will leave when it shuts down on July 1.

In other news,  city and state lawmakers in New York are taking aim at 3D-printed guns with new legislation that would crack down on the practice.  New York City Council Member Lewis Fidler has crafted a bill that would ban 3D gun making unless the printer is a licensed gunsmith.

Here's some other news you might have missed over the weekend:



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