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TLDR:The Allegro Directional Audio Open-Ear Headphones wrap around the ears, but never block sound, all while serving up brilliant audio quality. Headphones used to be crafted almost specifically to block out the world. Unfortunately, we discovered that blissful audio cocoon can lead to some tragic conclusions. That bubble has now metastasized into twalking, with pedestrians wearing headphones or earbuds, eyes locked on smartphone screens, shockingly unaware of what’s happening around them....

Some of the biggest retailers in the US are using facial recognition to monitor people in their stores, according to new research. A coalition of civil rights groups says that retails giants including Macy’s, Ace Hardware, and Lowe’s are currently using the tech to monitor people who enter or work in their stores. The group is calling for the companies to end the practice. “Constant surveillance, tracking, and data collection infringe on our human right to privacy,” said Al Smith from The Tor Project, one of 35 organizations involved in the campaign....

These self-sufficient robots can have ‘babies’ and colonize distant planets Robots rising Robots have come a long way since our first clumsy forays into artificial movement many decades ago. Today, companies such as Boston Dynamics produceultra-efficient robotsthat load trucks, build pallets, and move boxes around factories, undertaking tasks you might think only humans could perform. Despite these advances, designing robots to work in unknown or inhospitable environments – like exoplanets or deep ocean trenches – still poses a considerable challenge for scientists and engineers....

When you hear the term “smart city” your mind usually jumps to autonomous flying vehicles or drone-based pizza deliveries.But emerging technologies aren’t only being deployed to make our lives easier. There’s also a wave of new startups and scaleups working to make the cities of the future safer. We spoke with four cohorts from this year’sX-Europesmart cities accelerator program to find out more about how tech can be used to tackle both new and old security threats....

It’s amazing how many apps we use on a daily basis that ask us to log in using either our Facebook or Twitter accounts. Most of us don’t think much of it and just go ahead and click on the button but over time that amounts to a serious amount of apps that have access to your information. Now it’s important to remember that most of these will be trust worthy apps and they sometimes don’t ask for more than your email address but there are some simple steps you should be taking to protect yourself....