Digitall Fix

10/04/2017

A little peak into the dark art of disinformation.

The Russia-linked ads used to influence the 2016 election included those from a fake gun-rights group, a bogus gay rights group and even a phony dog lovers group.

10/04/2017

This extension for Chrome let you see what Facebook sees. Try it and see how well you're dialed in.

This extension allows you to navigate how FB collects your data

05/05/2017

Gene editing. Mind Blown.

Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh completely removed HIV DNA from the genomes of human cells implanted into mice.

05/03/2017

Facebook has proved to be a major factor during elections. if you use Chrome this plugin will help by informing you who are behind the ads you are seeing.

Find out how the political parties are targeting your vote on Facebook in the 2017 General Election campaign.

04/27/2017

This is how the Robot War will start.

The suspect said he just wanted to "test" the real-life Robocop when he knocked it over.

04/19/2017

Check out this article to see if your messaging app is truly private.

Protect yourself from hackers.

03/24/2017

This is something out of a Rick and Morty episode.

03/23/2017

Every wonder why banana candy tastes weird? The flavor was based on the banana called "Fat Michael" (Gros Michel). This banana isn't commercially available anymore.

Now the banana we eat is the Cavendish banana. How long they will be readily available is anyone's guess.

The history of coffee gives us surprising insight into the future of the world's most popular banana.

03/22/2017

Diabetes (Type 2) isn't a life-long condition and can be cured in 4 months.

Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in just four months by cutting calories, exercising and keeping glucose under control, a trial has shown.

12/29/2016

First company to deliver products via drone?

7-Eleven!

The convenience store chain has partnered with drone maker Flirtey for the ongoing trial.

12/08/2016

Flashing strobe lights trigger the brain to clear out the protein that causes Alzheimer’s.

Finally VR gets a use that might interest the rest of the world.

Flickers of light induce brain waves that wash amyloid-beta out of the brain, mouse study suggests.

12/01/2016

"Online privacy" becomes an oxymoron today.

At midnight, the U.S. government quietly gained expansive new surveillance abilities after a last-ditch effort to stop changes to the federal code of criminal procedure died on the Senate floor.