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Half of mobile apps share with third parties the location of their users The sale of data to companies outside the business is an illegal practice    Almost half of the most downloaded mobile apps send the location of the device to third parties, while 18% send the name of the user and 16% share up to their email address with other companies, data that applications sell to get financing to advertising companies. An exchange that is an illegal practice but carried out by almost half of the developers of 'apps', according to data from the Federal Trade Commission of the United States.    This shows that data traffic occurs not only due to the negligence of users when accepting conditions of use, but also because of the applications themselves, according to a study carried out by the software development and management services company. of personal data PrivacyCloud. The sale of data to marketing companies so that they reinforce user perles is the source of inco...

Artificial intelligence already has a human voice Neural networks allow Google to interpret a text and apply similar intonations to a person Siri, Alexa, Cortana; they are some of the virtual assistants of the American technological giants. One of these names was added a few years ago: the Google Assistant. Paa the search giant has put many resources to get unseat Apple as the king of the audience. Through the Deepmind laboratory, responsible for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) of the company, Google has managed to develop a synthetic voice with a precision almost identical to that generated by a human being. This technology is called Tacotron 2, whose operation is based on two neural networks capable of interpreting the text and applying the effects, pauses and intonations that are present in it. From the American portal Quartz indicate that one of the novelties of this version is the ability to pronounce names and difficult words, as well as distinguish punctuation marks or ...

Samsung already has a date for its Galaxy S9 The CEO of the company confirms the presentation of his device at the Mobile World Congress    No, it will not be at CES in Las Vegas (United States). The rumors were aimed at the first major technology fair of the year to unveil Samsung's plans with its high-end phones by 2018. Finally, the Galaxy S9 will see the light in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which starts on the 26th February. This has been confirmed by the CEO of Samsung Electronics, Dj Ko, who confirmed to ZDNET that the S9 will be announced during the MWC 2018. Last year, Samsung launched its S8 in March, so the South Korean has decided to advance a month the launch of its first big smartphone of the year.    This would encourage the rumors that signal this year there will be three releases. The first would be the expected S9, in summer the new Galaxy Note would arrive and the big bet would arrive for the last quarter of the year with a...

They create a sensor to measure the ultraviolet radiation in the mobile L'Oréal launches UV Sense that works without a battery and sends the data to the smartphone    Cases of skin cancer cases increased by 38% during the last four years, which represents an increase of almost 10% per year. The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) places the focus on the prevention and early detection of this disease that causes 600 deaths annually in Spain. L'Oréal, through its brand of skin care dermatology, La Roche-Posay, has launched UV Sense, the first sensor that works without a battery to measure individual exposure to ultraviolet rays. The new wearable is less than two millimeters thick, nine millimeters in diameter and is designed to be used on the thumbnail. UV Sense is accompanied by a mobile application, available on both iOS and Android, which translates and transfers data from the sensor using NFC (Near Field Communication) wireless technology. The app off...

4G arrives in Spain ultrafast and with better coverage within homes The new connection, which will be implemented progressively throughout the territory until 2018, is faster than the ADSL    Telecommunications operators in the country began yesterday to activate their  ultrafast mobile telephony networks of better quality . Although Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange offer fourth generation connections ( 4G internet ) since the summer of 2013, it is now when they can  lend them over the 800 Mhz band , which until last March was used exclusively for nine channels of digital terrestrial television (TDT). This frequency offers better mobile coverage, especially in the interior of buildings, and a greater geographical reach. The three large companies in the sector have started operations with the authorization of the Government to activate  25 stations or 4G access nodes each in this month . Vodafone concentrated the ignition in the city of Orense. "The lighti...

The dog-robot Aibo of Sony devastates in the presale This intelligent animal is capable of creating emotional connections with humans | It's an update that Sony launched in 1999 and costs 1,480 euros    The domestic robot Aibo, an intelligent dog capable of creating emotional connections with humans launched today by the technological giant Sony, sold out all its stock during the early sale. The first series of artificial pets has been delivered to their owners, after three rounds of pre-orders were exhausted last year, explained a spokesman for the company, who declined to disclose the number of units sold.    The first 30 owners of the Aibo received their dog-robot at a special ceremony at the Sony headquarters in Tokyo, in which the company wanted to celebrate its return to the world of domestic robotics after 12 years. Aibo, an update of the pioneering dog-robot that Sony launched on the market in 1999 , maintains the name of its predecessor, but incorpor...