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Wait until you see their victory dance (check out the tweet at the end of this post). Evelyn Nomayo (left) was the mentor for the team that created the award-winning Memory Haven app: (left to right) Rachael Akano, Margarent Akano and Joy Njekwe.

Good News Story: Nigerian Irish Teen Girls Win Prize For Dementia App

4:50pm October 08, 2020

by Nadia Whitehead

They faced bias against women in science. They faced racism because their families come from Africa. And they triumphed in a competition to develop a problem-solving app!

La Liga, Spain's premier soccer league, was fined 250,000 euros on Tuesday for failing to adequately notify Android app users that it was recording what was going on near their phones. The app was developed to combat piracy, according to the league.

Spain's Top Soccer League Fined For Using App To Spy On Fans In Fight To Curb Piracy

8:24pm June 12, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The country's data protection agency said La Liga's popular app was systematically accessing phones' microphones and geolocation data to find out which bars were showing unlicensed match broadcasts.

Some apps, like CBT-I Coach, use proven scientific methods to help people manage their underlying sleep challenges.

Some Apps May Help Curb Insomnia, Others Just Put You To Sleep

5:13am October 08, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

People struggling with insomnia often turn to apps to help them fall asleep. But scientists say only some apps use proven methods that can help address the underlying causes of sleeplessness.

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Gary Wagner, a blind Buffalo resident and subscriber to an app that connects him to a shopping assistant, looks for hot sauce at a Wegmans store in Amherst, New York.

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Blind Grocery Shoppers Access 'Second Set Of Eyes' Through App At Wegmans

2:17pm September 12, 2018

by Michael Mroziak

An app service known as Aira is connecting blind and visually impaired grocery shoppers with sighted guides that help them navigate the aisles at Wegmans through their smartphones.

If you're regularly checking your phone at night in a dark room, you're probably tricking your body into thinking it's still daytime.

Apps Can Cut Blue Light From Devices, But Do They Help You Sleep?

12:13pm November 27, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Lots of phone and tablet apps promise to improve sleep by filtering out the blue light from device screens. But that won't help if the reason you're not getting enough shut-eye is caffeine or stress.

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The mass shooting in Las Vegas this month was one of the latest incidents to draw listeners to apps allowing the public to listen to police and fire frequencies.

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Apps Have More People Tuning In To Police Chatter When Disaster Strikes

12:57pm October 25, 2017

by Yu-Ning Aileen Chuang

The Las Vegas mass shooting and the California wildfires are the latest incidents that have drawn listeners to apps allowing the public to listen to police and fire frequencies. Why do people do it?

Magic bus team posing on a Matatu van in Nairobi, Kenya.

A Million Dollars Goes To An App That Leads To A Better Bus Commute

2:37pm September 26, 2016

by Angus Chen

The $1 million Hult Prize went to team Magic Bus, operating in Nairobi. By cutting wait times, the bus crew could make customers happy — and boost their own income.

GMO bacteria "swarmbots" are strictly constrained to their holding cell.

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Tales Of The Genetically Altered, Superhero Bacteria Swarmbot

3:00pm July 08, 2016

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

What is keeping a genetically altered super-villain bug from escaping Duke University's synthetic biology labs, and destroying humanity Holloywood-style?

A Duke University scientist has engineered genetically altered “swarmbots” that can only survive in a swarm of their own kind. And that's just the start of it all.

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