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Looking at the Google API terms & conditions about ownership (https://developers.google.com/terms/#c_ownership), it is confusing for me whether or not it is possible to store/cache the data retrieved from Google Maps API.

Say company X has an App with a million users. Users trigger calls to Google API with their locations every time using the app. Company X is storing/caching the data and soon they are semi-independent from Google Maps API.

Is there something illegal about this?

Taking all the attributes of Optane's into account on being a non-volatile faster than SSD with mission to combine RAM and Flash (or to eliminate volatile memory) into account, How would Intel's Optane going to change program designs from our day to day programming to distributed server designs running our current world?

Wondering if you had any experience with IKM C++ test?

Is it reliable in terms of showing your results against all other competitors?

Today I received an email with two addresses as senders one 'service@paypal.co.uk' and another 'service6903@32442816855.ppluk.com'. Email contained the confirmation of an order I never purchased with a look of almost same as ebay confirmation. The only difference being a manage/cancel payment option where it takes your password and payment details.

Anyone else got this?

Having in mind the recent events with the US election and everything that comes with the classic paper election (result counting, protection against fraud, multiple counting, costs) and the final always unhappy voters who believe something went wrong, do we have all the technologies to go electronic voting all the way?

I know followmyvote.com has already started with this. Using blockchain to keep all the votes open to everyone tracking the election.

Does HN think we can overcome the identity theft with a bundle of technologies like finger and iris detection plus a pass and blockchain combined to enable electronic voting?