tech and politics
The FCC Admits Last Year’s Infamous Hack Never Actually Happened
Published on August 13, 2018Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that the comments section of its website…
Read MoreA Whistleblower Has Revealed Google Plans to Censor Search in China
Published on August 6, 2018Google’s plans to expand its offering in China has historically been difficult between the country’s…
Read MoreDeepMind Founders and Other AI Leaders Pledge to Not Develop Lethal Weapon Systems
Published on July 26, 2018A few days ago, London-based developer DeepMind (an Alphabet company) and thousands of other tech…
Read MoreGoogle Fined $5 Billion by the EU over Android Antitrust Violations
Published on July 24, 2018The European Commission (EC) recently fined Google a record amount: $5 billion. That record beat…
Read MoreAcademics Investigate the Age-Old Question: Is Your Phone Secretly Spying on You?
Published on July 20, 2018It’s a common belief, especially after the National Security Administration’s scandal with Edward Snowden, that…
Read MoreHas China Taken It Too Far With Surveillance Tech?
Published on July 19, 2018Facial recognition has come a long way in the past few years. But there’s still…
Read MoreCan We Live to 150? This Scientist Said So, but Now He’s Not so Sure
Published on July 18, 2018Alex Zhavoronkov is a computer scientist, MedTech developer, and researcher. When he was younger, Zhavoronkov publicly announced…
Read MoreCan We Avoid Flaws in Machine Learning?
Published on July 12, 2018As artificial intelligence (AI) continues evolving, it goes without saying that it is going to…
Read MoreHow Can We Prepare for the Coming Era of Automation?
Published on July 10, 2018How do we prepare for the upcoming age of automation? It’s a question that’s difficult…
Read More‘Human Third Parties’ May Be Reading Your Gmail Messages
Published on July 9, 2018Well, it didn’t take long after Facebook’s data scandal for Google to get some data…
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