Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrors” has been described as the most “selfie-worthy” art show touring North America. But Kusama’s work is not necessarily pitched at the Instagram hordes who line up by the hundreds to witness her famous mirror-lined rooms. A picture—however many likes and shares it gains—cannot convey the mental afflictions that provoked each piece…
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Best Password Manager–for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS and Enterprise…
When it comes to safeguarding your Internet security, installing an antivirus software or running a Secure Linux OS on your system does not mean you are safe enough from all kinds of cyber-threats. Today majority of Internet users are vulnerable to cyber attacks, not because they aren’t using any best antivirus software or other security […]
Google Launches AI Program to Detect ‘Hate Speech’…
Google has launched a new AI program called Perspective to detect “abusive” comments online in an effort to crack down on hate speech. Publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Economist are testing the new software as a way of policing comments sections, according to the Financial Times…
FCC’s GOP Chairman Blocks Internet Privacy Rule…
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai will block a privacy rule passed under the last administration from going into effect. The rule, part of a larger set of privacy regulations passed in October, subjects internet service providers to strict requirements when storing consumer data. Last month, a coalition of telecom industry groups filed…
Apple Investigating Possible Explosion after iPhone 7 Catches on Fire, Melts (VIDEO)…
Apple is reportedly investigating an alleged incident of an exploding smartphone, after a teenager from Arizona uploaded a video showing her iPhone 7 Plus smoldering and melting. The video shows the rose gold exterior of the phone liquefying and smoking, revealing the mechanical insides. “Dude, what the fuck?,” the Twitter user, presumably named Brianna Olivas, […]
Judge Orders California to Release Documents Detailing Risks of Radiation and Cell Phone Use…
California could have to hand over some documents on cellphone use it tried to keep under wraps. On Friday, a Superior Court judge ordered the state to release papers discussing the possible risks of long-term cellphone use. The documents were written by the state’s Environmental Health Investigations branch and are believed to contain cellphone radiation […]
Cameras, Microphones and Sensors on 3,200 Street Lights in San Diego…
General Electric will put cameras, microphones and sensors on 3,200 street lights in San Diego this year, marking the first large-scale use of “smart city” tools GE says can help monitor traffic and pinpoint crime, but raising potential privacy concerns. Based on technology from GE’s Current division, Intel Corp and AT&T Inc, the system will […]
Al-Qaeda Receives an Oscar…
Hollywood is all about fake. That is what movies are – fake depictions of a fake reality that only exist in the mind of scriptwriters, directors and a usually gullible audience. (Disclosure: I do like some movies.) Hollywood has never been shy of plagiarizing. Every idea, tale of cinematographic trick that made a splash somewhere […]
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Major CloudFlare Bug Leaked Sensitive Data from Customers’ Sites…
Cloudflare revealed a serious bug in its software today that caused sensitive data like passwords, cookies, authentication tokens to spill in plaintext from its customers’ websites. The announcement is a major blow for the content delivery network, which offers enhanced security and performance for more than 5 million websites. This could have allowed anyone who […]
Not Russian Hackers as Alleged: Brit Arrested for Cyberattack on Germany…
A UK national has been detained in London on suspicion of carrying out a cyber-attack last year that left 1 million Deutsche Telekom customers without service. At the time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel hinted that Russia might be behind the attack. The 29-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday at Luton airport in southern England by […]
Marathon Runner’s Tracked Data Exposes Phony Time…
Hot tip: If you’re going to cheat while running a marathon, don’t wear a fitness tracking band. A New York food writer found this out the hard way on Tuesday after she was busted for an elaborate run-faking scheme, in which she attempted to use doctored data to back up an illegitimate finish time. In […]
‘Exoplanet Hop’: NASA Releases Epic Travel Poster to Mark Landmark Discovery (PHOTOS)…
NASA has released a stunning new ‘space tourism poster’ to mark the momentous discovery of seven exoplanets around the star TRAPPIST-1, sitting some 39 light-years from Earth. The space agency announced the discovery of the exoplanets – planets circling stars outside our solar system – at a press conference in Washington, DC on Wednesday. It […]
NASA’s Longshot Bet on a Revolutionary Rocket May Be about to Pay Off…
Franklin Chang-Díaz bounds up a handful of stairs and peers through a porthole cut into the side of a silver, tanker-truck-sized vacuum chamber. Inside, a blueish-purple light shines, unchanging and constant, like a bright flashlight. “It looks kind of boring,” Chang-Díaz admits. “But that plume is 3.5 million degrees. If you stuck your hand in […]
Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture…
When new employees join Uber, they are asked to subscribe to 14 core company values, including making bold bets, being “obsessed” with the customer, and “always be hustlin’.” The ride-hailing service particularly emphasizes “meritocracy,” the idea that the best and brightest will rise to the top based on their efforts, even if it means stepping […]
Artificial Intelligence to Write Its Own Code by Stealing from Other Programs…
OUT of the way, human, I’ve got this covered. A machine learning system has gained the ability to write its own code. Created by researchers at Microsoft and the University of Cambridge, the system, called DeepCoder, solved basic challenges of the kind set by programming competitions. This kind of approach could make it much easier […]
Privacy Group Notches Win over FBI in FOIA Fight…
A privacy protection group scored a pair of legal wins Tuesday in a court battle with the FBI over access to studies the law enforcement agency has done of how its own record-keeping systems could impact personal privacy. The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the law enforcement agency under the Freedom of Information Act in […]
Obama’s Feds Tried to Hack Indiana’s Election System While Pence Was Governor…
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials tried to hack Indiana’s state electoral system with at least 14,800 “scans” or hits between Nov. 1, 2016, to Dec. 16, 2016, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. The attacks are the second confirmed IT scanning assault by DHS officials against states that resisted then-President Barack […]
UPS Tries Arming Its Brown-Clad Drivers With an Octocopter Drone…
The world’s largest courier took a step closer to that future on Monday, launching an unmanned aerial vehicle from the roof of a UPS truck about a quarter-mile to a blueberry farm outside Tampa, Florida. The drone dropped off a package at a home on the property, and returned to the truck, which had moved […]
SpaceX Launches 1st Private Rocket from Historic NASA Pad — Then Sticks a Landing…
SpaceX has launched the first private rocket from the same historic site that saw some of NASA’s greatest space missions, then landed a booster nearby in a resounding success. The California-based company’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station today (Feb. 19) at 9:39 a.m. EST (1439 GMT) […]
Robots Poised to Take over Wide Range of Military Jobs…
The wave of automation that swept away tens of thousands of American manufacturing and office jobs during the past two decades is now washing over the armed forces, putting both rear-echelon and front-line positions in jeopardy. “Just as in the civilian economy, automation will likely have a big impact on military organizations in logistics and […]
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