After my injured legs forced me out of the Army, I still had the urge to serve my country. I would have to serve it through my head and hands — through computing. That, and only that, would be giving my country my best. Though I wasn’t much of a veteran, having passed through the […]
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WHO OWNS THESE?: Mystery Towers Going Up All Over Cincinnati Area…
If you drive around the Cincinnati area you may have noticed mysterious cylinder-type cell phone towers, that look nothing like any cell tower most of us have seen. Now, a growing number of Tri-Staters are getting worried about these towers, and the 5G signals they believe they will soon be sending out, as part of […]
Google Research Paper Claims ‘Quantum Supremacy’…
In what may be a huge milestone in computing, Google says it has achieved “quantum supremacy,” an experimental demonstration of the superiority of a quantum computer over a traditional one. The claim, made in a new scientific paper, is the most serious indication yet that the promise of quantum computers—an emerging but unproven type of […]
There’s a Reason We Don’t Know Much About AI…
Last year, when the Food and Drug Administration approved an Apple Watch feature that notified users if they had an irregular heart rhythm, the information tech industry hailed it as a watershed moment in consumer-focused health care. Cardiologists, on the other hand, warned that the app could lead to privacy violations, unwarranted worrying and wasteful […]
Zuckerberg Meets with Trump, Republican Senators…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, the latest sign of the tech mogul’s personal outreach amid mounting scrutiny from Washington. Despite the president’s history of accusing Facebook of being anti-Trump, suggesting the company is an antitrust problem, and criticizing its digital currency, Libra, both Trump and […]
Walgreens Announces New Drone Delivery Service Pilot Program…
If you ever wanted snacks or medicine delivered to your home via a drone in the sky, you may be in luck. That’s because retail giant Walgreens announced Thursday it is partnering with Wing Aviation LLC, a drone delivery company owned by Alphabet, to make that futuristic concept a reality beginning next month. However, the […]
Expert Warns Against Using Amazon Alexa to Make Donations to 2020 Candidates…
Want to see your favorite 2020 candidate on the next debate stage? Now you have the option of donating to their campaign through e-commerce giant Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices — but experts caution your privacy could be at risk. Under a new feature called Alexa Political Contributions, starting on Thursday Amazon will let Americans donate to […]
Facebook Took No Action When ‘Vets for Trump’ Page Was Hijacked by Foreigners…
The Washington Post published an article recently titled “The Facebook page ‘Vets for Trump’ was hijacked by a North Macedonian businessman. It took months for the owners to get it back.” which outlines how the owners of a Facebook page where former U.S. service members proclaimed their support of President Donald Trump were locked out […]
Facebook to Train AI Systems Using Police Video…
Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of violent events as part of a broader effort to crack down on extremism. Facebook’s AI systems were unable to detect live-streamed video of a mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The effort will use body-cam […]
DOJ Files Civil Suit Against Edward Snowden Over New Memoir…
The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for violating his non-disclosure agreements with the CIA and the NSA by writing a new book about his leaks. Snowden’s memoir, “Permanent Record,” hit bookshelves Tuesday. Snowden, who famously leaked classified documents about government surveillance, has avoided prosecution by […]
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Amazon Reportedly Changed Search Algorithm to Favor More Profitable Products…
After publishing a steady stream of scoops about Amazon’s anti-competitive tendencies, the Wall Street Journal on Monday dropped one of the biggest media bombshells to rock the e-commerce giant in recent memory: That Amazon has deliberately tweaked its product-search algorithm to more prominently feature products that are more profitable for Amazon, including its own in-house […]
Flirty or Friendzone? New AI Scans Your Texts for True Love…
Every good love story has a moment in which the precious ingénue, blind to the complexities of the world, misinterprets the lover’s move. Sally mistakes Harry’s interest for friendship. Romeo, believing Juliet to be dead, poisons himself. The folly of love is not so much about what we do when we are flooded with feelings, […]
Oh Goodie!: Google Collects Face Data Now. Here’s What It Means and How to Opt Out…
Google’s latest smart display brings with it a controversial new feature that’s always watching. Face Match, introduced on the Google Nest Hub Max, uses the smart display’s front-facing camera as a security feature and a way to participate in video calls. It also shows you your photos, texts, calendar details and so on when it […]
Facebook of the Sky: Airbus Tests Program to Track Everything You Do During Flights…
Business Insider reports that the aviation giant Airbus announced this week that it has started in-flight trials of its newest cabin technology which will connect passengers and crew to different elements of the plane such as seats, cargo, and bathrooms. Airbus unveiled its plans for its Connected Experience at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) […]
Israel Accused of Planting Mysterious Spy Devices Near the White House…
The U.S. government concluded within the last two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cell-phone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, D.C., according to three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. But unlike most other occasions when flagrant incidents […]
Facebook Sanctions Netanyahu Page Over Hate Speech Violation…
Facebook says it has sanctioned the page of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company’s hate speech policy. Facebook said on Thursday that the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page’s bot, or automated chat function. The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a […]
Is Orwell’s Ministry of Truth Alive?Why Don’t We Hear Much About Julian Assange?…
In Orwell’s dystopian fiction 1984, the government’s mission through the Ministry of Truth is to supply its people with news, entertainment, books, films, plays and songs, packed with the information it wants the people to know. It constructs lies to fit the narrative it wishes to establish and sets about rewriting historical documents so they […]
Dr. Robert Epstein: Study Claims Google Reflected ‘Very Dramatic Bias’ in 2016 Election Search Results…
Google allegedly offered search results during the 2016 election season that manipulated voters in Hillary Clinton’s favor, according to researcher Dr. Robert Epstein. The study looked into “politically oriented searches” from a “diverse group of American voters,” Epstein said in an interview airing Sunday on “Life, Liberty & Levin.” “In 2016, I set up the […]
IBM: 120 Million Workers May Need to be Reskilled or Retrained in the Next Three Years…
In the next three years, as many as 120 million workers in the world’s 12 largest economies may need to be retrained or reskilled as a result of AI and intelligent automation, according to a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value (IBV) study. In addition, only 41 percent of CEOs surveyed say that […]
How a Secret Dutch Mole Aided the U.S.-Israeli Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran…
For years, an enduring mystery has surrounded the Stuxnet virus attack that targeted Iran’s nuclear program: How did the U.S. and Israel get their malware onto computer systems at the highly secured uranium-enrichment plant? The first-of-its-kind virus, designed to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, effectively launched the era of digital warfare and was unleashed some time […]
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