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“Upgrade Your Memory With A Surgically Implanted Brain Chip”
In a five-year, $77 million project by the Department of Defense to create an implantable brain device that restores memory-generation capacity for people with traumatic…
Do Google and Facebook Threaten Our ‘Ambient Privacy’?
Until recently, ambient privacy was a simple fact of life. Recording something for posterity required making special arrangements, and most of our shared experience of…
Amazon’s ‘Ring’ Doorbells Creating A Massive Police Surveillance Network
"Police departments are piggybacking on Ring's network to build out their surveillance networks..." reports CNET, adding that Ring "helps police avoid roadblocks for surveillance technology,…
Is the Reliance on GPS Shrinking Our Brains?
"Neuroscientists can now see that brain behavior changes when people rely on turn-by-turn directions," says science writer M.R. O'Connor, citing a study of personal GPS…
Facebook says there’s “No Expectation of Privacy On Social Media”
Facebook wants to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal by arguing that it didn't violate users' privacy rights because there's no expectation…
There Are About 5.3 Billion People on Earth Aged Over 15. Of These, Around 5 Billion Have a Mobile Phone
There are about 5.3bn people on earth aged over 15. Of these, around 5bn have a mobile phone. Source: World Bank, GSMA, Apple, Google, CNNIC,…
Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China In Plastic
"The astronomical growth of food delivery apps in China is flooding the country with takeout containers, utensils and bags," writes Raymond Zhong and Carolyn Zhang…
Parents Are Spending Thousands On YouTube Camps That Teach Kids How To Be Famous
Various YouTube summer camps have begun launching across the nation, designed to turn regular elementary and middle-school-aged children into bonfire internet sensations. Per a recent…
Phones Can Now Tell Who Is Carrying Them From Their Users’ Gaits
Most online fraud involves identity theft, which is why businesses that operate on the web have a keen interest in distinguishing impersonators from genuine customers.…
Thanks To Facebook, Your Cellphone Company Is Watching You More Closely Than Ever
A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept shows that Facebook courts carriers, along with phone makers -- some 100 different companies in 50 countries…
Police using Google Images + Facial Recognition
"The New York Police Department used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program in an attempt to identify a beer thief who…
Google Uses Gmail To Track a History of Things You Buy — and It’s Hard To Delete
CNBC's Todd Haselton has discovered that Google saves years of information on the purchases you've made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail.…
Facebook Contractors Categorize Your Private Posts To Train AI
Facebook uses thousands of third-party staffers around the world to look at Facebook and Instagram posts to help train its AI and to inform new…
How Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology is Supercharging Local Police
Deputies in this corner of western Oregon outside ultraliberal Portland used to track down criminals the old-fashioned way, faxing caught-on-camera images of a suspect around…
How Much Do Amazon Deliveries Contribute To Global Warming?
It's no coincidence that the number of trucks on the road has doubled since Amazon launched in 1994. That's a huge deal for the climate,…
Uber Admits It Wants To Take Riders Away From Public Transit
"Uber took down the taxi industry and now it wants a piece of public transit," reports CNN, in an article shared by dryriver: For years,…
‘They’re Basically Lying’ – Mental Health Apps Caught Secretly Sharing Data
"Free apps marketed to people with depression or who want to quit smoking are hemorrhaging user data to third parties like Facebook and Google --…
10% of Twitter Users Create 80% of the Tweets
In the United States, 10% of Twitter's users create 80% of its tweets, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center: The median…
Hacker Can Monitor Cars And Kill Their Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
A hacker broke into thousands of accounts belonging to users of two GPS tracker apps, giving him the ability to monitor the locations of tens…
Applying For Your Next Job May Be an Automated Nightmare
If you think looking for a job is already daunting, anxiety-riddled, and unpleasant, just wait until the algorithms take over the hiring process. When they…