Six strikes anti-piracy program fails
We all watch movies, and some of us sometimes watches movies, that they find online on torrenting or streaming sites. Even youtube is full of pirated content. The ordinary, [...]
Society
Is SWARM the new SWAG? Experimental mind-reading in theatres.
A fresh Hollywood movie and and a science experiment, will be held jointly at MindGamers, a Sam Neill starred new sci-fi movies premiere. The viewers minds will be monitored [...]
Half of Americans think their cybersecurity is worse than 5 years ago
Just under half of Americans — 49 percent — think their personal information is less secure than it was five years ago, according to a new report from the Pew Research [...]
Court ruling stands: US has no right to seize data from world’s servers
An evenly split federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that it won’t revisit its July decision that allowed Microsoft to squash a US court warrant for e-mail stored on its [...]
Facial recognition will replace passports in Australia
Australia has started implementing biometric facial, iris and fingerprint recognition in airports, allowing passengers to go through without showing a passport or even [...]
Act now: the 4 most unhealthy tech-trends of today
In our minds the future is either a bright cosy place full of sunshine or an oppressive regime of mad dictators with an army equipped with cutting edge technology all lined [...]
Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter
The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks [...]
10 SciFi movie predictions came true
Hollywood’s always predicting our futures technologies in such bulky way, that it’s a miracle they don’t predict everything we have today. Dozens of movies [...]
China to crack down on censor-busting services
The nation’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced plans to “clean up” unauthorised internet connections. The 14-month campaign will [...]
How artificial intelligence can be corrupted to repress free speech
The internet was supposed to become an overwhelming democratizing force against illiberal administrations. It didn’t. It was supposed to open repressed citizens’ [...]