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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
12 million declassified CIA files are now available online
The CIA has posted a vast cache of nearly 12 million declassified CIA pages online, including info on Nazi war crimes, the Cuban Missile Crisis, UFO sightings, human [...]
Beyond ‘Brogrammers’: Can AI create a meritocracy?
Brogrammers are not your standard, introverted computer programmers. They are a more recent stereotype: the macho, beer swilling players who went to top schools and are often [...]
Swedish Ambulances could control your car audio in the future
Loud music can be fun, loud music can be party and freedom especially with a fast sports car. We all turn way up the car hifi sometimes, when it plays our favorite song, and [...]
People still use the Amiga today, and new Viva Amiga documentary shows why
Many years ago when I began writing the History of the Amiga, I was surprised there were so few accounts of what was truly a remarkable computing platform. Fortunately, time, [...]
We Need to Teach Kids How to Be Skeptical of the Internet
The internet is a beautiful escape, the world’s most wide-reaching communication device, the biggest business ever conceived, and a leveler of who has the tools to [...]
Anti-surveillance apparel hides your face from facial recognition software
Privacy advocates have long feared the risk facial recognition technologies pose to ethical surveillance practices, but soon there might be a high-tech garment solution that [...]
The Cyber-Secret Futurist 