A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
AI is no longer just for technology companies.
Intelligent machines have arrived, only they don’t look at all like we expected. They aren’t HAL from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and they certainly aren’t Scarlett Johansson’s disembodied voice in “Her.” Intelligent machines are more akin to what happens when insects, or even fungi, do when they “think.”
Continue reading… “We should start taking artificial intelligence seriously”
NSA headquarters.
The latest scoop from The Guardian’s concerns the ability of National Security Agency analysts to search vast databases of emails, online chats, and web browsing histories, among other online activity.
Continue reading… “Future NSA abuses are highly likely”
The XKeyscore software collects the contents and metadata from emails, online chats and Web browsing history for virtually anyone.
A Guardian report has revealed that NSA training materials openly said that the XKeyscore system, which it says formed a significant part of its PRISM surveillance activities disclosed by Edward Snowden last month, collected massive amounts of data, including the contents and the metadata of emails and chats.
Continue reading… “XKeyscore – new NSA tool sees “nearly everything” you do online”
Imposter scams are now No. 6 on the FTC’s list of Top Ten Complaints for 2010.
Imagine getting an e-mail from the FBI. What would you do? Chances are you’d respond to find out what’s up. And bad guys who pretend to be FBI agents are counting on that.
Continue reading… “Government Impersonator Scams on the Rise”
TXTBlocker
TXTBlocker is a software and online service combo which locks off a registered mobile phone from making or receiving text messages or calls while in a car. It uses cell and GPS data to determine location and speed and decide whether the phone is actually in a car, and once it thinks it is, boom, the service is automatically limited.
Continue reading… “TXTBlocker: Stops Texting While Driving”
iPhone users will now be able to speak their emails into their handsets for the first time, which will then be converted to text, with the launch of a new application.
Continue reading… “iPhone App Lets Users Speak Their Emails”
