Hundreds of thousands of law enforcement agents in the US have the authority to use blackbox AI to conduct unethical surveillance, generate evidence, and circumvent our Fourth Amendment protections. And thereâs little reason to believe anyoneâs going to do anything about it. The problem is that blackbox AI systems are a goldmine for startups, big tech, and politicians. And, since the general public is ignorant about what they do or... Read more âș
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As the US menâs basketball team limped to a first Olympics loss since 2004, a robot gave them a lesson in elite-level shooting. The six-foot-ten machine rolled onto the court during half-time of the USâ defeat to France and started swishing jump shots like a red-hot Steph Curry. Known as CUE, the droid was developed by Toyota engineers as a demonstration of machine learning. The bot uses inbuilt sensors and... Read more âș
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Almost half of dating app users would trust AI to find them a match, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Their trust could put them in danger, however. Kaspersky also warned that many dating apps have major privacy risks. Up front: The mass adoption of dating apps means people now find potential partners through algorithmic recommendations. To investigate the techâs effect on relationships, Kaspersky commissioned Sapio to survey... Read more âș
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Microsoftâs Surface Duo was an awesome idea with unfortunate execution. I can personally see the use for a dual-screen phone without the durability concerns of a flexible screen, but reviewers found the device to be too weak, too expensive, and too buggy at launch to be worth recommending to most people. But perhaps one of its biggest sins was the lack of a competitive camera. There was no camera on... Read more âș
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Wireless charging might well be the next big revelation in EV infrastructure, and the state of Indiana is the latest to try it out. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Purdue University have announced their plan to integrate wireless charging into the stateâs highways thanks to a special magnetizable concrete, called âmagment.â Developed by the homonymous German firm Magment, this concrete product consists of cement and recycled magnetic particles.... Read more âș
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Quantum computers, quantum cryptography, and quantum (insert name here) are often in the news these days. Articles about them inevitably refer to entanglement, a property of quantum physics that makes all these magical devices possible. Einstein called entanglement âspooky action at a distance,â a name that has stuck and become increasingly popular. Beyond just building better quantum computers, understanding and harnessing entanglement is also useful in other ways. For example,... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Mastering Linux Development Bundle explores how to understand and use Linux as an operating system for running all kinds of business and cloud-based information networks. Windows and Mac. Mac and Windows. When the discussion comes to operating systems, it feels like those two titans are the only ones anyone ever brings up, consuming all the oxygen in any OS conversation. That makes sense to a degree when you... Read more âș
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TLDR: The All-In-One 2021 Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle features 18 courses and over 130 hours of training in every aspect of cybersecurity to turn you into a qualified ethical hacker. Every week, itâs a new business or organization who has to suffer through their time in the crosshairs of the publicâs ire. Every week, a new business or organization has to step up and address the fact that their security... Read more âș
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Tesla may be dominating the new EV sales, but thereâs another â and unexpected â winner in the used electric vehicle market. iSeeCars.com analyzed data from the top 25 states with the greatest EV sales, which revealed that the best-selling used electric vehicle is the Nissan LEAF. Credit: NissanThe Nissan LEAF. In fact, the Nissan LEAF is the most popular choice in 18 out of the 25 states, while the... Read more âș
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Bitcoin soared 12.5% to nearly $40,000 on Monday amid speculation that Amazon plans to start accepting cryptocurrencies for payments. Bitcoin briefly surged above $39,000, its highest price since mid-June, while Ether and other digital currencies also rose. The rally followed mounting rumors about Amazonâs crypto plans, triggered by last weekâs discovery of a job ad for a âDigital Currency and Blockchain Product Leadâ at the company. âThe Payments Acceptance &... Read more âș
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Thereâs no shortage of people online looking to exploit and manipulate the vulnerable among us. One such group is anorexia coaches, or âanacoachesâ. They are typically middle-aged, male sexual predators who go online to find impressionable young people to exploit under the guise of providing weight-loss âcoachingâ. I have been researching how anacoaches operate. Iâve found they are facilitated by flaws within social media algorithms, as well as large numbers... Read more âș
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The worldâs most sophisticated commercially available spyware may be being abused, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations in ten countries. Intelligence leaks and forensic phone analysis suggests the surveillance software, called Pegasus, has been used to target and spy on the phones of human rights activists, investigative journalists, politicians, researchers and academics. NSO Group, the Israeli cyber intelligence firm behind Pegasus, insists that it only licenses its spyware... Read more âș
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We may have walked on the Moon and sent probes across the solar system, but we know very little about whatâs going on inside other planets. Now, for the first time, we have been able to view the interior of one, thanks to NASAâs Mars InSight probe. The probe, which landed in 2018, is equipped with a solar-powered lander bristling with equipment, including a seismometer (a very sensitive vibration detector).... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Complete 2021 Piano for Beginners Bundle is an all-in-one training package to get students of any age playing the keyboard with skill and confidence. If you want your kid to be smarter, it can occasionally mean some tough love. But for all those times you make them do their homework or read a book instead of playing video games, you can practically see their brains getting bigger in... Read more âș
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea In collaboration with the United States Navyâs Underwater Archaeology Branch, I taught a computer how to recognize shipwrecks on the ocean floor from scans taken by aircraft and ships on the surface. The computer model we created is 92% accurate in finding known shipwrecks. The project focused on the coasts of the mainland U.S. and Puerto... Read more âș
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TLDR: Try a new and different way to communicate with a lifetime subscription to the all-around video, audio and chat hub ElevenSight. If youâve finally started to zero in on what you like and donât like about your current video conferencing platform of choice, it may be time to start considering alternatives. While many companies made the snap decision to start using Zoom or Microsoft Teams or another one of... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Lifetime Backup and Security Subscription Bundle brings together $4,000 worth of Degoo premium cloud storage space and top-notch KeepSolid VPN coverage in one collection. If you donât have VPN protection online, you need it. If you donât have adequate cloud storage space to backup all of your systems and vital data, you need it. If you need bothâŠthen frankly, weâre surprised youâve survived on the internet this long... Read more âș
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Do you have free will? Can you make your own decisions? Or are you more like an automaton, just moving as required by your constituent parts? Probably, like most people, you feel you have something called free will. Your decisions are not predetermined; you could do otherwise. Yet scientists can tell you that you are made up of atoms and molecules and that they are governed by the laws of... Read more âș
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Programming in the 1960s had a big problem: computers werenât that powerful yet, and somehow they needed to split the capacities between data structures and procedures. This meant that if you had a large set of data, you couldnât do that much with it without pushing a computer to its limits. On the other hand, if you needed to do a lot of things, you couldnât use too much data... Read more âș
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Remakes, remasters, and retreads are all the rage these days. But donât let the publishers fool you, theyâre not taking many chances. From the Mass Effect franchise remasters to the outstanding Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 & 2 remake, most of the game revivals weâre seeing are for titles that were beloved by the masses, critically acclaimed, and profitable in their heyday. But what if we could convince the secret... Read more âș
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