Cambridge Analytica’s Major Players: Where Are They Now?
Cambridge Analytica and affiliated companies are shutting down, though some of the key players are now linked to a new firm called Emerdata. Cambridge Analytica and various affiliated companies in the...
View ArticleGoogle Ups Ante In Voice Assistant Wars With Startup Investment Plan
As tech companies bet on AI assistant technology, Google announces an investment program for voice-powered startups. Google is putting its money where its mouth is with a plan to plow capital into...
View ArticleHow U.S. Election Officials Are Trying To Head Off The Hackers
Experts warn hackers could target voter rolls or election-night reporting systems to undermine legitimacy without casting a single fraudulent vote. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials...
View ArticleWhy Scientists Think AI Systems Should Debate Each Other
Researchers at Musk-backed OpenAI propose a new way to tell if an AI is making the right decisions, and they released an online game to demonstrate the theory. Modern AI systems can recognize faces,...
View ArticleWarrantless border searches of electronics may be illegal, court rules
A federal judge pointed to heightened privacy concerns around digital data in declining the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss the case. A Massachusetts federal court declined Thursday to throw out...
View ArticleHow the DNC Is Trying To Prevent A Repeat Of 2016’s Hack
The committee, along with organizations on both sides of the aisle, is focusing on the basics of cybersecurity as they prepare for the midterms and 2020. It’s been almost three years since Russian...
View ArticleMeet the Georgia Tech robot that is learning how to help people get dressed
The robot learned to safely guide a human’s arm into a hospital gown by running more than 11,000 simulations. Researchers at Georgia Tech unveiled a robot that has taught itself how to help people put...
View ArticleDeepMind AI taught itself to navigate a maze like a mammal
Trained to scurry through mazes like rats, the AI’s artificial neural networks grew navigational structures like those in mammalian brains. An artificial intelligence system trained to track its own...
View ArticleWhy a $120 million fine can’t stop the “insane” growth of...
The phone industry and regulators are struggling to contain robocalls that harangue consumers with billions of sleazy sales pitches and outright scams every month. Last week, the Federal Communications...
View ArticleHow Alphabet plans to keep hackers away from this year’s election
The company’s security incubator Jigsaw announced Project Shield today, offering a new level of free protection to candidates and political organizations. As we all look ahead to this year’s midterms...
View ArticleWill the EU’s tough new data law impact your business? Ask this bot
A bot that helps companies understand Europe’s GDPR is just the latest to offer legal information in a natural language interface. If you’re confused about whether your non-European business is still...
View ArticleRussian-speaking hackers behind attacks on MyEtherWallet, Amazon DNS: report
Native speakers of Russian were likely involved in a sophisticated hack that redirected traffic to Amazon’s Route 53 DNS service last month in order to steal funds from users of MyEtherWallet. Native...
View ArticleAI pioneer tells Elon Musk: Don’t fear the robot takeover
Jurgen Schmidhuber, an AI pioneer, has entered a long-running debate about the dangers of technology. According to pioneering computer scientist Jurgen Schmidhuber, artificial intelligence is nothing...
View ArticleDon’t be afraid of these hallucinating MIT drones
MIT is using simulated environments that can train drones to deal with real-world obstacles without having to put lives or property at risk. While plenty of people have speculated about what virtual...
View ArticleHow a free web demo exposed millions of Americans’ real-time locations
The apparent flaw in LocationSmart’s system was revealed amid growing controversy over its role in a national cell-phone location tracking system. A cell-phone tracking service called LocationSmart...
View ArticleAmid the cloud giants, small providers find their niche
Emphasizing individual attention and specialty services, small cloud providers hold their own against tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft. Think of cloud computing, and it’s likely you think first of...
View ArticleStar Wars-inspired flying robots joining space station crew
Smart NASA Astrobee robots the size of Jedi training droids will help astronauts on the International Space Station work faster and be more productive. May the force be with them!Read Full Story
View ArticleTech-Pentagon tension probably isn’t going away anytime soon
Workers have called on Google and other big tech companies to refuse Pentagon deals to harness the power of AI. Google is still working with the U.S. Defense Department on an initiative known as...
View Article5 last-minute GDPR resources to help bring businesses into compliance
The deadline is Friday and you’re still not prepared?! Check out these tools now. This Friday is the deadline for compliance with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation, widely...
View ArticleGoodbye polygraph? New tech uses AI to tell if you’re lying
AVATAR looks for changes in the eyes, voice, posture, and more to determine truthfulness. Civil libertarians remain wary of the machine learning tech. From schlocky daytime TV (Did you cheat on your...
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