Category: Technogeddon
Category: Technogeddon
June 3 2019
After SpaceX Starlink Launch, Fear of Satellites Outnumbering All Visible Stars
Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Soon amateur skywatchers started sharing images of those satellites in…
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May 31 2019
Army’s ‘Google Earth on Steroids’ Can Look Inside Buildings
New mapping technology that is expected to transform training and simulation exercises for America’s warfighters was unveiled at the IEEE…
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May 30 2019
Augmented Reality Changes How People Interact and Communicate
Using AR can change where you walk, how well you do on tasks and connect socially. It only takes 20…
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May 29 2019
Juice Jacking: Hackers Targeting Airport Charging Stations to Steal YOUR Data
Security experts are issuing a warning for travelers to think twice about using airport charging stations. They say using the…
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May 29 2019
Project Libra: Facebook Launching One-World ‘GlobalCoin’ Cryptocurrency in 2020
BBC News reports that social media giant Facebook has plans to launch a new digital cryptocurrency called “GlobalCoin” as early…
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May 28 2019
Cops Using ‘Minority Report’ Predictive Policing Could See INNOCENT People FRAMED
Police forces are using “Minority Report-style” computer programs to predict where and when crime will happen – and innocent people…
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May 17 2019
China’s Dragonfly Eye Facial Recognition Can Identify People in Seconds, to Expand Globally
In China, facial recognition technology — biometric computer applications that automatically identify an individual from a database of digital images…
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May 16 2019
Gene Editing: Will It Make Rich People Genetically Superior?
At a time when new technology such as gene editing offers unprecedented control over our own biology, the latest wave…
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May 15 2019
Microsoft Word’s New ‘AI Editor’ Scolds You for Gendered Language – Makes Your Writing ‘Gender-Inclusive’
Microsoft has revealed that next fall, the updated version of its popular Word Online software — which countless millions use…
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May 15 2019
Google Has ‘VOODOO Doll Avatar-Like Version of YOU’ – Former Tech Giant’s Design Ethicist
Tristan Harris, a former Google design ethicist, says that contrary to popular belief, those eerily hyper-targeted ads for the very…
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May 15 2019
WhatsApp Hackers Install Surveillance on Cell Phones Just by CALLING People
Messaging app discovers vulnerability that has been open for weeks. A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers…
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May 14 2019
CRISPR Used in HUMAN Trials for First Time in the US
CRISPR just hit another landmark. Last week, the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) confirmed that they have treated two cancer patients…
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