Category: Technogeddon
Category: Technogeddon
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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May 13 2019
The Birth Tissue Profiteers – A Lucrative and Shady Industry
Their shoulders and backs and knees were giving out. Pills and steroid injections hadn’t eased their pain. They were scared…
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May 13 2019
People ‘BIOHACKING’ Their Bodies with Blood Transfusions to Achieve ‘DIY IMMORTALITY’
Anti-ageing science has never been more hyped, with breakthroughs in genetic engineering and drug discovery pushing the boundaries of what…
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May 10 2019
Humanoid Robot Crosses Narrow Balance Beam Like a Cakewalk
At first glance, a humanoid robot walking between two platforms across several cinder blocks may look like a simple feat.…
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May 10 2019
Scientists Want to Make a Movie Out of Your Dreams and Play Them Back
In the 1991 apocalyptic sci-fi film Until the End of the World, director Wim Wenders creates a vision of the…
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May 10 2019
We Are On the Verge of a No-Win AI Arms Race, Warns NGO
When it comes to deciding to kill a human in a time of war, should a machine make that decision…
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May 9 2019
Facebook’s Contract Workers are Looking at Your Private Posts to Train AI
A new report from Reuters reveals that contract workers are looking at private posts on Facebook and Instagram in order…
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