Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Most Americans Don’t Realize What Companies Can Predict from Their Data
February 16th, 2019Via: The Conversation: For example, data about a mobile phone’s past location and movement patterns can be used to predict where a person lives, who their employer is, where they attend religious services and the age range of their children based on where they drop them off for school. These predictions label who you are […]
Shell Buys Sonnen, Tesla’s Competitor in the Home Battery Business
February 16th, 2019Via: Ars Technica: On Friday, oil major Royal Dutch Shell and German energy storage company Sonnen announced that Shell would acquire Sonnen for an undisclosed amount. Sonnen has been one of the top competitors with Tesla’s Powerwall in the US home battery market. The company built its base in Germany, attaching batteries for self-consumption to […]
New AI Fake Text Generator May Be Too Dangerous To Release
February 14th, 2019In other news: AI Generates Faces of People Who Don’t Exist Via: Guardian: The creators of a revolutionary AI system that can write news stories and works of fiction – dubbed “deepfakes for text” – have taken the unusual step of not releasing their research publicly, for fear of potential misuse. OpenAI, an nonprofit research […]
Morgan Stanley: An Electric Pickup from Tesla or Rivian Is a ‘Serious Problem’ for Detroit
February 14th, 2019Via: CNBC: The auto industry’s electric vehicle revolution has only just begun, Morgan Stanley told investors in a note on Thursday, and the highly profitable pickup truck market is next. “An electric pickup truck successfully launched by a new player (i.e. Rivian or Tesla) could be a serious problem for the Detroit based [traditional automakers],” […]
Meet the Amateur Astronomers Hunting for Spy Satellites
February 14th, 2019Via: Supercluster: For most people, the ability to see a spy instrument from thousands of miles away but never know its purpose would be maddening. Yet for Molczan, the mystery is part of the thrill.
Why Can’t a Bot Tick the “I’m Not a Robot” Box?
February 13th, 2019I figured that the widget was linked to Google’s dossiers on all of us, but I had no idea about the rest of it. And researchers still don’t know everything Google is doing here. Via: Quora: How complicated can one little checkbox be? … Sweet dreams, human.
Cities Cannot Stop 5G Implementation [???]
February 13th, 2019Maybe they need to talk to the people in Marin County to see how it’s done: California: Three City Councils in Marin County Vote to Stop Installing Harmful 5G Towers Via: Richard Dolan:
Amazon, GM in Talks to Invest in Electric Pickup Truck Maker Rivian
February 12th, 2019Via: Reuters: Amazon.com Inc and General Motors Co are in talks to invest in Rivian Automotive LLC in a deal that would value the U.S. electric pickup truck manufacturer at between $1 billion and $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Smartphones Will Monitor How Workers Walk, Type And “Spend Their Free Time”
February 12th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: Forget Face ID: a collaboration between the Defense Department and a NY-based company called TWOSENSE.AI, has birthed an artificial intelligence algorithm that could be embedded in smartphones and will be able to identify the device owner by the way they talk, type, walk and even by how “they spend their free time”. TWOSENSE.AI […]
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else
February 12th, 2019Via: The Intercept: If Bezos were the political victim of surveillance state abuses, it would be scandalous and dangerous. It would also be deeply ironic. That’s because Amazon, the company that has made Bezos the planet’s richest human being, is a critical partner for the U.S. Government in building an ever-more invasive, militarized and sprawling […]
