Following a Google Map to Nowhere Is Easy. Getting Out Is Hard
Credit to Author: Michael Byrne| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:00:00 +0000
The connected map, the GPS dot, is a different sense of safety than the static map.
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Tech Talk: The technology that scares us
Whether it's from the loss of privacy from Alexa or Google Home, fake news on social media or A.I., the future could be a tech dystopia. Our tech panel looks at where we are, where we're going, what what keeps us up at night.
Sony Wants to Sell You a Subscription to a Robot Dog
Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:20:26 +0000
aibo is back but now you need a subscription to use it because 2017.
Read MoreCan a Machine Be Conscious?
Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000
Three neuroscientists argue that the architecture of consciousness in the human brain can help create artificial consciousness.
Read MoreEvery Other Summer Will Shatter Heat Records Within a Decade
Credit to Author: Stephen Leahy| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000
Record-hot summers are now 70 times more likely than they were in the past 40 years.
Read MoreWhy Twitter Is the Best Social Media Platform for Disinformation
Credit to Author: Thomas Rid| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000
It is time for Twitter to confront bots, extremists, and hostile spies by owning up to its own values.
Read MoreWhat is Face ID? Apple’s new authentication tech explained
Credit to Author: Michael deAgonia| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:57:00 -0700
With just a glance, Face ID can unlock Apple’s new iPhone X, giving owners a new authentication paradigm for the first time since the arrival of Touch ID with the iPhone 5. Face ID – that’s Apple’s name for the technology – uses a complex front-facing camera system and accompanying software to unlock the iPhone and authenticate purchases and payments with a mere glance.
The futuristic-seeming tech is one of the iPhone X’s main selling points, along with its “Super Retina” OLED screen, slimmer, bezel-less form factor and improved camera. But it also raises questions about whether the technology is as easy and secure to use as the tried-and-true fingerprint-based Touch ID.
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These Technicolor Sea Slugs Use Other Creatures as Bait to Catch Their Dinner
Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000
We’ve always known that nudibranchs eat hydroids, but upon closer inspection, scientists have found they’re getting more than they pay for.
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