How the US and Its Spy Allies Scan the World for Hackable Servers
U.S. and allied spy agencies are actively scanning networks across the connected world for vulnerabilities. Their tool is called Hacienda and its task is to find any unprotected “holes” left in server firewalls, such that spies can penetrate those servers and, potentially, take control.
August 17, 2014 at 2:56PM
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I Visited Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde in Prison, Here’s What he Had to Say
This week Julia Reda, member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party, visited Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde in prison to show her support. Reda shares a detailed account of the visit on TorrentFreak, with Sunde sharing his thoughts on prison life, the commercialized Pirate Bay, and the future that lies ahead.
August 17, 2014 at 2:02PM
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TV or Not TV
“The Walking Dead” is a TV show that I watch most often on my iPad. “Honest Trailers” is an online series that I often watch on my television. Amazon is where I order diapers, but it also provides me with original television-style programming via the Web. If my experience is at all typical of the new normal, it feels like it is time to update the labels we use to define programming and the time frame upon which we judge success.
August 17, 2014 at 8:18AM
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Crowdfunding and Venture Funding: More Alike Than You Think
A recent academic study looked at theater projects on Kickstarter, including one titled “Thanks For Playing: The Game Show Show!,” found that projects picked only by crowds were as likely to deliver on budget — and achieve commercial success and positive critical acclaim — as projects favored by experts.
August 17, 2014 at 5:48AM
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Playing the Numbers in Digital Dating
When the number of options increases, we become maximizers — unsatisfied with those options, and wanting more. On Tinder, we can judge, swipe and date as if there is an unlimited number of matches. When faced with boundless choices, can we ever choose?
August 16, 2014 at 10:31AM
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How I Failed to Become a Drone Pilot
Drones are fun. Let’s just get that out there. The small, semi-affordable aircraft that violate some people’s privacy, hurt others’ faces, and generally cause trouble are super duper fun. They’re also very, very complicated.
August 16, 2014 at 8:12AM
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Meet Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin
Who cares about Satoshi Nakamoto? Someone else has made Bitcoin what it is and has the most power over its destiny.
August 15, 2014 at 4:59PM
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Watch a thousand robots execute the ultimate nerd choreography
There’s something unsettling about watching 1,000 robots execute a perfectly choreographed routine.
August 15, 2014 at 2:48PM
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You Can Get Hacked Just By Watching This Cat Video on YouTube
The only thing you need to do to render your computer’s secrets — your private conversations, banking information, photographs — transparent to prying eyes is watch a cute cat video on YouTube. Do that, and you’ll catch the interest of a nation-state or law enforcement agency that has $1 million or so to spare.
August 15, 2014 at 2:48PM
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After Ferguson Shooting of Michael Brown, Will Police Wear Cameras?
While the violent videos are the ones that gain attention, there’s also evidence that the presence of cameras reduces the chance that things will get out of control in the first place. So why not have law enforcement wear cameras all the time?
August 15, 2014 at 10:56AM
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