DIY Facial Recognition for Porn Is a Dystopian Disaster
Someone is making dubious claims to have built a program for detecting faces in porn and cross-referencing against social media, with 100,000 identified so far.
May 29, 2019 at 05:59PM
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Ill At Ease
The app-enabled economy sells a fantasy of frictionlessness at a human cost.
May 29, 2019 at 04:00PM
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It’s The Middle Of The Night. Do You Know Who Your iPhone Is Talking To?
Apple says, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” Our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week.
May 29, 2019 at 10:32AM
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Who is the New iPod Touch Good For? Privacy Hawks
The hardware and software are on par, in most ways, with any iPhone — one of the most secure pieces of tech a consumer can buy today. It’s what the iPod Touch doesn’t have that sets it apart.
May 29, 2019 at 06:47AM
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How Tech Helped Create A New Erectile Dysfunction Crisis
Startups are exploiting the market Viagra created, but experts are wary.
May 29, 2019 at 06:47AM
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Google’s Shadow Work Force: Temps Who Outnumber Full-Time Employees
The company’s increasing reliance on temps and contractors has some Google employees wondering if management is undermining its carefully crafted culture.
May 29, 2019 at 06:47AM
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Will Robots Ever Be Better Caretakers Than Humans?
Elder care robots have flourished in places like Japan, which has the world’s oldest population.
May 28, 2019 at 07:41PM
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How Huawei became America’s tech enemy No. 1
Since it was founded in 1987, Huawei has grown to become the world’s top provider of telecom equipment, with over $100 billion in revenue and 180,000 global employees. That extraordinary success has come with barely a footprint in the US market.
May 28, 2019 at 06:27PM
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How A Ban On A Viral Video Game Sent Young PUBG Players To Jail
Fears about PUBG’s violence and addictiveness led officials in the Indian state of Gujarat to ban the video game. But things didn’t stop there — soon young men were being arrested for gaming.
May 28, 2019 at 05:17PM
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What Happened To Dell?
They still exist, and they’re making $90 billion a year. Here’s how the technology company went from PC trailblazer to diversified mega-conglomerate.
May 28, 2019 at 04:25PM
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