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12/17/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Simple steps for preventing your online presence from being hacked

The recent Equifax Cybersecurity Breach was an eye opener like no other. The personal information of 145 million Americans were taken, including but not limited to social security numbers, addresses, and credit card numbers. This means that some enterprising and unscrupulous individuals have access to confidential data — and were able to accomplish this with […]

12/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Security alert: Voice impersonators can trick voice recognition systems, according to research

Voice security systems are becoming increasingly common as authentication and security features. Part of this growing usage are the efforts to develop new protective techniques. So far, scientists have been able to keep voice security systems from being fooled by enterprising individuals armed with voice conversion and speech synthesis technology. As a new study has […]

12/13/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

A new Atlantis? Floating nation being built in the Pacific, designed to “liberate humanity from politicians”

Come 2020, a part of Pacific Ocean will serve as the base for the world’s first floating nation. That’s the plan of the Seasteading Institute, an international organization committed to the establishment of autonomous, seaborne communities. The groups intends on beginning construction in 2019, and by the next year plans on welcoming hundreds of people […]

12/03/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Robot sailors to be the latest naval navigators? Warship collisions have been found to be mainly caused by human error so the military is planning an AI solution

Throughout 2017, the U.S. Navy has suffered six accidents in Asian waters. Of those accidents, one involved a Navy aircraft, while the rest were collisions with U.S. warships. The U.S. Navy has since reviewed all of the mishaps thus far and has issued a number of recommendations to prevent these from happening again. Among those […]

11/21/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Is Facebook eavesdropping in pursuit of the almighty dollar? Social media giant denies allegations it uses your microphone to target advertising

Facebook has been lobbied with accusations of spying for the purposes of ad targeting. The social media giant came under fire after PJ Vogt, co-host of technology-oriented podcast Reply All, posted a tweet. It read: “Reply All is taking phone calls today. Call us if you believe that Facebook uses your mic to spy on […]

11/16/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Historical first: Robot granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia even though “she” has no conciousness

Saudi Arabia has made history by becoming the first country to grant a robot citizenship. Sophia, a humanoid robot designed by Hong Kong-based firm Hanson Robotics, expressed delight at her new status. Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Sophia said: “I am very honored and proud for this unique distinction. This is […]

11/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Explosions? Not a problem for the new Russian “Superman suit” for soldiers

As Russia continues to beef up its military prowess, the country appears ready to outfit its infantry with futuristic super suits — specifically, futuristic super suits that will allow foot soldiers to walk through explosions unscathed. Such is what was shown in a newly released video. In it, a man dressed head-to-toe in a combat […]

09/30/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Exercise in frustration: Microsoft is exchanging its foreign customer service agents for chatbots

After taking over our manufacturing jobs, artificial intelligence is now poised to muscle in on another ubiquitous industry: customer service. Technology behemoth Microsoft has created a virtual assistant that companies can use to handle customer service requests. This AI chatbot is the newest and first product in a line of up-and-coming software that lets artificial […]

09/23/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

New AI can diagnose Alzheimer’s 10 years before human doctors

Researchers from Italy have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease almost 10 years before human doctors can. According to the DailyMail.co.uk, the team from the University of Bari Aldo Moro trained their artificial intelligence (AI) by using 67 MRI scans: 29 came from a healthy control group, while 38 were […]

09/23/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Security cameras ARE a security risk: Researchers demonstrate how they can be hacked to exploit sensitive information

A team of Israeli security researchers have demonstrated how hackers could use infrared light (IR) to control the behavior of malware-infected security cameras. Through their proof-of-concept malware — dubbed “aIR-Jumper” — the researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) were able to extract and send information to these surveillance devices, the process of which […]

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