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12/28/2017 / By Rita Winters

Is your online data secure? The personal data of 31 MILLION users was compromised by keyboard app developers who used an unsecured online database

Free apps come with a price. More often than not, free app developers request permission upon download to access a smartphone’s user data to monetize advertisements within the app. An Android and iOS on-screen keyboard app called AI.type recently failed to secure their user database server with a password, allowing anyone to access 577 gigabytes […]

12/26/2017 / By Rita Winters

Social media mind games: Psychologist reveals Facebook’s manipulation tactics to keep you hooked (and what you can do about it)

Admit it; you’re on Facebook — if you’re not in it, you know at least someone who is. Platforms such as this, called social media sites, come and go through the years. However, only one company — Facebook — has stood the test, growing steadily with each passing year. But what does Facebook have that other […]

11/25/2017 / By Rita Winters

The latest in AI: Easier pathway to fake videos, pictures, evidence

While other people enjoy movies for their story lines, some people watch to appreciate a movie’s hyper-realistic special effects. However, some special effects developers may be taking this technology a step too far. Last year, a team of German programmers designed a software that was able to change the mouth shapes and words of a […]

11/19/2017 / By Rita Winters

Google spy: Background noise can activate the voice assistant, which keeps recordings of your conversations

Does anybody know what privacy means anymore? It turns out that Google may be recording everything you say, including personal security details that may put you at risk. While the voice assistant’s purpose is to eliminate handicaps in using smartphones, it may also pose as a threat to the security and privacy of everyone. When […]

11/15/2017 / By Rita Winters

Financial industry regulators warn AI must be monitored

The speed in which artificial intelligence is developing is harrowing, especially as experts cannot fully say whether AI and machine learning would benefit us in the long run. Machine-operated systems seem like a good start for companies and banks that rely on statistics and mathematical computations — since we tend to err in that department — but […]

11/06/2017 / By Rita Winters

Sci-fi in real life: Scientists have developed a “smart fabric” that can store data in your clothes, without electronics

One of the benefits of the modern world is that you get to see and experience inventions that make life easier. You’ve heard about wearable technology like healing gloves and climate-controlled shirts. Another type of smart clothing has just been developed, and it can store data and unlock your doors. At the University of Washington, […]

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