Technology Facial Recognition: Dawn of Dystopia, or Just the New Fingerprint?The New York Times - By JULIE BOSMAN and SERGE F. KOVALESKIEvery couple of months, Officer Michael Zinn of the York Area Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania ran a photo of a man through the department’s facial recognition software. In a year and a half
Technology Some US Cities Are Moving Into Real-Time Facial SurveillanceWIRED - Gregory Barber and Tom Simonite Civil liberties activists trying to inspire alarm about the authoritarian potential of facial recognition technology often point to China, where some …
Pai This Company Is Betting the Future Is Personal AI Avatars, So It Made Me OneGizmodo - Brian Merchant In January 2019, when China Central Television, the largest broadcast network in the most populous nation in the world, aired a special to celebrate …
Technology Snapchat’s new gender-changing filter provokes strong reactionsAxios - Ina Fried A Snapchat photo filter that lets people see themselves in highly feminized or masculine form has proven wildly popular. It's drawn a mixed …
Technology This exhibition is proof that robots will destroy us allgq-magazine.co.uk - Thomas Barrie Artificial intelligence will inevitably gain sentience and relegate humanity to the status once meted out to Neanderthals by Homo sapiens, but until …
Technology Microsoft’s HoloLens Not Fit for AR-Assisted Surgery, Study Suggestsieee.org - Michelle Hampson Participants were less accurate and became more tired when completing a task with the HoloLens, compared to the naked eye With the right device, some …
Opinion Opinion | San Francisco Banned Facial Recognition. New York Isn’t Even Close.The New York Times - By THE EDITORIAL BOARDVery little is known about the New York Police Department’s use of facial recognition technology. What kind of facial recognition is in place? Which databases are being used? How many people have been
Technology Illicit streaming devices are more popular than ever, and hackers are taking notethehill.com - Liam Sigaud, opinion contributor Online hackers are using illicit streaming devices — known as “Kodi boxes” or “jailbroken Fire TV sticks” — to skirt home network security measures, …
Technology AI isn’t just being trained to remember, but to properly forgetAxios - Kaveh Waddell In the quest to build AI that goes beyond today's single-purpose machines, scientists are developing new tools to help AI remember the right things — …
The Arts XX Marks the Spot: KAWS Goes GlobalThe New York Times - By TED LOOSMany art careers are made from the top down: A museum show typically provides the seal of approval that propels a young artist to success in the commercial world. But KAWS — the nom-d’art of Brian Donnelly
Technology The Google city that has angered TorontoBBC News - Jane WakefieldIt was meant to be a vision of how we will all live in future - a smart city built from the internet up - offering citizens the chance to experience the very latest technology. That would include autonomous
Google Maps How to use Google Maps to help someone find youThe Verge - JR RaphaelGoogle Maps is great for helping you find your way — or even helping you find your car — but the app can also help other people find you. Maps has an easily overlooked feature for sharing your real-time
Technology Policy The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the borderVox - Shirin GhaffaryIn an era of increasingly polarized politics, there are few issues as divisive as President Trump’s proposal to build a physical wall across part of the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border. The Trump administration
U.S. Politics How presidents, first ladies travel: security, hotels, transportationBusiness Insider - Ellen CranleyWhen the top members of a sitting presidential administration travel, they do so within what The New York Times once described as an " imperial bubble." The collective of press, security, and aides that
Technology designers create ‘holographic reality’ megastructures that host collective experiencesdesignboom.com - B. Hairullaev ‘holographic reality’ is a physical structure with a virtual application that responds to the individualization that vr/ar technology causes. the …
Cognitive Computing Hyperdimensional computing theory could lead to AI with memories, instincts, and reflexesTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of scientists from the University of Maryland recently came up with a take on the hyperdimensional computing theory that could give robots memories and reflexes. This could break the stalemate seem
Technology Naturally pink chocolate is finally here. But how is it made?Popular Science - By Eleanor CumminsBarry Callebaut, creators of the coveted “ruby chocolate,” says they’re finally bringing the pink-hued sweet stateside. The announcement comes two years after the new class of cocoa went public, and one
Technology This New Receipt Design Could Change the Way We Grocery ShopFood52 - Karen LoNetflix data engineer Susie Lu has come up with a brilliant idea. Meats and seafood: 15 percent. Eggs and dairy: 10 percent. Snacks: 5 percent. No, these are not the FDA’s new dietary guidelines; they’re
Aldi How a cheap, brutally efficient grocery chain is upending America's supermarketsCNNProfits are razor thin. Online shopping and home delivery are changing the way people buy their food. Dollar stores and drugstores are selling more groceries. Pressures are so intense that regional chains
Home Why We Love the Idea of Turning Handwritten Family Recipes into Tea TowelsSouthern Living - Grace Haynes Transform your favorite family recipes into keepsakes. The best recipes are family favorites that have been passed down from generation to generation. …
Technology Flavored Salt Is the Latest Extravagance for Seasoned FoodiesBloomberg - Kate Krader Over the past few years, salt has mysteriously disappeared from restaurant tables nationwide. Meanwhile, sales of gourmet salt have been on the rise: …
