New York Times Audience Strategy Editor Nicholas Dudich explains how he can (and has) manipulated news reach based on his own personal agenda. Dudich also reveals that thanks to inside-baseball connections in Silicon Valley, he can exploit social media to his advantage for the Times.
Exploiting social media and manipulating the news
Cities are getting paid to turn streetlights into spying equipment
LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - October 18, 2017 - The future of privacy in big cities is bleak. Cities are now getting paid to convert streetlights into spying SmartNodes.
SmartNodes will soon replace streetlights because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers etc., all-in-one light pole.
AI implants will allow us to control our homes with our thoughts within 20 years
HAMPSHIRE, England (PNN) - October 15, 2017 - A senior inventor at IBM has forecast artificially intelligent nano-machines will be injected into humans within 20 years to repair and enhance muscles, cells and bone.
John McNamara, who works at IBM Hursley Innovation Center, in Hampshire, submitted evidence to the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee, which is considering the economic, ethical and social implications of AI.
Scientists claim to have proof that time travel exists
QUEENSLAND, Australia (PNN) - October 7, 2017 - Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia, have used single particles of light (photons) to simulate quantum particles traveling through time. They showed that one photon can pass through a wormhole and then interact with its older self. Their findings were published in Nature Communications.
Smart devices are listening to and saving everything you say
Here’s how to stop it.
October 2, 2017 - The idea that the smart devices in your home and on your phone are listening to you - and recording what you are saying - is nothing new, and many Amerikans have become complacent with the breach of their privacy because of the convenience provided by the technology. However, it is still possible to maintain some crucial privacy with some of the most popular apps. Here are a few steps you can take.
Landmark study establishes link between the aluminum in most vaccines and autism
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada (PNN) - September 23, 2017 - A peer-reviewed study published online this week and set to be published in the December volume of the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, conducted by scientists at the University of British Columbia, has established a link between a popular aluminum vaccine ingredient and autism.
Kalashnikov unveils anti-drone weapon
Kalashnikov, makers of the Ar-15 assault weapon, have produced an anti-drone weapon, which can bring down a drone without using explosives. Everybody should own one.
New handheld pen allows surgeons to detect cancer in 10 seconds and remove all trace of disease
DALLAS, Texas (PNN) - September 8, 2017 - A revolutionary new handheld "pen" allows surgeons to test for cancer in seconds.
The device gives medics a better chance of removing “every last trace” of the disease.
Researchers at the University of Texas say the device is capable of identifying cancerous cells more than 150 times faster than existing technology.
Saudi Arabian “honesty” app takes Internet by storm
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (PNN) - September 3, 2017 - Fizzing with boyish exuberance, Saudi programmer Zainalabdin Tawfiq could be mistaken for a college freshman, but the popularity of his "honesty" app has shone a spotlight on the conservative kingdom's nascent tech scene.
Commentary: Artificial intelligence poses no greater risk than government
By Bill Frezza
August 30, 2017 - I’ve been listening with great amusement to the wailing and gnashing of teeth of pundits preaching about the dangers that lie ahead once super-intelligent artificial intelligence is unleashed on mankind with powers to do us wrong.
What if we lose control of them? What if we can’t pull the plug? What if despite our best efforts to design AI to be our servants and not our masters they turn against us, either with malevolent intent or through unintended consequences driven by the fact that they will never be human so they can’t share our values?
Mankind has survived tyrants, homicidal maniacs, thieves, fools, and congressmen. How could AI be worse?