How China Uses Twitter And Facebook To Share Disinformation About Hong Kong
By: Emily Feng August 20, 2019 Earlier this month, Chinese state media launched a domestic blitz depicting the Hong Kong protests as riots funded by the CIA. China-linked social media accounts then flooded Twitter and Facebook with thousands of pro-Beijing posts and targeted advertisements. Social media companies are now pushing back. Twitter said this week […]
In the U.K., Female Lawmakers Pushed Government To Regulate Big Tech
By: Aarti Shahani August 19, 2019 Lisa Cameron is a member of the British Parliament. She’s also a victim, and survivor, of online trolls. Cameron was new to politics in 2015, when she was elected in East Kilbride, Scotland. She’d been a clinical psychologist, a wife, a mom, and a trade union representative — […]
Pain Eased By ‘Virtual Reality’ Explorations Of Nature Shots – Health News
By: Allison Aubrey August 19, 2019 Virtual reality is not new. But, as people search for alternative ways to manage pain — and reduce reliance on pills — VR is attracting renewed attention. Imagine, for a moment you’ve been transported to a sunlit lagoon. And, suddenly, it’s as if you’re immersed in the warm water […]
Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition ‘epidemic’
By: Damien Gayle August 16, 2019 Privacy campaigners have warned of an “epidemic” of facial recognition use in shopping centres, museums, conference centres and other private spaces around the UK. An investigation by Big Brother Watch (BBW), which tracks the use of surveillance, has found that private companies are spearheading a rollout of the controversial […]
Nessa Carey and Xand Van Tulleken on How Gene Editing Will Rewrite Our Futures
By: Intelligence Squared August 9, 2019 In this week’s episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast we were joined by Nessa Carey, the molecular biologist and author of Hacking The Code Of Life. She was interviewed by the doctor and TV presenter Xand Van Tulleken in a wide-ranging discussion on the ethical and social implications for the […]
CCTV cameras are now commonplace in cities. But have people who are caught on camera actually given their consent?
By: The Economist March 28, 2017 Jamie Isbitt Home Improvements Installer 2mo I have a question why can authorities record anyone and anything yet a home owner isn’t allowed to have a security camera that captures the public for example a house that has a front door directly opening onto the pavement? Just asking as […]
British ethicists are challenging justice by algorithm
By: The Economist August 8, 2019 FOR A TIME, the humans seemed to be winning. The Metropolitan Police’s squad of “super-recognisers” was lauded for its uncanny ability to recall faces in video footage. The officers spotted sex-offenders in crowds of thousands and nabbed a thief who had pinched more than £100,000 ($122,000) of luxury goods. […]
Robot, heal thyself: scientists develop self-repairing machines
By: Daniel Boffey August 7, 2019 From picking fruit to carrying out minor surgery, soft robotic hands made from jelly-like plastic are thought by scientists to be the future solution to many human needs. But being gentle and soft enough to avoid damaging fruit or flesh has made the robots prone to damage and left […]
The billion-dollar bet to reach human-level AI
By: Richard Waters August 3, 2019 In the race to build a machine with human-level intelligence, it seems, size really matters. “We think the most benefits will go to whoever has the biggest computer,” said Greg Brockman, chairman and chief technology officer of OpenAI. The San Francisco-based AI research group, set up four years ago […]