Cool Tech
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Facial Recognition Technology Sent An Innocent Man To Jail – Responses Are Making The Problem Worse, Not Better
July 7, 2020Last month, after facial recognition software identified Robert Williams as the shoplifter of several watches from...
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Passover During COVID-19: Keep Your Zoom Seder Safe With These 4 Precautions
April 8, 2020If you will be celebrating a Passover Seder this evening (or tomorrow evening) via Zoom or...
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Zoom: Secure Your Video Calls And Meetings With These 10 Tips
April 3, 2020Zoom has become a staple of COVID-19 stay-at-home life. Sadly, so has zoomboming – the practice...
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How To Prevent Facial Recognition Technology From Identifying You
January 19, 2020Yesterday, The New York Times ran an alarming piece by Kashmir Hill about Clearview AI, a...
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Y2K-Type Bug Hits New York City And Various Businesses 20 Years After Y2K
January 7, 2020New York City’s 14,000 parking meters stopped accepting both credit cards and pre-paid parking cards on...
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Google Seeks People With Down Syndrome To Help Train AIs To Understand Human Speech
December 4, 2019The last half decade has ushered in the era of humans interacting with technology through speech,...
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Before We Consider Breaking Up Big Tech, Let’s Regulate Better
September 23, 2019Two thirds of Americans support breaking up large tech companies, according to a poll published by...
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WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ Doesn’t Always ‘Delete For Everyone’
September 18, 2019WhatsApp, the world’s most popular chat and messaging app, offers a “Delete for Everyone” feature that...
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FaceApp: How You Can Safely Use The Viral Photo Manipulation App Despite Serious Privacy Concerns
July 18, 2019Despite all of the warnings that you have seen, it is possible to use FaceApp without...
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CEOs: Firms That Best Leverage Data Will Beat Their Competitors – But To Do So They Must Overcome These Risks
April 30, 2019A recent survey of CEOs conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest professional services firm in the world,...