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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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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CyberSecurity
Why You Should Stop Using Windows 7 ASAP
January 17, 2020This past week, Microsoft officially ended its support of Windows 7, a decade-old operating system that...
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CyberSecurity
Apple vs. FBI Round 2: Apple Refuses To Unlock Phones Belonging To Florida Naval Air Station Shooter
January 14, 2020Attorney General William Barr told reporters at a press conference yesterday (Monday) that, so far, Apple...
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CyberSecurity
Apple vs. The FBI: What Does the Law Actually Say?
January 14, 2020As Apple and the FBI battle over whether the technology giant should unlock a mass shooter’s...
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CyberSecurity
Why Apple Is Fighting the FBI – and What It Means to You
January 14, 2020As Apple and the FBI begin the second major battle of their war over the protection...
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Cool Tech
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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CyberSecurity
Do Not Abbreviate The Year 2020 As “20” When Writing The Date: Use “January 3, 2020,” Not “1/3/20”
January 3, 2020While many of us normally abbreviate years – for example, by writing 2019 as “19” –...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The 2020s Will Be The Decade Of Artificial Intelligence – And Huge Related Societal Challenges
January 2, 2020Over New Year’s Day, I saw the above cartoon that ran in the Israeli press; the...
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CyberSecurity
Let’s Stop Focusing On The Wrong Password Problem
December 12, 2019For years, experts have warned about the potentially catastrophic consequences of people establishing and utilizing “weak”...
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CyberSecurity
A Local Pharmacy Is Acquired, Revealing a Major Flaw in Health Information Privacy Laws
December 9, 2019Last week, without any warning to customers, one of my town’s last local independent pharmacies was...