Technology

From his perch on a government commission, Jacob Helberg fearmongered about TikTok in Congress. He also works for a giant defense contractor.

The post Tech Official Pushing TikTok Ban Could Reap Windfall From U.S.–China Cold War appeared first on The Intercept.

The US considers TikTok a national security threat. It wants to ban TikTok or transfer its ownership to an American company. In doing so, it is displaying the very behaviour that that it ascribes to China and of which it does not approve. This is clearly reflected in the statement of the US ambassador to Continue reading »

The US has created the conditions for the decline of its own society. TikTok being banned in the USA is not the issue. The fact is, this is a ban on any current or future successful technology owned by a potential adversary and, let’s not make any mistake about it, China, where the ownership of Continue reading »

A plan to divert money from police ended up funneling an $8.6 million contract back toward the prison-industrial complex.

The post Biometrics Giant Accenture Quietly Took Over LA Residents’ Jail Reform Plan appeared first on The Intercept.

Scanning animal patterns like bar codes boosts conservation.

The post How AI Can Save the Zebras appeared first on Nautilus.

A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.

The post How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? appeared first on Nautilus.

And how conservationists are finding them.

The post How Illegal Fishing Ships Hide appeared first on Nautilus.

Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes Signal even harder to subpoena.

The post Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data appeared first on The Intercept.

Battery prices are falling again And that’s a good thing – Dan Gearino Cheaper batteries add to the economic case for electric vehicles, even if…

Paul Armer was a pioneer in computing technology whose work focused on the relationship between computers and society. He began his career at RAND Corporation in 1947 and was later appointed to head its computer science department, a position he held for 10 years. In the late 1960s he moved to Stanford University, where he […]