Technology

A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.

The post FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm That Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors” appeared first on The Intercept.

The dangerous chemistry of cheaply made lithium batteries.

The post Why E-Bikes Catch Fire appeared first on Nautilus.

Ionized air and wires may take headphones to the next level.

The post A Scientific Breakthrough in Noise Reduction appeared first on Nautilus.

Should the US go to war with China, Taiwan’s largest chip maker, TSMC will be the first target to be blown up, according to a strategist at the US Air Force’s Air War College. Not by China, but by the US military. US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, on his visit to Beijing is clearly Continue reading »

Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications.

The post Human Super-Recognizers See Faces Better Than AI appeared first on Nautilus.

ICE uses LexisNexis to track people's cars, gather information on people, and make arrests for its deportation machine, according to a contract.

The post LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes appeared first on The Intercept.

Ten years ago, I wrote a book titled In Praise of Ageing. I found there is strong evidence that our attitude to life influences our longevity. But the obstacles we face today make slouching towards Bethlehem seem like a walk in the park. The old I wrote about, shared several characteristics. They are not just Continue reading »

Near on a decade of neglect has left Australia’s national innovation system in a lamentable state, as the Academy of Science has observed. The most recent science funding tables show that government expenditure on Research and Development (R & D) as a percentage of GDP are at the lowest levels since records began. Further, that Continue reading »

Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.

The post Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans appeared first on Nautilus.

Face-altering images are encouraging selfish behavior.

The post How We’re Becoming Bigger Jerks Online appeared first on Nautilus.