Today’s Tech Sightings: How We Got Closer to Our Cyberhuman Future in 2016 There is no escaping the growing symbiosis between man and machine. Writer Kristen V. Brown says we have already become cyborgs in the sense that we are tethered to electronic devices. And she argues that the breakthroughs seen in 2016 have brought […]
Smart Cars Vulnerable to Hackers; Older Workers Just as Tech Savvy
Posted August 10th, 2016 at 12:06 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Half of Smart Cars’ Vulnerabilities Give Hackers Control A recent study from IOActive says half of the vulnerabilities it found in the smart cars of a “leading vehicle manufacturer” could give a hacker full control of the car. Researchers also found that nearly three quarters of the vulnerabilities could be easily exploited. […]
What Chatbots Say About US; Will Big Data Kill Privacy?
Posted April 21st, 2016 at 11:21 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings The latest obsession on the technology landscape these days are chatbots, artificial intelligence programs that help Internet surfers get content, services and shopping without any help from humans. Facebook, Microsoft and other tech leaders are looking to capitalize on this technology. Citing a recent incident […]
AI Demons; the Solar Race; Bitcoin; Cybersecurity; Firefox
Posted July 7th, 2015 at 4:16 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Five Ideas to End the Demonization of Artificial Intelligence The Future of Life Institute recently announced 37 winners of research grants in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), following concerns and warnings from luminaries such as Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. The project is […]
Global Connectivity; Universal Wireless Charging; an App for your Teeth
Posted March 5th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings In Race Over Global Connectivity, Everyone Wins Google and Facebook have been thinking of big ways to connect the world’s 4 billion unconnected people to the Internet, including satellites and wireless balloons, among other things. And the CEOs of both companies had a chance this week to rally support for their efforts […]
WordPress Infected; TorrentLocker; Sony’s Nightmare
Posted December 18th, 2014 at 2:05 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Technology Trends For 2015: Part One What will the 2015 tech landscape look like? Expect more wearable tech, more encryption and more space ventures. Who Really Hacked Sony Pictures? (It Probably Wasn’t North Korea) Did North Korea orchestrate the destructive hack attack that targeted Sony Pictures a few weeks ago? U.S. officials […]