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Ian Forrester

Amazon Web Services goes down, taking Netflix, Reddit, Pocket and more with it - 0 views

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    "If you're having trouble accessing several parts of the Web today, it's because Amazon Web Services is having a bit of a glitch this morning."
Ian Forrester

Sony's Robotic Dogs Are Dying A Slow And Heartbreaking Death - 0 views

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    "Back in 1999, Sony released a robotic dog called Aibo, a canine companion that didn't crap everywhere and only ate electricity. It sold pretty well - 150,000 units, despite the $2,000 price tag. Some owners became remarkably attached, which makes it even more sad that Sony has stopped repairing Aibo. Slowly but surely, they're all dying. The New York Times has recorded the plight of current-day Aibo owners in a completely heartbreaking video. They interviewed a series of owners, whose Aibos are a central part of their lives, but are slowly having to come to the fact that their dogs have a life expectancy. "
Ian Forrester

A Robotic Dog's Mortality - The New York Times - 0 views

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    The New York Times has recorded the plight of current-day Aibo owners in a completely heartbreaking video. They interviewed a series of owners, whose Aibos are a central part of their lives, but are slowly having to come to the fact that their dogs have a life expectancy.
Ian Forrester

Big Mother Is Watching You: The Track-Everything Revolution Is Here Whether You Want It... - 0 views

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    "If you keep your fitness-related New Year's resolutions in 2015, it'll likely be thanks to the new wave of devices and apps that have taken monitoring things like newborn sleep patterns and blood oxygenation from geek hobby to mass-market juggernaut. But what happens when companies have access to the most mundane details about our bodies? "
Ian Forrester

Ai Weiwei is Living in Our Future - Medium - 0 views

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    Living under permanent surveillance and what that means for our freedom
Ian Forrester

If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here's How to Set It Straight - WSJ - 0 views

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    The original My Tivo Thinks I'm gay recommendation dilemma
Ian Forrester

How Hackable Is Your Car? WIRED - 0 views

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    Consult This Handy Chart | Autopia | WIRED
Ian Forrester

BBC News - Dating apps found 'leaking' location data - 0 views

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    "Many mobile dating apps can be hacked to expose the exact location of users, warn security experts. "
Ian Forrester

Your refrigerator probably hasn't joined a botnet - Boing Boing - 0 views

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    A mediagenic press-release from Proofpoint, a security firm, announced that its researchers had discovered a 100,000-device-strong botnet made up of hacked "Internet of Things" appliances, such as refrigerators
Ian Forrester

How dating app Grindr makes it easy to stalk 5 million gay men | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    "Location sharing allows user whearabouts to be tracked around the clock."
Ian Forrester

IBM's Watson Helps CogniToy's Educational Toy Talk Like a Buddy | Re/code - 0 views

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    "It has been 30 years since toys started talking back to kids - in the form of the cassette-playing robot bear Teddy Ruxpin"
Ian Forrester

NSA-proof passwords - Boing Boing - 0 views

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    "The Intercept's Micah Lee explains how to use Diceware's to generate a passphrase that can survive the NSA's trillion-guess-per-second cracking attempts -- but which can still be easily memorized. "
Ian Forrester

Lecture by Vinay Gupta at the opening event of Data in the 21st Century on Vimeo - 0 views

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    "Data in the 21st Century is on view at V2_ Rotterdam until 14-2-2016. On 12-2 Lev Manovich will give a lecture as part of the closing event of Data in the 21st Century. Gupta starts of with discussing the fashions of data in the past, present and future. He then goes on to discuss how data affects everything, from everyday things like dating till new forms of governance or the economy at large. He finishes his lecture by describing what we can expect in the near future."
Ian Forrester

Are your devices always listening to you? Psychtech podcast - 0 views

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    Episode 55: This week we discuss why some people believe that their devices are always watching or listening to them. Oh, and whether or not it's true. Companies are finding more creative ways to target ads and content and consumers are consenting every day. But what are they consenting to?
Ian Forrester

Even Barbie Can Be Hacked - 0 views

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    A security researcher accessed personal information stored by Hello Barbie, a Wi-Fi-enabled talking Barbie doll.
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