UK patients' data uploaded to Google servers, - 0 views
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share patient data with researchers and private companies
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entire patient database for the NHS has been uploaded to Google servers.
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sensitive patient data has been uploaded -- to Google servers
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This is a serious social and ethical issue. People have no idea who is going to be able to see their private medical information. Although the British need to trust both the UK government and Google to do the right thing with their data.
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absolutely there is no privacy anymore. What would be the impact of sharing such critical information on patient. Who can see this database? who can edit it?
Stephen Hawking: Humans evolve slowly, AI could stomp us out - 0 views
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We think of ourselves as evolved creatures. It's just that sometimes we forget how slow that evolution is. Along comes Stephen Hawking to remind us that artificial intelligence might just evolve a little quicker than we're prone to. The result could be the end of our evolution and, indeed, the end of us.
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Scenario: Human design a robot that is more intelligent than us. It realizes that it can evolve faster than us, and so no longer has any need for us, leading to the death of the human race. Social and ethical: The main point in this article is that we will develop our own ends. That we will develop a machine that will have the capability to perhaps kill us. Stake Holders: Steven Hawking is a stake holder in this article as he is the one who suggested that we should be thoughtful about our development of intelligent machines. Humanity: Robots could become more powerful than we could ever be really fast, and so end us. AI companies will have to worry about and have ways to prevent this. IT System: Currently we do not have the technology to enable this level of complexity in both Hardware and Software, however Moore's Law states that we are getting closer to this with every year.
Shoppers cheated by supermarket scanners - National - NZ Herald News - 0 views
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It's worth knowing that these machines aren't infallible."
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"I think it should be of real concern to consumers. If you translate it into monetary terms, it has to be in the millions of dollars. "The implications from a study like this are massive. Consumers in New Zealand are not making enough noise about it yet," he said. In one case, a supermarket offered bottles of coke for 99c, but displayed the wrong size bottles under the sign, and charged the shopper $3.
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In another, a cooked chicken was advertised on sale for $6.99, but the original price of $11.99 was charged at the checkout. In this case, Pickering said, the mistake was spotted and the customer was given the chicken for free. But more often, retailers respond badly when errors are pointed out. Shoppers who took part in the study reported sales people "rolling their eyes" when asked for a refund, having to fill out forms to get a $2 overcharge returned, and being offered cash refunds only when the original purchase was by credit card. "The errors are happening right across the retail area, particularly large-scale stores," Pickering said. "When you're pumping 100 items through a till, it's much easier to make a mistake and much more difficult for the customer to keep up with the things flying through the scanner."
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The statistics don't lie - you can't ignore social media | Telstra Exchange - 0 views
AVG's Invisibility Glasses Will Protect You against Facial Recognition Tech | Wall Stre... - 0 views
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I chose this article because it's has close connection with this course. The invention of AVG invisibility glass relates to both social issues that the efficiency of CCTV in public places might be reduced and it will become harder to stop discrimination, also ethical issue that the privacy of a person might be protected. The use of technology that relates to infrared LED light is also worth further learning and investigating.
#TheDress: 73 million page views - 0 views
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The reason I chose this particular article is that the speed of spread a thing on the internet is extremely fast. The colour of dress became a popular question because the power of internet. People all around the world gather together to discussion. I think this might be the strength of social network.
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I find this interesting since i found out about this originally through word of mouth in the form of someone telling me about it face to face whereas allot of people are finding out about it through means of the internet. just an interesting connection between real life social systems and virtual ones.
BBC News - The future is fidgetal - 2 views
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Technology, and the hype that surrounds it, is changing the way we speak. But we don't have to turn into drones, all spouting the latest i-word. Chris Bowlby says it's time for the techno-bullied to fight back with their own subversive speak.
News Corp full-year profits halved as Australian newspaper revenue drops | Media | theg... - 0 views
It's 2013: why aren't more people teleworking? - 0 views
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I found this Very Interesting, I can see how working at home has it's benefits, however I feel you'd get more done at work, as your in a working environment and so more stimulated. Even if you don't do as much you would be more active. funnily this is like the difference between a house cat and an outdoor cat. It all about the environment you live in, and work in.
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Agree! there are some limitations with teleworking.I also think you will miss the social life of working from an office
Telecommuting is the future of work - 0 views
Hacking fears jeopardise e-voting rollout - SWI swissinfo.ch - 1 views
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Voting electronically is only possible in four of the 26 cantons in the next election: Geneva, Basel City, Lucerne and Neuchâtel In a press release last month, the government said an audit of the electronic voting system developed by American company Unisys revealed major security flaws in the protection of voting secrecy.
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The article is about how e-voting Switzerland, and how the government there is not allowing the entire country to use American companies e-voting, as they believe they can be hacked into. The main issues that come from it is reliability of these machines and if you can trust the Companies that own them. With these machines (e-voting) they have the problem of being hacked, which instead of causing problems for a small percentage of votes, can cause a major problem for the entire thing. There is also the problem of the people who own the company, and the reliability with them. They have control of the machines and in doing so, have control of the votes within them. This means they can alter votes in favor of the one side that benefits them more, or can sell this ability to the highest bidder. One way to solve this problem is that you develop local open software. In conjunction with this openness of this software, you hold mini rewards for people who can break/hack the system and then explain how they did it. The primary stakeholders are the citizens as their choices/votes are the main target here. The government as trying to get the most accurate feeling of what the people want. The It systems the article describes are those of; e-voting machines as well as mentioning web-based voting.
Just how much media coverage is Donald Trump getting? - 0 views
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In fact, Trump coverage alone almost doubled all the other GOP candidate coverage. An analysis for CNN's "Reliable Sources" showed that Trump talk totaled 36 minutes and 30 seconds on nightly newscasts from NBC, ABC and CBS. The next-closest candidate was Jeb Bush, who received 9 minutes and 22 seconds of coverage.
Why e-voting is not a good thing - 0 views
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Scenario: the shortest most accurate scenario is that voting machines are terrible choice as they are now. The longer version is that the old rules for security will either have to change or there will be major security issues such as vote auditing will have to be done with software which has to be checked and the software checking that has to be checked. or if votes are kept anonymous there is no way of knowing if 30% of votes were deleted then filled with fake ones. Social ethical issues: If the technology is compromised then it allows the peoples opinion to be hidden by stronger powers. This can lead to dictatorships or buying victories instead of winning them. It systems: the ease of computers also allows for ease of changing things. This means that there is no way (yet) to separate the pros from the cons . Stakeholders: Political parties, business, hackers, countries
How to Fix Our Broken Patent System (In regard to software) - 1 views
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senario: Big companies are patenting software either that they don't owen or is to broad this means that if any developer find//wants to make an actuall solution they either get sued or have to pay the companies money to use the patient. Social/ethical: THis means that fat cats make money while there is still no actual solotion to these problems. Stake Holder: developers and big buissniess
Hacked! - 1 views
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As email, documents, and almost every aspect of our professional and personal lives moves onto the "cloud"-remote servers we rely on to store, guard, and make available all of our data whenever and from wherever we want them, all the time and into eternity-a brush with disaster reminds the author and his wife just how vulnerable those data can be.
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Scenario: Here a women's Gmail account was hacked in this article, and the hack spammed her contacts with the general message about her being mugged outside her country and needs help, with her bank details there for money transfer. Social Ethical issues: The main issues here are security, as her Gmail account may contain personal information, which could be used to steal money. Hacking is a major problem when it comes to security of personal information. Trust is another problem, as how can you trust anything online, as it is easy to impersonate someone else. IT system: Email system by Google here is the main IT source and is in the end responsible for the security of her account. Stakeholder: Google and the owner of the gmail account.