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When it comes to Photoshop, Hollywood stars are saying enough - 0 views

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"This practice is problematic for women, their self-image and their sense of worth, as they continue to compare their own bodies with unattainable, digitally enhanced images. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This practice is problematic for women, their self-image and their sense of worth, as they continue to compare their own bodies with unattainable, digitally enhanced images. "</div>

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Watch a 'USB killer' stick destroy a laptop when it's plugged in - 0 views

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"A new type of threat, however, goes one step further: the physical destruction of your computer."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A new type of threat, however, goes one step further: the physical destruction of your computer."</div>

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Autonomous weapons: UN delay could open door to robot wars, say experts | Science | The... - 0 views

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""China wanted to discuss 'existing and emerging technologies' but the wording insisted on by the US and the UK is that it is only about emerging technologies," said Noel Sharkey, a professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield and co-founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, a coalition of robotics experts who are campaigning against the military use of robots."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""China wanted to discuss 'existing and emerging technologies' but the wording insisted on by the US and the UK is that it is only about emerging technologies," said Noel Sharkey, a professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield and co-founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, a coalition of robotics experts who are campaigning against the military use of robots."</div>

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France's plan to legalize mass surveillance will give it the power to spy on the world ... - 0 views

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"After getting caught breaking its own laws with a mass surveillance program, the French government has introduced legislation that mirrors the NSA's rules, giving it the power to spy on all foreigners -- and any French people who happen to be swept up in the dragnet."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"After getting caught breaking its own laws with a mass surveillance program, the French government has introduced legislation that mirrors the NSA's rules, giving it the power to spy on all foreigners -- and any French people who happen to be swept up in the dragnet."</div>

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The 'Athens Affair' shows why we need encryption without backdoors | Trevor Timm | Comm... - 0 views

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"One of the biggest arguments against mandating backdoors in encryption is the fact that, even if you trust the United States government never to abuse that power (and who does?), other criminal hackers and foreign governments will be able to exploit the backdoor to use it themselves. A backdoor is an inherent vulnerability that other actors will attempt to find and try to use it for their own nefarious purposes as soon as they know it exists, putting all of our cybersecurity at risk. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"One of the biggest arguments against mandating backdoors in encryption is the fact that, even if you trust the United States government never to abuse that power (and who does?), other criminal hackers and foreign governments will be able to exploit the backdoor to use it themselves. A backdoor is an inherent vulnerability that other actors will attempt to find and try to use it for their own nefarious purposes as soon as they know it exists, putting all of our cybersecurity at risk. "</div>

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What Happens to Humans When Machines Do All the Work? | GOOD - 0 views

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"As soon as 20 years from now, 45 percent of American jobs may be performed by computers, as many as 10 million self-driving cars will be on the roads, and robots-computerized machines-will infiltrate almost every arena of our daily lives, from healthcare to energy production."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As soon as 20 years from now, 45 percent of American jobs may be performed by computers, as many as 10 million self-driving cars will be on the roads, and robots-computerized machines-will infiltrate almost every arena of our daily lives, from healthcare to energy production."</div>

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Robot swarms: scientists work to harness the power of the insect world | Technology | T... - 0 views

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"The hive mentality is inspiring the latest advances in technology and the US military is already experimenting with swarms of robotic boats and aircrafts"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The hive mentality is inspiring the latest advances in technology and the US military is already experimenting with swarms of robotic boats and aircrafts"</div>

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Wikipedia's view of the world is written by the west | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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"The researchers, led by Dr Mark Graham from the university's Oxford Internet Institute, argue that the study shows that "local voices rarely represent and define their own country". Instead, high-income countries have a disproportionately loud voice on the crowd-sourced encyclopedia, so countries that have many Wikipedia editors can "dominate the production of knowledge about smaller countries""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The researchers, led by Dr Mark Graham from the university's Oxford Internet Institute, argue that the study shows that "local voices rarely represent and define their own country". Instead, high-income countries have a disproportionately loud voice on the crowd-sourced encyclopedia, so countries that have many Wikipedia editors can "dominate the production of knowledge about smaller countries""</div>

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EFF scores a giant victory for fair use and dancing babies - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Lenz's and EFF's favor today, ruling that rightsholders must consider fair use before issuing takedowns. The court found that people whose creations were censored through DMCA abuse could sue the companies that filed the censorship demands, even if they couldn't show monetary damages from the censorship. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Lenz's and EFF's favor today, ruling that rightsholders must consider fair use before issuing takedowns. The court found that people whose creations were censored through DMCA abuse could sue the companies that filed the censorship demands, even if they couldn't show monetary damages from the censorship. "</div>

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Teens' night-time use of social media 'risks harming mental health' | Society | The Gua... - 0 views

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"Teenagers who engage with social media during the night could be damaging their sleep and increasing their risk of depression and anxiety, research shows."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Teenagers who engage with social media during the night could be damaging their sleep and increasing their risk of depression and anxiety, research shows."</div>

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Facial recognition technology is Australia's latest 'national security weapon' - 0 views

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"While Keenan emphasised the capability was not a centralised biometric database, and was simply an improved way to share information already collected by different Australian jurisdictions, Gregory questioned how these images of Australians will be employed by law enforcement. "It's subtle changes in the way that things are used that need to be debated the most," he said. "In this case, we're talking about using our passport photos for a purpose for which we never gave permission.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"While Keenan emphasised the capability was not a centralised biometric database, and was simply an improved way to share information already collected by different Australian jurisdictions, Gregory questioned how these images of Australians will be employed by law enforcement. "It's subtle changes in the way that things are used that need to be debated the most," he said. "In this case, we're talking about using our passport photos for a purpose for which we never gave permission.""</div>

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My Stolen Life - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"In some ways, losing access to your home and documents is worse than having your home and documents physically destroyed."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"In some ways, losing access to your home and documents is worse than having your home and documents physically destroyed."</div>

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Inept copyright bot sends 2600 a legal threat over ink blotches - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"That's right, they're coming after us literally for a few splotches of ink. What companies like this do is broker works of art on behalf of actual photographers, but then engage in copyright trolling by threatening anyone who uses even a small piece of them. Increased computing power and more sophisticated algorithms allow them to do this with improved speed and "efficiency.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"That's right, they're coming after us literally for a few splotches of ink. What companies like this do is broker works of art on behalf of actual photographers, but then engage in copyright trolling by threatening anyone who uses even a small piece of them. Increased computing power and more sophisticated algorithms allow them to do this with improved speed and "efficiency.""</div>

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Your baby monitor is an Internet-connected spycam vulnerable to voyeurs and crooks - Bo... - 0 views

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"Many of these cameras have no easy, networked means of getting a firmware update, either, making their zeroday bugs into foreverday bugs. Some of these bugs were simple programmer error, but Philips, ah, Philips: they shipped an Internet-connected home spycam whose default root login was admin and /ADMIN/. Security. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Many of these cameras have no easy, networked means of getting a firmware update, either, making their zeroday bugs into foreverday bugs. Some of these bugs were simple programmer error, but Philips, ah, Philips: they shipped an Internet-connected home spycam whose default root login was admin and /ADMIN/. Security. "</div>

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Sword-wielding robot samurai are coming, and this video proves it - 0 views

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"Sure, it's a cool display of human-tracked motion into a robotic mechanism, but if you aren't seeing the scary place this samurai robot demo is going, you're probably just being really optimistic."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sure, it's a cool display of human-tracked motion into a robotic mechanism, but if you aren't seeing the scary place this samurai robot demo is going, you're probably just being really optimistic."</div>

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Beyond Games: Why VR Will Soon Be Vitally Important to Healthcare - Singularity HUB - 0 views

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"The ability to understand an individual's unique anatomic configuration from skin to bone can be a significant benefit to a surgeon, especially prior to a complex operation. Immersive VR will enable surgeons to explore their patient's virtual body-reconstructed from their CT or MRI data-and plan or even practice difficult surgeries prior to the actual procedure. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The ability to understand an individual's unique anatomic configuration from skin to bone can be a significant benefit to a surgeon, especially prior to a complex operation. Immersive VR will enable surgeons to explore their patient's virtual body-reconstructed from their CT or MRI data-and plan or even practice difficult surgeries prior to the actual procedure. "</div>

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Six bailed teenagers accused of cyber attacks using Lizard Squad tool | Technology | Th... - 0 views

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"Ddos attacks have been used to cause both financial and reputational damage to businesses and services from Sony to government websites. The attacks can last from hours to days, and typically use computers or internet routers infected with viruses to make innocent users unwitting parties to the attack. The Lizard Stresser tool was used effectively by Lizard Squad during cyber attacks on Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network online gaming services in December last year."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Ddos attacks have been used to cause both financial and reputational damage to businesses and services from Sony to government websites. The attacks can last from hours to days, and typically use computers or internet routers infected with viruses to make innocent users unwitting parties to the attack. The Lizard Stresser tool was used effectively by Lizard Squad during cyber attacks on Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network online gaming services in December last year."</div>

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"The initial project will pursue a new, open royalty-free video codec specification and open-source implementation based on the contributions of members, along with binding specifications for media format, content encryption and adaptive streaming, thereby creating opportunities for next-generation media experiences."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The initial project will pursue a new, open royalty-free video codec specification and open-source implementation based on the contributions of members, along with binding specifications for media format, content encryption and adaptive streaming, thereby creating opportunities for next-generation media experiences."</div>

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4 Machine Learning Algorithms That Shape Your Life - 0 views

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"What you may not realize, though, is that machine learning is already all around you, and it can exert a surprising degree of influence over your life. Don't believe me? You might be surprised."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"What you may not realize, though, is that machine learning is already all around you, and it can exert a surprising degree of influence over your life. Don't believe me? You might be surprised."</div>

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