More e-waste; this time, it’s Africa!
If you recall my previous posts (here and here) on the subject, you know that “recycling” computers by such primitive methods as ripping them apart and prying the precious metals out is extremely...
View ArticleMind-reading machines?
Not just yet, but still, this getting scarily close: Using this model, the program then scanned a new set of 120 brand new pictures to predict what kind of fMRI patterns these would make in the visual...
View ArticleThis machine does read your mind…so you can play games!
I feel it’s my job to keep this blog from getting too narrowly focused on politics and especially the Presidential election, thus I’m returning to one of my favorite themes: wild and cutting-edge...
View ArticleThe Ocean Matrix
Is Google planning on moving their data centers offshore? Maybe: In the patent application seen by The Times, Google writes: “Computing centres are located on a ship or ships, anchored in a water body...
View ArticleIndeed, Nerds are Ascendant
When Ta-Nahisi Coates, an otherwise highly regarded blogger for the Atlantic, can write this: It’s funny because I’ve actually seen relationships come out of online gaming. When I used to play...
View Article"Ghost Network"
Suspected Chinese hackers have upped the ante in cyberspace, hacking into almost 1,300 foreign machines around the world for unknown reasons, stealing sensitive documents and logging the activities of...
View ArticleFriday Links
For your edification: 1. Via Volokh, Congress takes on the issue of cyber security. 2. A federal judge rules that some detainees being held at Bagram in Afghanistan can challenge their detention in...
View ArticleWednesday Morning Links
1. Gay marriage activists hope the Vermont legislature’s decision to legalize gay marriage will provide impetus to other states to do the same. This is true at least in D.C., which voted to recognize...
View ArticleWhat is the cloud?
Ever heard of cloud computing? I wouldn’t be surprised if you hadn’t, and yet you’ve almost certainly experienced it and probably use it regularly. The definition Wikipedia gives is this: “Cloud...
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