THE BBC is running an amazing report authored by David Robson.. The premise: Hunans can become possessed by AI.. The money quite: Science fiction – including the recent TV series Humans – has long questioned whether robots could one day integrate in our society, to the point we no longer make a distinction between who … Read moreComputer possession
Mac attack! Nasty bug lets hackers into Apple computers And so goes the old adage that Macs are the safe buy. It’s a wild jungle out there in this chaotic technological world..
This may shock you if you’re a GM car owner (as I am) . The company claims that you don’t own your car.. instead, you’re just renting it, leasing it.. borrowing. The argument comes down to whether people can crack the code of their car computer and repair things themselves… GM says they don’t have … Read moreYour car owns you.
Samsung TVs freak users out by inserting ads into movies » You’re used to ads in regular TV programming, but what would you say if your smart TV started inserting ads into videos you own? If people are creeped out by this, they must have missed last week’s big news that SAMSUNG is warning purchasers … Read moreMr. TV head man is about to rule your world. And then some.
The internet, simply being what it is, is still a wild west of sorts.. maybe now there are more names and less anonymity.. perhaps more privacy shedding has allowed for an interface of all seeing–or preying eyes–on our every movement.. But it is still filled with odd and sometimes downright frightening fads. Enter the latest, … Read moreInstagrabbing
A tale of two cities. Two times.. Two different ways of life. While the world burns in eternal war, the new technology of the future is being shown by APPLE. You can now play a real life Dick Tracy with an Apple watch. Or you can try your best to put your phone in your … Read moreA big screen and a small watch: Apple unveils
Here’s The Burger-Flipping Robot That Could Put Fast-Food Workers Out Of A Job » A company called Momentum Machines has built a robot “meant to completely obviate [employees].” I have been saying for quite some time that the service economy is going to get the same hit that manufacturing did.. that there will be so … Read moreJohnny 5 is killing your job
A few years ago, I got into a deep conversation with a techie about the coming of the ‘cloud’ computing. He didn’t like it, not one bit. His doubts about the cloud stemmed from his paranoia over big government spying, but more importantly, hackers hacking. This weekend his nightmare vision he relayed to me came … Read moreStorm iClouds brewing
No joke, no matter how funny you once thought the concept was: Smart surveillance is here. And the newest form of it that may be rolled out onto your street soon is a talking camera that will not only monitor your every step and stop but also be able to talk to you, too. More … Read more“Engage captive audiences”