Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Tech Trends in 2019

Information on trends in technology for drones, security robots, artificial intelligence, security smart homes, and securing IoT.

Feds can’t force you to unlock your phone with finger or face, says judge

The landmark decision asserts the same 4th and 5th amendment legal protection for biometrics that we’re given for passcodes.

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FEB
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artificial intellegence, Dark Web, Internet of Things, Security, Weekend Update

Autonomous Vehicles Will Decide Who Gets Killed

In a not too distant future, you may be riding in an autonomous vehicle that is forced to decide between running over a pedestrian or a bicyclist.  Or whether to crash into a tree or another automobile.  It may make a decision you are not particularly happy with.  These decisions will rely on “artificial intelligence” built into these cars.  These decisions are being programmed right now by developers of autonomous ...

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DEC
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artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, Internet of Things, law and policy, robotics, Software vulnerability

The Biggest Spy on the Internet – Part 3

Now that I know everything about you, maybe I can predict what you are likely to do in the future.  In the first two parts of this report, we looked at Google and the many products and services that collect information about you, and just what kind of details are included in that informational trove.  Today we will see what that information can do.

Whether you call it bots, AI (artificial ...

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NOV
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Android, artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, smartphones, surveillance

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Progress on Quantum Encryption

You may have heard something about “quantum computing.”  This appears to be where the future of computing is heading, and uses quantum mechanics and something called a “qubit”  instead of the typical ones and zeros of binary computer that we use today.  Quantum computing, when perfected, will provide some truly blistering data rates that could allow AI and machine learning to evolve into truly self-aware computing devices, also know as “the singularity.”  Think Skynet, without all the killing of humans ...

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MAY
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artificial intellegence, cybersecurity

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Microsoft inches closer to commercially-viable quantum computing

Microsoft’s quest to create a powerful quantum computer comes closer to reality with the help of an elementary particle.

Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang’s alleged leader arrested

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APR
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Apple, artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, law and policy, ransomware, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Photographer Tutorial Company Reacts To Pirates By Screwing With Them Hilariously

Great story about dealing with creative content pirates on the Internet.

What Will an Artificial Intelligence Future Look Like?

Great article from the Smithsonian takes a ...

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APR
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artificial intellegence, authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, robotics, Web Design, Weekend Update

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Sunday Funnies – Artificial Intelligence

Since we take an interested in AI and robotics in this blog, the following church sign seemed a good candidate for Sunday Funnies.  The most recent articles on the subjects of AI and “machine learning” seem to be saying the threat of AI is overblown, and is no match for the abstract reasoning prowess of human intelligence.  This sign brings us a sobering wake up call.

From Pinterest

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artificial intellegence, robotics, Sunday Funnies

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