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Amazon handed Ring video doorbell footage to police without owners’ permission at least 11 times so far this year — a figure that highlights the unfettered access the company is giving police to doorsteps across the country. The revelation came in a letter Amazon sent to Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on
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There's interesting evidence that sheds light on the future of AI, but it's been found to make some people behave less ethically. A scientist even argued that the evidence should be hidden. Thanks for visiting Our Secret House. Create your free account by signing up or
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The Pentagon’s plan to defend the U.S. homeland from cruise missiles is starting to take shape after a prolonged period of development because until recently, the threat was perceived as a more distant regional one, a senior Air Force official said. North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a much larger scale than previously known, according to new documents unearthed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location
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In an announcement that had to come from a big tech company sometime this decade, Samsung says it wants to “copy and paste” the human brain onto “neuromorphic” computer chips. The attempt at taking our precious wetware and transferring it to hardware seems to have an unspecified timeline. But if
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Did you know that our atmosphere is filled with more than 11,000 objects that have been launched since the journey into space began. The Space Race first began during the Cold War, and at first the Soviet Union seemed to dominate when it came to the numerous amount of
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In the Pentagon’s latest report, they reveal numerous vulnerabilities on the blockchain, focusing on Ethereum and Bitcoin. The research highlights the threat posed to large-scale institutions intertwined with blockchain technologies. What Happened: The Pentagon has released a report titled “Are Blockchains Decentralized, Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers.” The report
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A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing national security concerns surrounding TikTok's Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance. In a June 24 letter to the CEOs of Apple (AAPL (AAPL)) and Google (GOOGL (GOOGL)), FCC
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Amazon has unveiled a new feature in the works for its virtual assistant Alexa that can read aloud in a deceased loved one's voice based on a short recording of the person. "While AI can't eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their
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Ex-Google engineer Blake Lemoine says system has perception of, and ability to express thoughts and feelings equivalent to a human child. The suspension of a Blake Lemoine who claimed a computer chatbot he was working on had become self-conscience. and was thinking and reasoning like a human being has put
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A new top of the line radar system could change the way warfare has been seen. Known as a quantum radar. it is a high definition detection system that gived a more detailed image of targets while increases the radar systems stealth from detection.
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Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark claims 6G mobile networks to be in operation by the end of the decade but he doesn’t think the smartphone will be the most “common interface” by then. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos Tuesday, Lundmark predicts 6G to hit