NBC has ruined the Olympics for years. Now many people are taking coverage into their own hands. Thank God for mirrored sites. I mean what is NBC to expect? It shows gymnastics every single night and plasters it with advertising. In today’s media world viewers want more choices. Frankly NBC should be careful not to [...]
Archive for Month July, 2012
Does your town have approval from the FAA to fly drones?
106 towns, universities, and other government entities do. And the list is growing. As The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports; “The 18 entities represented in the files include police departments from Seattle, Washington to North Little Rock, Arkansas; about 10 public colleges and universities; a few federal agencies, including the USDA and the Department of Energy—Idaho [...]
Would you ride a bike made of cardboard?
An Israeli inventor has developed what appears to be a commercially viable cardboard bike. And it looks pretty cool. I wouldn’t take it down any singletrack however. Click here for the article.
Should we just learn to love Big Brother and his control of Big Data?
I will never submit to Big Brother, and I don’t think anyone else should either. However as one lives one’s life online, as more and more of us do, one is going to be tracked, one’s purchases analyzed, and social media profiles peeped on. This is just reality and we do need to come to [...]
A machine which converts Bitcoin to Euros?
Stumbled across this at Y-Combinator. I can not attest for its validity but I hope its true. Click here for the story (and pic.)
Facebook Monitors Online Chats for Criminal Activity
If you’re doing anything sketchy (which of course you wouldn’t) think twice before you do it on Facebook. (From Mashable) “Facebook and other social platforms are watching users’ chats for criminal activity and notifying police if any suspicious behavior is detected, according to a report. The screening process begins with scanning software that monitors chats [...]
Nurturing Democracy from the Other Side of the Planet
There is a fledgling democracy in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan and journalism professors at Stony Brook College are helping the country develop a culture of inquiry and a free press, from the far side of the globe. This type of work was done largely in person after the Iron Curtain came crashing down [...]
The World’s Most Influential Tech Writers (By Subject)
We’re not on the list yet, but we’re working on it. Source: visual.ly via Syl on Pinterest
Cops Can Now Predict Future Crimes With New Software
The Minority Report takes one step closer to becoming reality. The power of predictive algorithms is something society is going to have to come to terms with soon. Sure, right now the software is used to guide officers to “hot” areas based on a collection of recent variables. But what if we start using people [...]
Three former NSA employees expose in court ‘mass illegal surveillance’ program?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is doing a lot of work here. I for one am very thankful they do what they do, especially on this issue. (From Activist Post) Three former employees of the NSA, William E. Binney, Thomas A. Drake, and J. Kirk Wiebe, have come forward with evidence to back up a case [...]
