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Simona 8 years agoThe #Privacy #Problem with #Digital Assistants
source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-privacy-problem-with-digital-assistants/483950/
> When saved queries—and often, associated location data—are connected to user accounts, they can paint a very accurate picture of users’ habits, travels, and preferences. Often, that’s a great thing: #Google Now wouldn’t be able to return stunningly useful results without being able to read your email and dip into ...- 1
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Simona 8 years agoThe end of the refugee camp?
source: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/refugee-camp-160517112016380.html
> The terrible conditions in camps, typically overburdened with people and under-resourced with services, leads to people risking their lives to move further afield as well as becoming political pawns in the games of others.- 2
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Simona 8 years agoSoon We Won’t #Program Computers. We’ll Train Them #Like Dogs
source: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/the-end-of-code/
> #Code is logical. Code is hackable. Code is #destiny. These are the central tenets (and self-fulfilling prophecies) of life in the digital age. As software has eaten the #world, to paraphrase venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, we have surrounded ourselves with machines that convert our actions, thoughts, and emotions into data—raw material for armies of code-wielding ...- 1
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Simona 8 years ago
#G7 countries invest from 2007 to 2015 worldwide $ 42 billion in #coal
source: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/swept-under-rug-coal-financing-report.pdf
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Simona 8 years ago
#Obama will not #apologize for #Hiroshima #attack, he tells Japanese #TV
source: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/22/obama-japan-hiroshima-interview-no-apology
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Simona 8 years ago
How #Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and #Google’s Design Ethicist
source: https://medium.com/@tristanharris/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3#.1cgv3cq94
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Simona 8 years agoThe Republicans’ #Military #Budget Could Make Every #Homeless Person In America A Millionaire - source: http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/05/21/3779478/house-ndaa-2017-budget/
Using those findings, ending homelessness in the United States would likely require about .01 percent of next year’s likely military expenditures. The government could even purchase a $1 million home for every homeless person in the United States with the budget, and it would still have money leftover.- 1
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Simona 8 years agoOpen Whisper Systems thinks that decentralized (federated) services must fail: https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
What do you think?
#question #software #product #economy #centralization #decentralization #federation #freedom #internet #evolution #messenger #communication- 3
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Simona 8 years ago
The TSA’s #inefficiency isn’t just aggravating and unnecessary; by pushing people to drive instead of fly, it’s actively dangerous and costing lives.
source: http://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security
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Simona 8 years agoThe Intercept is Broadening Access to the #Snowden #Archive: https://theintercept.com/snowden-sidtoday/
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Simona 8 years ago#Terror: Suspicious item destroyed at Old Trafford was #training device
The match between #Manchester United and #Bournemouth was called off after the device was found shortly before kick-off. Bomb squad officers were called and carried out a controlled explosion.
#Police said the item had "accidentally" been left by a private company after a training exercise on Wednesday.- 2
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