Aug 25 Google-like NSA search engine implemented to learn about civilians By Charles Pulliam-Moore Over 1,000 data analysts at 23 U.S. governmental agencies, including the DEA, FBI, and CIA, were given access to ICREACH -- a Google-like search engine populated with hundreds of millions of records detailing e-mails, phone calls, instant messages, and phone… Continue reading
Aug 25 Facebook continues to battle click-bait By Corinne Segal Facebook announced in a blog post today that it would change its algorithm to reduce the amount of click-bait in the News Feed, and improve users' experience. Continue reading
Aug 25 Human workers report feeling most productive when led by artificial intelligence By Charles Pulliam-Moore Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab found that teams of human workers were at their happiest and most productive when their tasks were directed by robotic artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Aug 18 Charging smartphones by soundwaves By Charles Pulliam-Moore Finnish-based mobile technology giant Nokia and researchers at Queen Mary University of London are dreaming up a way to turn ambient noise into a power source for the cellphones of tomorrow. In a press release published Friday, the University… Continue reading
Aug 15 The internet is getting too big for its routers By Charles Pulliam-Moore The problem? The global routing table has just grown past the 512k mark by about 15,000, causing widespread network instability. Verizon is primarily responsible for the creation of the new entries that pushed the net over the edge, but in… Continue reading
Aug 12 Twitter reports 23 million users are actually 'bots' By Charles Pulliam-Moore Twitter has disclosed the number of its users that are actually human as opposed to account-holding, automated programs in its most recent quarterly filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the report, about 23 million -- or 8.5%… Continue reading
Aug 10 How mapping the Ebola outbreak may ease future health crises By Vic Pasquantonio How is a computer program able to spot Ebola happening before researchers can? HealthMap is a website that’s been around since 2006 and aims to help public health organizations determine that a crisis is occurring. Continue reading
Aug 08 IBM Researchers develop processor modeled after the human brain By Charles Pulliam-Moore Using the same kind of silicon used to make traditional computer chips, the “neurosynaptic processor” is designed to distribute various computing functions associated with memory storage and communicating across more than 4,000 individual cores. When linked together, the chips… Continue reading
Aug 08 Scientists launch technology that can change the weather ... in your photos By Travis Daub After analyzing thousands of webcam snapshots of landscapes in various weather conditions, computer scientists at Brown University have developed a system that can automatically change the appearance of weather in nearly any outdoor photo. Continue reading
Aug 07 Drone crashes in Yellowstone hot spring, causing potential damage By Ariel Min What happens when a drone crashes into one of the world’s largest hot springs? The aircraft might potentially damage the spring, but trying to remove it might cause even more damage. Continue reading