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UK Surveillance Law Marks a “Worse Than Scary” Shift

November 30, 2016December 13, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: CNET, 11/29/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The Investigatory Powers Act, recently passed in the UK, will require telecom companies to store records of phone calls and websites visited for up to a…

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Neural Network Learns to Identify Criminals by Their Faces

November 29, 2016December 13, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 11/22/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Jiao Tong University in China have applied facial recognition algorithms to guess whether a person has a criminal history based upon their…

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Machine-Learning Algorithm Can Show Whether State Secrets Are Properly Classified

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by Julia Bernd

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 11/14/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Columbia University and a Brazilian think tank have developed a machine-learning algorithm to predict whether now-declassified U.S. State Department cables from the…

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How Worried Should We Be About Election Hacking?

November 3, 2016November 10, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: The Verge, 10/28/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The Verge discusses the possibility of election machine hacking, along with other factors that could affect vote tallying and the results of an election. Extended…

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Beyond Silicon: Squeezing More out of Chips

November 2, 2016November 10, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: The New York Times, 10/30/2016 >> View the Article << Summary As engineering progress slows, scientists try to find creative solutions to provide cheaper and faster computer chips. Researchers are attempting to create computer…

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Computer Scientists Find ‘Inexact Computing’ Can Improve Answers

October 31, 2016November 10, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: Rice University News & Media, 10/20/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at Rice University are investigating whether the use of "inexact computing" can make supercomputers more energy efficient. They are seeking to optimize calculation…

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AI Predicts Outcomes of Human Rights Trials

October 28, 2016November 10, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: University College London/UCL News, 10/24/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Artificial intelligence has recently been used to predict (past) judicial decisions in the European Court of Human Rights to a surprising degree of accuracy.…

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Quantifying Urban Revitalization

October 27, 2016November 11, 2016 by Jonathan Corley

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Published By: MIT News, 10/24/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers have developed a system that estimates how safe visitors will perceive an area to be based on photographs of the area. The researchers began…

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Social Media Companies Rescind Access to Geofeedia

October 25, 2016November 9, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: The Baltimore Sun, 10/11/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have revoked commercial access to their data by social-media analysis company Geofeedia, which had been providing information obtained on their…

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Big Data Help CIA Predict Social Unrest 5 Days Before It Begins

October 10, 2016October 13, 2016 by mmaginniss

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Published By: Tech Times, 10/7/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The CIA and their new Directorate of Digital Innovation are working on "anticipatory intelligence" to predict future events. The Deputy Director says that they can…

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Contract Expiration to End U.S. Authority Over Internet IP Addresses

October 7, 2016October 6, 2016 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: The Washington Post, 9/30/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The contract that specified the U.S. government's oversight over Internet address assignment has expired and ICANN (an international NGO) now has full control. ICANN holds…

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Was New York’s Mass-Text Manhunt Really Unprecedented?

September 23, 2016December 18, 2017 by Julia Bernd

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Published By: The Verge, 9/20/2016 View the Article  Summary New York City police used the Wireless Emergency Alert system recently to send out a "Wanted" text message about a bombing suspect, and they plan to use…

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