Proud to anounce: #ProjectAlias a parasite for the surveillance age that lets you be in controle of your smart home device. Check out the project at https://t.co/p3T57qp4Gc pic.twitter.com/nugeSUGWaB— Bjørn Karmann (@BjoernKarmann) January 14, 2019

Semiautonomous driving systems are designed to ignore unmoving obstacles because otherwise, they couldn't work at all.

That’s not a great look

The founders of Predictim want to be clear with me: Their product—an algorithm that scans the online footprint of a prospective babysitter to determine their “risk” levels for parents—is not racist. It is not biased.

"They're very good at running out the clock on you."

Sources disclosed troubling privacy practices at a Ring office in Ukraine.

We can exploit the platform’s failings to reclaim our humanity

To truly achieve inclusiveness, we need to first look at who we’re excluding.

1998 "Don't get in a car with strangers" 2008: "Don't meet people from the internet alone." 2018: UBER Order yourself a stranger from the internet to get into a car with alone HEY from Imgur tagged as Being alone Meme

Ethics are an innate part of business.

Just wow. The biggest murmuration of starlings I have ever seen. What a treat. pic.twitter.com/kFnaIDJ61v— Ricky Martin (@RexMartin) December 28, 2018

Agents of disinformation use anonymous online spaces to seed rumors and fabricated content, hoping to eventually reach professional news…

The intimate recordings paint a detailed picture of a man's life.

Back in 2015, a woman named Imy Santiago wrote an Amazon review of a novel that she had read and liked. Amazon immediately took the review down and told Santiago she had “violated its policies.” Santiago re-read her review, didn’t see anything objectionable about it, so she tried to post it again. “You’re not eligible to review this product,” an Amazon prompt informed her.

Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed.

An update on Google's AI principles.

The #StopTheBias campaign has a pernicious goal: it is yet another way for Trump and his minions to undermine the credibility of the mainstream media.

We all tend to oversimplify complex things into two competing ideologies: generalist or specialist, objective or subjective, individual or team. This can be useful, but it can also make us think we should pick a side. It also becomes an issue when we try and solve them—calling these things ‘problems’ implies there is a correct answer somewhere. But there often isn’t, and it takes us too long to realise. What if we had a tool that facilitated good conversations about these complex topics upfront? Where the goal isn’t a decision, but recognition? The answer to a question like ‘Should we focus...

Google knows nearly everything about you, from how you commute to your relationship status. There have never been more opportunities for marketers to exploit that data.

We evolved to want variable rewards. What happens when smartphones give them to us?

This time last year I wrote(1,2) about a Swedish company called Emotra. Emotra make a device that is supposed to measure suicide risk in people with mental illness. The test is called EDOR® and according to Emotra’s website and materials, it has been shown to be highly effective. Last year, I explained why I disagree …

People often surrender their data privacy to their continuously listening voice assistants without understanding the implications.