When I'm bored I go around putting these stickers on paper towel dispensers pic.twitter.com/WUwHDPm1nS— Sofia Paredes (@SofiaParedes79) November 4, 2019
A Texas jury found him guilty of murder. A computer algorithm proved his innocence.
Lydell Grant was supposed to be in prison for murder. But an emerging form of DNA technology, which has also come under scrutiny, is helping to free him in an unprecedented case.
Mental health websites don't have to sell your data. Most still do.
In a follow up to PI's initial research on sharing of personal data by mental health websites, a second analysis illustrates how change is possible and yet most webpages analysed still share your data with third-parties for marketing purposes.
Given how front and center design is these days, I am still shocked that there is no “code of conduct” or guide to ethical design principles. I had my students write the Designers “Hippocratic Oath” and am sort of in love with what they came up with! pic.twitter.com/cc6wpIgq5d— Minnie Bredouw (@mbredouw) February 4, 2020
This girls-only app uses AI to screen a user’s gender — what could go wrong?
The app also collects a host of personal information, including user images, location, and browsing data. It’s then able to share this information with third-party websites and services.
I'm really sorry to p1ss on anyone's chips but DNA kits for heritage are:- junk science- a front for massive commercial data trawling, analysis, re-use and onward sale. It's not 'harmless fun'. You can never get data back. And you just dumped your relatives in it, too. https://t.co/EH62v6u1jA— Maria Farrell (@mariafarrell) January 27, 2020
23andMe lays off 100 workers amid shrinking demand for DNA tests
If you're skittish about DNA testing services, you're not the only one -- and it's directly affecting one of the heavyweights in the field. The 23andMe team is...
Ben Silbermann: How Pinterest is trying to make its users feel better — Recode Decode
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about deliberately engineering happiness into the site, expanding into commerce, and competing with larger social and commerce tech companies. This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference, the Big Show, in New York City. Featuring: Ben Silbermann (@8en), CEO, Pinterest Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode’s new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. A...
Last month I canceled a random charge for $4.99 per month from HP called "InstantInk". Wasn't sure what it was for. I've had it for over a year but had no idea what it did.I just found out what it did pic.twitter.com/lsFLDR5grv— Ryan Sullivan (@ryandonsullivan) January 17, 2020
Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’
Kaylen Ward's Twitter fundraiser for the Australian bushfire relief has ended. The Los Angeles-based model said she raised $1 million (by comparison Jeff Bezos...