‘Imagine you get a letter in the post offering you free water. Instead of paying Irish Water for your supply, another company promises you a generous quantity of free water. The catch? Instead of water […]
‘Many people have been unaware that Google’s driverless “concept” car has been provisionally deemed ‘road legal’ by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and have been active on California’s roads over the last 12 months. That’s […]
‘If you maintain an avid, robust online presence, chances are that you do a lot of searching. You might search for web sites, data, studies, and news. Perhaps you even search for some things you […]
‘Google claims it has the solution for saving the human race from its age old nemesis: lying. The digital giant has assembled a crack team tasked with devising a search engine and database model which […]
‘Google has managed to boost its revenues by billions of dollars this year by attacking thousands of smaller businesses who make money from affiliate programs. It does this by deliberately favoring large brands in its […]
‘Google’s android “Terminator” army is nearly ready for its assault on the human race. With tech pioneer Elon Musk (and physicist Stephen Hawking) urgently warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could destroy humanity, Google seems intent […]
‘Controversial plans to give private companies such as Google responsibility for storing people’s private personal health data could be revived, a minister has suggested. Life sciences minister George Freeman, a Conservative, told business leaders that […]
‘A U.S.-based web site critical of interventionist conflict has alleged that Google has censored some of its content, calling the action “authoritarian” and accusing the media giant of acting like “an arm of the U.S. […]
‘A U.S.-based web site critical of interventionist conflict has alleged that Google has censored some of its content, calling the action “authoritarian” and accusing the media giant of acting like “an arm of the U.S. […]
‘Google has developed a system to allow robots to download new personalities online. The system would allow machines to download them in a similar way to an app – and even have a different personality […]
‘It’s 2020. The New England Patriots, winners of six straight Super Bowls, are having yet another routine meeting with the Commissioner’s Office. Deputy NFL Commissioner Tom Brady and his chief of staff, Rob Gronkowski, OK […]
‘Facebook and Google have been involved in an algorithm war to come up with the perfect facial detection system. Now Google has claimed the latest victory, saying its new FaceNet system is practically perfect – […]
‘It was a rowdy crowd, and there was a heavy police presence. The people were there to protest the construction of a citywide surveillance center that would turn a firehouse in downtown Oakland into a […]
‘“…if all records told the same tale — then the lie passed into history and became truth.” (1984, George Orwell) The New Scientist has the stunning story (2/28/15, “Google wants to rank websites based on […]