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These Black Friday gift deals are so good they had to be extended

Nov24
by on November 24, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Once you come down off the adrenaline high of Black Friday, it’ll hit you. You forgot to get something for the cousin you only see at Christmas each year. Or you didn’t pick up something for that stupid office gift exchange. Since you’ll always be blindsided by at least a couple holiday gifting situations each year, you might as well stock up now, especially when you can get cool stuff like this at up to 65 percent off. And not one of these items is over $50. Load up! 5. SolarJuice 26,800mAh External Battery – $37.60 (Orig. $99.99) with promo code…

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Here’s how we take back control over our digital identities

Nov24
by on November 24, 2018 at 10:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


The data reckoning has arrived. We’re already too familiar with the breach headlines: Equifax, Under Armour, Target. But in 2018, social media brands came under the spotlight as well: half a million accounts’ data were inadvertently exposed in Google+, and another 29 million users’ data in the Facebook breach this fall. The repercussions of these breaches go far beyond just one service because social authentication is used with thousands of connected apps. How often have we all clicked “Sign-in with [insert social media platform]” out of convenience, instead of creating a new account? While it’s unlikely social media companies expected…

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The panic over lethal automated weapons systems is unfounded, and could be dangerous

Nov24
by on November 24, 2018 at 8:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Killer robots sound pretty scary. But we might be overlooking a few key aspects about their benefits, or at the very least, we’re looking at them the wrong way. To get more specific, I’m talking about lethal autonomous weapons systems (or LAWs), which are autonomous military robots that are designed to find and engage with specific targets based on their programming. In practice, they could be used to remotely and independently search for and execute a person who poses a threat to humanity. Note that these are distinguished from remotely operated weapons (ROWs), which require the operation and control of…

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The panic over lethal automated weapons systems is unfounded, and could be dangerous

Nov24
by on November 24, 2018 at 8:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Killer robots sound pretty scary. But we might be overlooking a few key aspects about their benefits, or at the very least, we’re looking at them the wrong way. To get more specific, I’m talking about lethal autonomous weapons systems (or LAWs), which are autonomous military robots that are designed to find and engage with specific targets based on their programming. In practice, they could be used to remotely and independently search for and execute a person who poses a threat to humanity. Note that these are distinguished from remotely operated weapons (ROWs), which require the operation and control of…

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