Duck Duck Goose: The Search for Privacy Online
In my latest attempt to keep my persona off the Internet (a complete failure, given that this is a published work with my name on ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medicine (Like Humans but Better)
Fun fact about aneurysms: To cut off blood flow to the bulge in your brain, surgeons put a titanium clip on the side of the aneurism attached to the artery. As you ...
Nurse Robot: Your Future as an Old Person
Unless someone found the Fountain of Youth and neglected to mention it, we’re all going to grow old and senile. And those darn kids that walk on the lawn are going to ...
The USB Drive Drop
2017 promises to be a good year for pirate enthusiasts like me. Black Sails will be back for its fourth season on Starz, and I just saw the new trailer ...
It's Time to Get Serious About End User Security
It’s time to get serious about end user security. According to Symantec’s 2016 Internet Security Threat Report, spear-phishing campaigns targeting employees increased 55 percent in 2015. Of those attacks, ...
Protecting Your Smart Home, and Why You Should Never Drop $5000 for a Toilet
A research team at the University of Michigan would like Smart Homes to check their privilege (but not in the politically correct way). The team analyzed Samsung’s SmartThings platform ...
The Return of the Toxic Newts: BYOD Privacy Concerns in Social Media at Work
A while back, I brought in my toxic newt buddies to illustrate the issues with BYOD in the office. Today, they have returned to address one of the stickier ...
Facial Recognition Keeps Getting Creepier
Most people aren’t bothered by Facebook identifying their faces. That’s partly because Facebook is fairly innocuous (especially in Europe) compared to Russia’s latest social networking feature. FindFace, a ...
Google Allo and the Impending Doom of “K”
A while back, Google announced the release of a new messaging app, Allo. Yes, Google has another messaging app, and no, it’s not some magnum opus of Google messaging apps, but ...
Hyperloop: How We'll Travel In Tubes
There’s no good explanation for it, but Hyperloop transportation technologies seem to attract people with exceptional names. Elon Musk, of Tesla and SpaceX, proposed the first major Hyperloop idea in August ...
