google is making it easier to develop quantum machine-learning apps 1984, dystopia, google, technology https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615337/google-software-tensorflow-quantum-machine-learning-apps-ai-computing/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1583772664
swarm of robots forms complex shapes without centralized control 1984, ai, dystopia, technology https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/swarm-of-robots-forms-complex-shapes-without-centralized-control
the coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic” 1984, dystopia, know, psychology https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615184/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583767147
how ‘smart tech’ masks an emerging era of corporate control 1984, bias, control, dystopia, hopelessness, know, privacy, surveillance https://onezero.medium.com/how-smart-tech-masks-an-emerging-era-of-corporate-control-779c96b05f85
surveillance firm banjo used a secret company and fake apps to scrape social media 1984, app, data, dystopia, ethic, know, privacy https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secret-company-and-fake-apps-to-scrape-facebook-twitter
spying concerns raised over iran’s official COVID-19 detection app 1984, app, censorship, dystopia, ethic, hopelessness, know, medical, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.zdnet.com/article/spying-concerns-raised-over-irans-official-covid-19-detection-app/
amazon is now selling its cashierless store technology to other retailers 1984, amazon, dystopia, hopelessness, psychology, surveillance, technology https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/09/amazon-is-now-selling-its-cashierless-store-technology-to-other-retailers/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL2xIWWJoSlRnclY_YW1wPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAILmohf_GsI_FjftLnDjVrAAMx5rbdeqm0UUiiUm4duGPSD9Yfhu42-xWVjmeigJBEIuip3yG8ESXtuJaqYn9BkQ-1Y5_Bu7kn8TEt5G7P45zpu20THmqTstYwzSC8YA-_Lravzm-kg1zPxPSbOonuLHH-G3jbc9sW4MouVYvnUu
british police scanned 8,600 people’s faces in london without their consent, resulting in just 1 arrest and 7 false positives 1984, ai, dystopia, fail, hopelessness, privacy, surveillance, technology British police scanned 8,600 people’s faces in London without their consent, resulting in just 1 arrest and 7 false positives
‘the new normal’: china’s excessive coronavirus public monitoring could be here to stay 1984, dystopia, hopelessness, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/09/the-new-normal-chinas-excessive-coronavirus-public-monitoring-could-be-here-to-stay?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583727567
facebook would have to pay $3.50 per month to U.S. users for sharing contact info: study 1984, bias, copyright, data, dystopia, ethic, facebook, hopelessness, know, privacy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-privacy/facebook-would-have-to-pay-3-50-per-month-to-u-s-users-for-sharing-contact-info-study-idUSKBN20J2E5