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12 December, 2014
11 December, 2014
Just last year, Mozilla stood strongly against Apple’s hardheaded refusal to allow alternative rendering engines on iOS. Now, Mozilla seems totally willing to play ball in exchange for access to Apple’s massive user base. If I had to guess, this is likely due to the tepid response Firefox OS has seen since launch.
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Critical + Creative Thinking,
History
06 December, 2014
05 December, 2014
About 18 months ago, Google began working on an advanced risk analysis engine that could figure out just who — or what — was behind an attempt to get through a CAPTCHA screen. The researchers looked at a host of cues. They included what web site the person had come from, where their mouse went on the screen, how long it moved, how steady it was and other cues Google won't divulge.
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Critical + Creative Thinking,
Cybersafety,
research
30 November, 2014
29 November, 2014
27 November, 2014
22 November, 2014
Showing a rather shocking disregard for the long-term safety of human civilization, Microsoft has become one of the first companies to deploy autonomous robot security guards. Dubbed the K5, Microsoft’s Silicon Valley campus was being policed last week by five of these roughly human-sized 300-pound (136 kg) robots
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