Vladimir Putin Says Whoever Leads in Artificial Intelligence Will Rule the World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the control of artificial intelligence will be crucial to global power. In a “science lesson” to start off the Russian school year, Putin reportedly said that artificial intelligence is “the future, not only for Russia, but for all […]

Apple says its developer service was affected by a bug not a security breach

Apple has explained that an issue that briefly affected developer accounts today was caused by a bug and not a security breach as some had speculated. Earlier today (Wednesday), handfuls of reports came in around an anomaly that changed some developers’ home addresses within Apple’s […]

Tech companies automate autocratic media in China around the world

Nick Monaco Contributor Nick Monaco is a research associate at Alphabet’s human rights focused think-tank and technology incubator Jigsaw. He is also a research associate on the Computational Propaganda Project at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. More posts by this contributor: Samuel Woolley […]

Slashdot: Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World’s Tap Water, Study Reveals

Plastic Fibers Found In 83 Percent of World’s Tap Water, Study Reveals Published on September 07, 2017 at 05:30AM Robotron23 writes: Research published by Orb Media, a nonprofit journalism group, has revealed that microplastics have contaminated high proportions of drinking water and bottled water. Samples […]