Having a real-estate agency send employees to accompany clients (prospective buyers) to every single property they simply want to look at (until, after seeing enough, they decide they want to …
“I can read your thoughts”…
Zuckerberg and Musk impersonate the “Knights of the Apocalypse”: among other things, they invest in the “interface” between human neurons and machines. But they are, in essence, the advertisers of …
Not much freedom
The existence of “likes” on social media may not be beneficial. Its inventors, of course, had the good in mind. The ability of users to express their (positive) taste; or, …
When free software drops bombs… literally!
One of the most persistent myths that techno-fetishism maintains around new technologies has to do with so-called “free software” and “open source software”. The words “free” and “open” create connotations, …
The insomnia of the mine
We can not verify the accuracy of this table. But it has a value. It shows that what in everyday life is meant as “personal” and “unique” is simply a …
Dude, you trod on me!
The russian-made android robot Fedor is not the first automaton to be found on the International Space Station (ISS). But it is the first one that emitted a “distress signal” …
Look at these mugs!
Why has an application become so popular that we have to wonder about the mental state of the subjugated? The well-known “FaceApp” (of the russian wireless lab) has been available …
Consumer mores
An easy, fast and “pleasant” way to get acquainted with biometric data is to employ it for consumption. There is already a past in changing simple daily practices, such as …
From Fallujah to L.A.
Palantir is one of those (american) companies that does not want to attract attention. Its job is to build not just surveillance systems but, among other things, upgraded “crime prediction” …
In how many shots did you play today?
There is a serious (to scary) side to the issue. But there is also the more comical one. The fact that only one european and one american city (London and …
Database States
There is now an epidemic of live facial recognition surveillance in the u.k. The fusion of the police and private companies about the construction of these surveillance networks in public …
The long-awaited terminator…
It is called Candida auris. It is a simple fungus. And it kills! It has killed half the people who got infected in 3 months at the latest: existing anti-fungal …