I just got off the phone with a technology reporter for a major newspaper, where I was asked about the risks of facial recognition. That’s a deep topic, since crime using faces (deepfakes, impersonation) can apply to almost anything (fraud/theft, racism, classicism). However, I ended the call by warning about even broader risks in recognition … Continue reading Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals→
Update April 22, 2021: A statement from Consumer Reports’ senior director of auto testing, Jake Fisher confirms that the Tesla vehicles lack basic safety — fail to include a modern-day equivalent of a seat belt. In our test, the system not only failed to make sure the driver was paying attention — it couldn’t even … Continue reading Tesla CEO Gaslighting Autopilot Safety Failures→
Canada has made several major technology gaffes lately, given their rushed immoral approval of the Cybertruck, and now this: Coaching staff and contractors working with Canada’s men’s and women’s national soccer teams have been engaged for years in efforts to film the closed-door training sessions of their opponents, including during the women’s gold-medal winning Olympic … Continue reading Canadian Olympic Coaches Fired After French Police Intercept Spy Drones→
The pig butchering news about American idealism is heartbreaking. It’s theft at a scale so large that investigators are now calling it a mass transfer of wealth from middle-class Americans to criminal gangs. Last year, the FBI estimates, pig butchering scams stole nearly $4 billion from tens of thousands of American victims, a 53% increase … Continue reading Killed by Scams: Americans Dying From Domestic and Foreign Fraud→