M. W. Bowman
People Are Contributing Unprecedented Computing Power to Fight Coronavirus
Biomedical research project Folding@Home is now harnessing more computing power than the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
Chess World Accuses Company of Inventing Fake Employees Using Online Human Generator
REGIUM, an internet-connected chessboard manufacturer, was suspended by Kickstarter after allegedly creating engineers using thispersondoesnotexist.com.
Ultrasonic Waves Can Make Siri Share Your Secrets
Voice assistant programs listen to a frequency far wider than the human voice is capable of producing, and thus can be fed ultrasonic waves that will be interpreted as voice commands.
Mac Adware Infections Increased by 400% in 2019
According to a report by anti-malware software vendor Malwarebytes, Mac adware infections rose by 400 percent year-over-year.
Jail Software Left Inmate Data Exposed Online
An unsecured cloud storage bucket appears to contain records of inmate check-ins, including information on prescriptions given to inmates
Elon Musk Announces Plan to 'Merge' Human Brains With AI
Neuralink wants to start by treating brain injuries, eventually "achieve a symbiosis with artificial intelligence."
The North Face Secretly Vandalized Wikipedia to Improve its Google Search Ranking
It was a not-so-clever ploy to insert North Face products into Wikipedia articles of famous tourist destinations.
Newly Surfaced Arcade Documents from the 1970s Predicted a Wild Future for Video Games
Atari executives thought we'd replace roller coasters with arcade machines.
Why the US Government Just Made Its Own Font
'Public Sans,' a sharp new typeface for interface design has been made freely available, courtesy of a somewhat unusual source: the United States federal government.
The Most Interesting Curator on the Internet Knows Exactly What You Want to See
Archillect is uncanny. Here's why.