by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 9, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
A flagship artificial intelligence system designed to predict gun and knife violence in the UK before it happens had serious flaws that made it unusable, local police have admitted. The error led to large drops in accuracy, and the system was ultimately rejected by...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 9, 2020 | [Tech News], How to Geek
AdGuard Extensions are part of why Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet, but they’re also one of the most common vectors for security issues. This week researchers at AdGuard found a bunch of them posing as legitimate tools but injecting fake search...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 8, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
There was a magic moment for a few years around the end of the 1980s, when home computers were better than professional ones. That’s a mighty grand pronouncement, but it refers to the crop of 16-bit home computers that genuinely were far better than nearly all PCs at...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 7, 2020 | [Tech News], The Verge
The US Department of Defense has selected its two primary rocket companies for getting satellites into orbit in the years ahead: long-time military launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. ULA will receive 60 percent of the department’s satellite...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Aug 7, 2020 | [Tech News], BBC Technology
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The government wants all the UK – including remote areas – to have access to ultra-fast broadband The government is urging struggling rural broadband customers to apply for cash it has set aside to pay for ultra...
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