by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 19, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Elected officials love to say they aren’t typical politicians. In the case of Denver Riggleman, a Republican congressman from Virginia, it’s true. A businessman, former Air Force intelligence officer, and expert on Bigfoot believers, Riggleman has repeatedly refused...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 18, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In the before times, hands sometimes went unwashed, “zoom” was a sound made by Mazda commercials, and food delivery businesses lost lots and lots of money. Four companies—DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Postmates—were duking it out for national supremacy. But diners...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 16, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
At a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee in June 2019, experts warned of the democracy-distorting potential of videos generated by artificial intelligence, known as deepfakes. Chair Adam Schiff (D-California) played a clip spoofing Senator Elizabeth Warren...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 15, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Shalini Kantayya is the documentary filmmaker behind the recent films Catching the Sun and Coded Bias, which premiered this month online. Coded Bias follows MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini as she investigates and combats the racial disparities of facial recognition for...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 13, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Apple unveiled some speedy new Macs this week. But many of us were distracted by current events. Note to Tim Cook and other leaders: you won’t be selling many computers during a general strike. Or a civil war. Speak out.The Plain ViewA lot of people have asked Phil...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 13, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
When Lucid Motors unveiled an all-electric concept car called the Air in 2016, the company claimed it would have a range of 500 miles and supercar-like performance. (And, in fact, a prototype shredded a test track the next year, hitting 235 miles per hour.) But many...
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