Archive for the 'tech' Category

The Future of Noise Pollution – The Atlantic

April 24, 2016

Future of Noise Pollution
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-future-will-be-quiet/471489/ Good news to come: targeted sirens, electric cars, stealth planes & noise blocking sensors

Bots, the next frontier | The Economist

April 24, 2016

https://www.assi.st/

https://digit.co/about/how-it-works

http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21696477-market-apps-maturing-now-one-text-based-services-or-chatbots-looks-poised

Not sure how to use this?

2016’s Top Ten Tech Cars – IEEE Spectrum

April 23, 2016

volvo xc90 makes list

http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/advanced-cars/2016s-top-ten-tech-cars

Make Google Drive Absolutely Awesome with These Tools

April 18, 2016

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-google-drive-absolutely-awesome-tools

Google Search Technique Aided N.Y. Dam Hacker in Iran

April 10, 2016

Google Search Technique Aided NY Dam Hacker in Iran
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-search-technique-aided-n-y-dam-hacker-in-iran-1459122543 Appears to be ‘#Google dorking,’ using operators like inurl:

Cypherpunks Write Code » American Scientist

April 1, 2016

Cypherpunks Write Code
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/cypherpunks-write-code Describes a mailing list at the origin of #PGP & @wikileaks

Security Now 543 LostPass | TWiT

April 1, 2016

Lostpass https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/543 … Describes a subtle #phishing attack on @LastPass but still ends up strongly endorsing the program

https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-543.pdf

Security Now 493 TOR: Not so Anonymous | TWiT

March 24, 2016

TOR: Not so Anonymous https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/493 Illustrates how traffic stats & metadata are more important for Security Now than #encryption

Picasa Blog: Moving on from Picasa

March 19, 2016

Moving on from #Picasa
http://GooglePhotos.blogspot.com/2016/02/moving-on-from-picasa.html Another highly used software falling out of fashion, disrupting many users’ workflows

Moving on to Lightroom?

Another example of Geek Chic:
http://www.SFChronicle.com/Opinion/openforum/article/Going-beyond-geek-chic-CeBIT-6883249.php?t=a28a0bfcd600af33be&cmpid=twitter-premium

Learn Different – The New Yorker

March 14, 2016

Learn Different
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/altschools-disrupted-education An “AltSchool” for kids (not a Mooc) where all is filmed & analyzed. A prep-school for #1984 in ’16.

Annals of Technology MARCH 7, 2016 ISSUE

Learn Different

Silicon Valley disrupts education.

BY REBECCA MEAD

Seen from the outside, AltSchool Brooklyn, a private school that opened in Brooklyn Heights last fall, does not look like a traditional educational establishment. There is no….