Are Privacy Policies the greatest threat facing the future of the Internet?

We have a major problem with privacy policies. Purple, a UK WiFi hotspot provider, hid a “Community Service Clause” into its service agreements. 22,000 people at coffee shops and restaurants across the UK agreed to 1,000 hours of menial labor when they signed onto use Purple’s WiFi. The labor included cleaning local parks of animal… Continue reading Are Privacy Policies the greatest threat facing the future of the Internet?

6 Fascinating, New Ways AI was Used in June 2019

These past few weeks have been exciting for future-thinkers like me because of the entirely novel ways that AI is being introduced and used in society. Although I’m a fan of following and talking about the continued progress of something meaningful – it’s also refreshing to get an onslaught of new ideas. Without further ado…… Continue reading 6 Fascinating, New Ways AI was Used in June 2019

New advancement in AI brings us closer to human-machine collaboration. Are we ready?

What does it mean for humans and machines to collaborate? Naturally, the images of robotic arms in an auto assembly line and Amazon’s warehouse floor where Roomba-like robots move products around come to mind. Both scenarios have humans and machines working together. But they aren’t necessarily collaborating. The machine has a rigid path or capability… Continue reading New advancement in AI brings us closer to human-machine collaboration. Are we ready?

Are you curious why Facebook announced a cryptocurrency today?

I cannot think of a technology that has gone through more tumult and re-identification than cryptocurrency. From being pegged as the bad-influence technology that enables illicit transactions on the web, to becoming the get-rich-quick scheme on CNBC, to then becoming another instance of overhyped technology, seriously, crypto has been through it all. Along this wild… Continue reading Are you curious why Facebook announced a cryptocurrency today?

Your apps can incriminate you. Just ask these 600 soccer fans

Nobody likes a snitch. They are seen in movies and in public as the lowest of the lows. Should we view technological snitches in the same way? Well, what’s a technological snitch, you might ask? Spain’s top soccer league, La Liga, was fined €250,000 ($280,000) by the country’s data protection agency for monitoring its Android… Continue reading Your apps can incriminate you. Just ask these 600 soccer fans

Congress held a Committee on Deepfakes. Here’s what they said

A lie can go halfway around the world before the truth can get its shoes on. What can we do to slow down these lies? This was the major theme at the House Intelligence Hearing on National Security Risks of Artificial Intelligence, as Congress began wrapping its head around deepfakes – the imaging technique that… Continue reading Congress held a Committee on Deepfakes. Here’s what they said

How will we defend against Deepfakes – the greatest threat to our democracy?

Mary Meeker pointed out in her Annual Internet Trends Report that we’re spending an average of 6.3 hours a day on digital media. The opportunities to influence how people think via what they see, read, and hear online is vast. The problem, though, is that our digital media timelines are going to be increasingly tested… Continue reading How will we defend against Deepfakes – the greatest threat to our democracy?

Amazon won’t be the only one dominating the 2030 Subscription Economy

Nearly a year ago, Amazon launched The Subscription Box Store, which has steadily grown to offer a massive variety of more than 100 brand boxes – everything from Crayola packages to German Food samplers to beard treatment boxes. Amazon’s unique customer trust, proven Prime subscription service (with 100-million subscribers), access to nearly every product on… Continue reading Amazon won’t be the only one dominating the 2030 Subscription Economy