Data is the currency of the 21st century – the denominator of contemporary value.
A surveillance company (defense contractor) that claims to have access to motor vehicle location data on a global scale says it wants to use that data to help U.S. federal…
After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many,…
iOS does not utilize built-in encryption measures as much as it could do, allowing for potentially unnecessary security vulnerabilities, according to cryptographers at Johns Hopkins University (via Wired). Using publicly…
A new combination of two older types of Android malware, which provides hackers with access to almost everything a user does on an Android smartphone, is up for sale on…
As data scientists how much should we care data privacy? Well more data means better models and less data means less accurate models. So in a sense the value we…
A new tool has been proposed for cloaking our true identities when photos are posted online to prevent profiling through facial recognition systems. Deep learning tools and facial recognition software…
His eyes fume from his Twitter profile: he is Hollywood-handsome with high cheekbones and dirty blond, collar-length hair. Next to his name is one of social media’s most prized possessions,…
First of all, a TikTok Ban is just plain un-American*. Russia bans apps when their leader doesn't like what people say on them. China bans apps when their leader doesn't…
OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open-source computer vision and machine learning software library. OpenCV was built to provide a common infrastructure for computer vision applications and to…
Today, the Portable Document Format (PDF) belongs to the most commonly used data formats. In 1990, the structure of a PDF document was defined by Adobe. The idea behind the…
