Thursday, August 06, 2015
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Federal Appeals Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act
"Conservative 5th Circuit rules that Rick Perry's voter suppression law is unconstitutional."
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
What you need to know about artificial intelligence, and the imminent robot future
"The immediate threat, experts warn, comes in the form of autonomous weapons -- military machines capable of killing without permission from a human. From unmanned planes to missile defence systems to sentry robots, we've already got military hardware that functions with very little input from a human mind.
Groups such as the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots say we're inching ever closer to closing the loop, and letting machines handle our killing for us -- a scenario that's legally, pragmatically, and of course ethically, problematic.
The less sensationally named Future of Life Institute only days agopublished an open letter signed by hundreds of AI researchers and famous tech personalities, warning, "If any major military power pushes ahead with AI weapon development, a global arms race is virtually inevitable, and the endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow."
How Microsoft Edge beats Internet Explorer
The edge for Edge
"The good news is that you'll actually want to give it a try. The best thing about Edge is that it's not "Internet Explorer 12;" it's a complete reboot, with some nice modern tools and worthy additions, the best of which are highlighted below."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)