Tens of millions of Americans have either cripplingly slow or no internet at all. And the FCC’s shameful practices are making a bad situation worse. Powered by WPeMatico
How democracies can claim back power in the digital world
Should Twitter censor lies tweeted by the US president? Should YouTube take down covid-19 misinformation? Should Facebook do more against hate speech? Such questions, which crop up daily in media coverage, can make it seem as if the main technologically driven risk to democracies is the curation of content by social-media companies. Yet these controversies […]
Deepfake Putin is here to warn Americans about their self-inflicted doom
The news: Two political ads will broadcast on social media today, featuring deepfake versions of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Both deepfake leaders will be giving the same message: that America doesn’t need any election interference from them; it will ruin its democracy by itself. What are they for? Yes, […]
From chief technology officer to CEO
In the digital era, strong technology leadership correlates ever more closely with business revenue growth. Technology strategy, and the ability of chief technology officers to deliver it, is key to business success, not just for managing the performance and cost efficiency of enterprise technology, but to create the architecture and agility for new business models, […]
Why security experts are braced for the next election hack-and-leak
When the New York Times published its blockbuster scoop about President Donald Trump’s tax returns, a lot of cybersecurity experts had traumatic flashbacks to four years ago. Just a few weeks before the 2016 election, recordings were leaked of Trump on the set of Access Hollywood describing his strategy to sexually assault women. The news […]
A Ransomware Attack Has Struck a Major US Hospital Chain
“All computers are completely shut down,” one Universal Health Services employee told WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico
How to Watch the First 2020 Presidential Debate
Donald Trump and Joe Biden meet for the first time on a debate stage Tuesday night in Cleveland. Powered by WPeMatico
The technology that powers the 2020 campaigns, explained
Campaigns and elections have always been about data—underneath the empathetic promises to fix your problems and fight for your family, it’s a business of metrics. If a campaign is lucky, it will find its way through a wilderness of polling, voter attributes, demographics, turnout, impressions, gerrymandering, and ad buys to connect with voters in a […]
Apple’s Craig Federighi Explains How iPadOS 14’s Scribble Feature Was Developed
Earlier this month, Apple released iPadOS 14 to the public. Apple has always been very keen to position the iPad as a full-fledged computing machine. The iPadOS and powerful iPad Pro series have helped the iPad shape up as a computer replacement. One of the powerful features of iPadOS 14 is Scribble. The Scribble feature […]
There might be even more underground reservoirs of liquid water on Mars
Four underground reservoirs of water may be sitting below the south pole of Mars. The new findings, published today in Nature Astronomy, suggest Mars is home to even more deposits of liquid water than once thought. The background: In 2018, a group of Italian researchers used radar observations made by the European Space Agency’s Mars […]