Editorial
AI aspiring to be human, humans transforming into machines: Art explores transhumanism
Amending the human body with technology might help us to survive and adapt to changing environments. But is there a limit to the human desire to “play God?” Artists from Lithuania dive into the idea of transhumanism, and what it means to be human in the world of AI.
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The passing of Kevin Mitnick: behind the eyes of a hacker
Mitnick’s exploits taught every hacker that there’s no limit to what curiosity and ingenuity can achieve.
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Sentient AI will never exist via machine learning alone
Unless it can replicate the natural processes of evolution, AI will never be truly self-aware, says academic and computer expert.
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How to identify manipulated images
We’re in the midst of a digital image manipulation revolution. That’s to say, image retouching and manipulation apps have taken a quantum leap from previous generations to provide users with seamless autonomy.
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Infrastructure at risk: can trains be hacked?
Interfering with supply chains, ransomware attacks, causing accidents – what risks do cybercriminals pose to the railway industry? With rising political tensions, cybercriminals might be attacking critical infrastructures, and railways are potential targets, warns a cybersecurity expert.
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Whoop-whoop: It’s the sound of the police extracting your data
The French parliament made waves last week when it allowed police to remotely activate cameras on citizens’ phones and other connected devices. But other countries have been doing this – and more – for some time now.
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Book review: neurotech aims to read your mind – and more
Companies and governments already surveil us through our laptops and smartphones. But at least we have our thoughts to ourselves, right? For now, a new book warns.
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Kick vs. Twitch: the battle of the streaming titans
Kick and Threads are ripping up the rulebook, sparking a tech clone war, and reshaping the digital engagement landscape. Will these transformative platforms redefine the future or simply reiterate the past?
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Causal AI: rewriting the rules of artificial intelligence
Venturing beyond traditional 'black box' AI, we explore the emerging domain of Causal AI, which promises to revolutionize decision-making processes across every industry.
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Musk vs. Zuckerberg (and why women avoid the tech industry)
Elon Musk's lawyers sent a cease and desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg and Meta for copying Twitter's social networking platform and stealing employees to launch its rival Threads app. But the real story playing out on social media is much more than just two tech moguls having a spat.
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What happens to your digital life when you pass away?
With numerous accounts across multiple platforms, modern life is digital. But what about death? Tech companies are trying to deal with it, but users are often left in uncertainty.
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Having a hacktivism ethos while mitigating unethical sabotage
It took me serving over a decade in federal prison as the first person in US history convicted for corrupting industrial control systems to reflect on my cyberattacks.
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Tech and me: earn my trust and we can be friends
I’m definitely not a late adopter of new technology. I’m just trying to be careful and curb my enthusiasm, so to speak, since all these friendly-seeming gadgets need to earn my trust first.
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AI: bridging or broadening the gap for disabled and older people
Can AI deliver on its promise of a more inclusive future, or will it exclude the ones who need it the most? Let’s dive into the complexities of AI's dual role as a potential catalyst for inclusion and a source of discrimination for the elderly and people with disabilities.
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Idea of separate US Cyber Force raises eyebrows
The prospect of an independent Cyber Force within the US military might be assessed in Washington soon. However, experts aren’t sure that this is the right time to commit to reorganization.
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Cybernews podcast #06: Decoding Black Mirror: Demon 79 arises, Boney M. style
The final episode of the new season of Black Mirror contains no innovative technology whatsoever. Despite this, Demon 79 is still great as an homage.
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The living dead: the rise of AI griefbots in China
Welcome to an era where the recently departed speak through algorithms. Journey with us through the astonishing yet ethically challenging landscape of AI 'resurrections' transforming grief, memory, and mortality in China and beyond.
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Cybernews podcast #05. Decoding Black Mirror: Mazey Day could have been a lot better
“Mazey Day,” wiping the dust off decades-old criticism of paparazzi ethics, was, at first, a snooze fest for me. But then Charlie Brooker brought a werewolf onboard.
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Cybernews podcast #04. Decoding Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea, where machines live better lives than people
In Charlie Brooker’s dystopian world “Beyond the Sea,” people seem to live lesser lives than robots.
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Cybernews podcast #03. Decoding Black Mirror: the Loch Henry monsters
The second installment of Black Mirror’s sixth season depicts a ghoulish digital media that’s out of control. Watching it made me ponder the unthinkable: perhaps authoritarianism isn’t such a bad idea after all.
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