Google automatically rejects all resumes with any typographical error
Google automatically rejects any resume with a typographical or spelling error. That is, apparently, up to 58% of resumes.
TSA Air Marshal program puts ordinary travelers under intense scrutiny and monitors their every move
Ordinary people in the U.S. became targets of a bizarre, Orwellian TSA surveillance program.
How your phone’s location history is used against you
The FBI recently demanded from Google the data about all people using location services within a 100-acre area in Portland, Maine, as part of an investigation into a series of…
Lenovo Mirage Camera With Daydream VR180 Review
VR 180 cameras that shoot 3D may create a resurgence in 3D interest. VR viewers, including devices like "Google Cardboard" viewers, make VR and VR 3D widely accessible.
IEEE developing standard to rate the Trustworthiness of News Sites
The IEEE is working a standard to rate the trustworthiness of online news sources that are frequently shared on social media.
Google admits turning off ‘location history’ does nothing
Turning off Location Services in Android has no effect on Google's data collection. They still track you everywhere you go.
The reason Google tracks your location, everywhere you go
We now know that even with Location Services disabled, Google still tracks and records your every move. The data is collected, ostensibly, for targeted advertising. An advertiser could request thei……
San Francisco proposes to ban tech company free lunches
San Francisco has proposed banning company provided cafeterias and meals as a way to force workers to use independent restaurants. The ban would grandfather existing company meal services but new…
Our temporary foreign work visas have turned into “spy visas”?
Silicon valley's widespread use of temporary tech workers imported from other countries could be fostering widespread industrial spying for the benefit of foreign adversaries.
FDA hit with one quarter million fake comments to proposed rules
More than a quarter million comments submitted to the Food and Drug Administration about flavored vapor products were fake, according to a watchdog group. Source: FDA hit with bot-generated wave…
Data mining enables many companies to discern your health conditions
Data brokers compile health and frailty profiles that have wide-ranging applications for drug companies, advertisers, insurers and other buyers. Source: How bits of captured data paint a stealth portrait of…
“Open office” floor plans decrease interaction, may lower productivity
Many companies have moved from individual offices or cubicles to open floor spaces, removing doors and presumed barriers to interaction. A study that tracked workers before conversion to open offices,…
Ham radio emergency communications influenced Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit
When a blizzard knocked out lines and plunged his father’s customers into darkness in 1937, young Jack watched as his dad enlisted local hams to coordinate repairs. That so much…
How your phone is used to track you as you move through a store
Ultrasound “beacons” are set up in various locations such as within stores. Apps that run on smart phones are constantly listening for ultrasound beacons (which are emitted above the audible…
FAA restrictions may make flying difficult or impossible for many #drones #quadcopters
Note – this post is from 2018. Much has changed since then. The FAA began using LAANC to get authorizations, where possible, for flight within various controlled airspace scenarios. Since…