Bigbrother

11.22.18

Gadgetry

Chinese facial recognition system confuses bus ad with a jaywalker

It illustrates one of the many issues with China's surveillance culture.

By J. Fingas, 11.22.18

05.07.15

Electronic mini-city comments on the dangers of surveillance

Nervous about the rise of a surveillance culture, where both companies and governments seem hell-b...

By J. Fingas, 05.07.15

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06.24.14

What's on your HDTV this week: World Cup, 'Big Brother' and 'The Leftovers'

This week the World Cup moves on from Group play to the Round of 16, and the USMNT can book a trip...

By R. Lawler, 06.24.14

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01.01.14

US judge rules warrantless gadget searches at the border aren't unconstitutional

A United States district judge has ruled that gadget searches upon crossing into the US aren't a b...

By T. Seppala, 01.01.14

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07.04.13

France reportedly has its own PRISM-like data surveillance system

The US isn't the only western country with an all-seeing digital eye... at least, according to Le...

By J. Fingas, 07.04.13

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05.08.13

Indian government launches Central Monitoring System, watches citizens' calls, emails and internet activity

A new system for monitoring almost everything that's going on inside India's telecoms network has...

By M. Smith, 05.08.13

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11.29.12

Chinese state media accuses Cisco of helping US spies, sees turnabout as fair play

We get the impression China isn't very happy that the names of Huawei and ZTE are being dragged th...

By J. Fingas, 11.29.12

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09.19.12

UAV Lifeguards to patrol Australian beaches, Hasselhoff given notice

Look, up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane -- it's... a lifeguard? Aiming to keep a robotic ey...

By M. Hearn, 09.19.12

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08.08.12

Indian official claims BlackBerry eavesdropping standoff is 'heading towards a resolution'

Oh, bureaucracies, the fun in dealing with them is that you're told exactly what they want you to...

By Z. Lutz, 08.08.12

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05.23.12

Oxford makes big push into Bigfoot research, enlists Swiss zoologists for DNA study

The search for Bigfoot continues and, no, that's not a nod to a very special episode of Unsolved M...

By J. Volpe, 05.23.12

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Bigbrother

Chinese facial recognition system confuses bus ad with a jaywalker

Electronic mini-city comments on the dangers of surveillance

What's on your HDTV this week: World Cup, 'Big Brother' and 'The Leftovers'

US judge rules warrantless gadget searches at the border aren't unconstitutional

France reportedly has its own PRISM-like data surveillance system

Indian government launches Central Monitoring System, watches citizens' calls, emails and internet activity

Chinese state media accuses Cisco of helping US spies, sees turnabout as fair play

UAV Lifeguards to patrol Australian beaches, Hasselhoff given notice

Indian official claims BlackBerry eavesdropping standoff is 'heading towards a resolution'

Oxford makes big push into Bigfoot research, enlists Swiss zoologists for DNA study

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