The Switch: Innovations: Society has outgrown privacy, just like it did chivalry

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Innovations: Society has outgrown privacy, just like it did chivalry In the digital age, it's not only government agencies and Silicon Valley companies spying on us or Attempting to monetize our date -. It's our smart TVs and our futuristic cars And, once the Internet of Things gets fully connected, you can finally say goodbye to privacy, the just about any device will have the ability to eavesdrop on our conversations and report data in real-time. Privacy, once the right, is now not even the social norm.   Read full article »

Innovations: The tune changed on diversity

When Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, commented that women shouldnt have faith in the system to give Them They deserve the raises, he Knew he had misspoken. His words at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, last October, Caused immediate outrage. In an email exchange with me after he left the stage, he wrote: "I just casette the wrong and terrible answer to the question today. I blew the context completely and casette career advice general. I take equal pay for equal work - and an environment where women are comfortable to ask for a raise -. Given the the The real lesson for me is that the the leader I need to talk / act on this issue vs. general words of encouragement and advice. "   Read full article »

PSA: Dating Apps can give you viruses, too.

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, Which means there's probably that flood of people hitting dating this week sites to find the right person with Whom to shopping spend spending Their Saturday.What of you on Valentine's Day is up to you, of course. But here's a friendly reminder tech: viruses are not only the real-world dating problem.   Read full article »

Vegas's new bet on grabbing millennials: Turning slots into video games

Millennials love Las Vegas, but they're far less enamored with the casino world's hyper-profitable lifeblood, slot machines. So to hook young visitors back onto pulling the lever, the kings of the Strip are betting on a new strategy: making gambling look like a video game.   Read full article »

Innovations: Forget praying for world peace, ask for self-driving cars.

Hypothetically, let's say you could go back in time to 1900 and the one thing to save millions of lives. What would you of? Constrained to one wish, you might ask for world peace. It Seems like an obvious and easy choice. But During the four deadliest wars the United States Fought in the 20th century, 39 percent more Americans Were dying in motor vehicles.   Read full article »

Innovations: Britain to test the self-driving car on public sidewalks

The race to fill our roads with self-driving cars continues. On Wednesday, Transport Systems Catapult, British innovation agency, unveiled self-driving an electric vehicle that will begin transporting people around Milton Keynes, a town 50 miles outside London.   Read full article »

The Switchboard: Judge sides with NSA warrantless search in case Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.Judge rules for NSA warrantless search in the major advocates case.Privacy Suffered setback Tuesday When the judge sided with the National Security Agency in the long-running Jewel v. NSA case. "US District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California wrote the plaintiffs failed to establish themselves Themselves cool standing to Pursue a claim that the government violated the Fourth Amendment," Reported Dan Levine at Reuters.   Read full article »

Your browser may soon force you to connect to Securely some US government Web sites

In recent years many tech companies have taken an extra step to protect the privacy of users by having Their Their services default to encryption, Which is signified by a little lock icon in most browsers and the changing of HTTP at the beginning of the Web address to . HTTPS The encryption Creates a sort of digital tunnel between the user and the Web site -. prying eyes blocking from being able to see or manipulate the date it is the Transmitted around the world   Read full article »

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