International News Hits the Dark Web

Nov 1, 2019 | BBC, Big Tech, Business, Censorship, Government, Internet, Networking, News, Politics, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, safety, spying, Surveillance, Technology, Tracking

International News Hits the Dark Web   Privacy is paramount, and it is one reason that the US government designed and implemented the TOR project. Now there is another reason, and that is preventing censorship of thought. That is the main reason that major...

Facebook Ads Urge Its Staff To Leak Secrets

Dec 1, 2018 | Facebook, Facebook, Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Social Networking, Technology

Facebook Ads Urge Its Staff To Leak Secrets A campaign group advocating the break-up of Facebook has subverted the social network’s advertising tools to tempt its employees into leaking information.Freedom from Facebook says it targeted ads at the technology...

The world’s hottest borehole promises to unleash masses of energy from the Earth

Jan 7, 2017 | Radio Show

The world’s hottest borehole promises to unleash masses of energy from the Earth If you want to generate power by tapping the heat from beneath our feet, what better way than to drill an outrageously deep hole into a volcano? That’s what’s currently happening in...

Another Apple Maps Failure

Sep 25, 2013 | GPS

Another Apple Maps Failure Fairbanks International Airport told a local newspaper that in the past three weeks two motorists had driven along the taxiway and across one of its runways. Apple‘s app had directed users along the taxiway but did not specifically tell them...

Here Comes Advertising’s Next Big Step: Advertisements That Track Your Eyes

May 11, 2013 | Advertising

Here Comes Advertising’s Next Big Step: Advertisements That Track Your Eyes An advertising system which is able to track your eye movements while you shop has been created by researchers based at Lancaster University. The Sideways project uses software to locate...