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Welcome to the machine: SIRI is listening to you having sex!

Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, or “grading”, the company’s Siri voice assistant, the Guardian has learned! Source for the information: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-confidential-details-on-siri-recordings MORE.. An  anonymous current company insider and whistleblower told The Guardian: “There have been countless instances of recordings … Read moreWelcome to the machine: SIRI is listening to you having sex!

Error 404: Visualizing The Internet’s Digital Decay

Error 404: Visualizing The Internet’s Digital Decay : Perhaps more urgent are public records that live in the digital realm. Supreme Court decisions and academia lean heavily on citations to build their arguments. What happens when those citations simply vanish? A Harvard study found that 49% of the hyperlinks in Supreme Court decisions are now broken. Even … Read moreError 404: Visualizing The Internet’s Digital Decay

Flickr and Tumblr Users With AT&T Emails Are About to Lose Access to Their Accounts. ON JUNE 30! This week!

Flickr and Tumblr Users With AT&T Emails Are About to Lose Access to Their Accounts. ON JUNE 30! This week!: Verizon-owned social media platform Tumblr, along with a laundry list of other Yahoo services, is potentially locking users out of their accounts due to an ending partnership between Yahoo and AT&T, according to Techcrunch. If … Read moreFlickr and Tumblr Users With AT&T Emails Are About to Lose Access to Their Accounts. ON JUNE 30! This week!

Hacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes!

Hacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes!: In a statement Friday, Netflix said: “We are aware of the situation. A production vendor used by several major TV studios had its security compromised and the appropriate law enforcement authorities are involved.” It’s not clear what impact the theft and piracy of one … Read moreHacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes!

THE PITTS:  iHeartRadio may not survive!

scarystoriestouploadinthedark: ….and the company is the one saying it.. This coming from an industry publication MARKETWATCH.. The money quote:  iHeartMedia Inc., the biggest operator of radio stations in the U.S. and headed by Bob Pittman of MTV fame, plans to include language in its next quarterly report warning investors that it may not survive another … Read moreTHE PITTS:  iHeartRadio may not survive!

Google is teaching search algorithms to better spot offensive, factually incorrect results

Google is teaching search algorithms to better spot offensive, factually incorrect results: Raters now have access to a new “Upsetting-Offensive” flag which Google says should be used in the following instances: Content that promotes hate or violence against a group of people based on criteria including (but not limited to) race or ethnicity, religion, gender, … Read moreGoogle is teaching search algorithms to better spot offensive, factually incorrect results

Psychologists warn constant email notifications are ‘toxic source of stress’ .. MORE:  A culture has developed where people must feel they are constantly available for work, study reveals

Agreed..Agreed.Agreed Psychologists warn constant email notifications are ‘toxic source of stress’ .. MORE:  A culture has developed where people must feel they are constantly available for work, study reveals