Quantum Computing Takes a Big Step Forward
I remember quantum mechanics from college. We learned about Schrodinger’s and his cat (I remember something about a cat being both alive and dead inside of the box at the same time.) And we learned...
View ArticleForget Mega-Corporations, Here’s The Mega-Network
Yes the brain implants are coming. One had better get used to this fact. But it probably won’t be put there by tech developed by a megacorporation. It is more likely that the chip will be developed by...
View ArticleHow the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
It may still. Tech is arguably the most important industry in the United States. We lead the world. No other country churns out Apples and Googles and Facebooks the way we can. But the NSA has...
View ArticleMilitary may soon be Google’s biggest customer
I am a big fan of Google generally. I think Gmail is a fantastic product, same for Google Earth, Google Translate, and many other programs I use all the time. Not to mention the search engine which...
View ArticleEFF: Will Obama Hit the Mark on Real NSA Reform?
On Friday President Obama will list some changes to NSA domestic spying policy. Will any real headway be made in reigning in the agency? We have our doubts. But one can always hope for the best. From...
View ArticleObama’s Greatest Challenge: A Jobs Policy for the Tech Age
It’s not just Obama’s challenge, it’s a challenge for the country and for the world. As more and more jobs are automated how will we as societies handle this? Will we rush to restrict commerce and...
View ArticleData wars begin in earnest, AT&T cuts rates, challenges challengers
One of the beautiful things about data is that it gets less expensive with time. This vital commodity for the “digital revolution” is more and more readily available. AT&T just furthered this...
View ArticleEFF and ACLU Lawsuit Against LAPD, License Plate Readers Begins
Is privacy just dead? Or can we revive at least some of it? From BenSwann.com Last Friday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California...
View ArticleWhy A Decentralized, Digital Economy Is A Magnet For Innovation
Decentralized, open sourced economic action is the way forward. Instead of the centralized and highly hierarchical economic models of the 20th Century, the 21st Century (or at least much of the 21st...
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