Historians believe we have started a fourth industrial revolution where physical, digital and biological worlds will merge to form the basis of a new economy. One of the key elements of this transformation is the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT). Yet the IoT may create havoc […]
In ancient European lore, vampires cannot enter a home without being invited in. Once invited, they are free to pass at will, feasting on the inhabitants. Of course, this legend had a practical purpose – to teach the young and naïve not to invite strangers who might do […]
Most people have a warped and deeply unrealistic understanding of data security. There is no such thing as absolute security. For a thing to have value, you must be able to access the value – in effect, to use it. In order to use it, you must be […]
When will artificial intelligence develop aspirations? When will a robot yearn to have its own apartment? When will an AI that invented technology want to re-invest its earnings into better marketing for its product? When will an AI providing value to a company desire the pay and benefits […]
Last week the California legislature passed an important first step in protecting the American public from itself. The Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) helps fill a gap in U.S. healthcare privacy that most people don’t know exists. The Act places obligations on consumer companies that collect DNA samples […]
With consumers reluctant to use cash in the COVID-19 pandemic, a newer form of purchase financing has gained traction with retailers and payment providers. Purchasers are finding alternatives to building significant credit card debt, paying cash or pulling directly from existing accounts. Paypal has entered the ‘Point of […]
I am an advocate of providing law enforcement officers the newest technology to do their jobs well. If there is a recording of an event, the police should be able to use it. If a stingray can capture cell phone conversation, with appropriate procedural limitation, an officer should […]
On Tuesday I wrote about how Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney was engaging Apple on at least three battlefronts. I missed a battlefront and I’m here today to rectify that mistake. I mentioned Epic’s groundbreaking and lucrative product, the Unreal Engine, which can be downloaded on Github for […]
Tim Sweeney, the Colossus of Cary, is fighting even bigger foes – Apple and Google. The multibillionaire chief executive of Epic Games has opened a multi-front war on the tribute that app developers are forced to pay to reach smartphone users. On the first front, Epic offered app […]
The world just received the newest pronouncement from the EU Court of Justice, in a decision known as Schrems II, and the legal opinion extends the data war declared on the United States in the first Schrems decision. Interpreting these decisions together, European privacy regulators are beginning to […]
