The PBS Idea Channel explored the net neutrality subject of ISP reclassification to be considered public utilities. It's a loaded, game-changing topic and I think it goes hand-in-hand with the definition of broadband. What bandwidth speed is fast enough to utilize the Internet? Perhaps more importantly, what monthly data cap should be considered sufficient to use the … [Read more...]
DEFCON documentary
DEFCON: The Documentary is a film that came out last year covering the 2012 DEFCON convention, the world's largest hacking convention. The documentary is nearly 2 hours long shows a variety of what goes on at DEFCON beyond the stories and high profile hacks that might make it into the news. The documentary is streaming freely on YouTube on The Documentary Network channel and is … [Read more...]
How Facebook advertisers can target you [infographic]
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Updated 06/21/17 This infographic might have been built to assist advertisers find their target audience but I think it also helps the everyday person understand how they are targeted and what privacy they could be giving up. I like to think of Facebook not as a "social advertising platform", but rather as the world's largest media channel married to the world's largest … [Read more...]
Microsoft explains quantum computing with Station Q
Microsoft has made a video to help explain quantum computing to the everyday person. It explains how quantum physics and computer science overlap so that one day they might be able to solve problems in a couple of minutes that would take today's computers years and years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg8iCnQTLfM A full write-up of Microsoft's investment in quantum … [Read more...]
McAfee warns of toxic superheroes
It used to be a more common practice of the big antivirus companies where they would rank top actresses to find which took you to the most malware-rigged pages. You could search the Web for that actress and so many of the search engine results would take you to bad pages using that keyword. In this case, McAfee has ranked Marvel and DC superheroes based on how many are used to … [Read more...]