DARPA is turning soldiers’ skin into a mosquito repellent

6 years ago

Screw malaria pills, says DARPA; let's engineer your skin microbiome to keep those pesky mosquitoes and their rampant diseases at…

Your personal data is yours to sell

6 years ago

If personal data is big business, shouldn’t we be the ones getting paid for it?  We look at the options…

Unattended bots to take on govt jobs without ‘standard work hours’

6 years ago

Internal bots are a great success for organizations looking to speed up the organizational tasks, and soon unattended bots are…

Neurodivergents are the newest members of workplace diversity

6 years ago

Neurodiversity, a new trend in hiring is catching on. Companies across the world are leaning towards neurodiverse individuals because of…

DARPA tests its chemical threat sensors at the Indy 500

6 years ago

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announces the results of its chemical threat sensors it deployed at the Indy 500.…

Underage skin gambling on the rise

6 years ago

While skin gambling has been slowly becoming a problem on a global scale, especially for underage players, not much has…

The broadening appeal of synthetic speech use cases

6 years ago

Neuroscientists at University College San Francisco (UCSF) have created a brain-computer interface that can generate speech through brain activity.  It is…

Personal DNA tests expose relatives’ genetic data, third party interests

6 years ago

The curiosity of where we come from is the basis for research in many fields. DNA testing is thriving on…

Hospitals are keeping mum about drug-resistant superbugs in their ICUs

6 years ago

A fungal superbug called Candida auris has been preying on hundreds of people since it was discovered in 2009 in…

‘Privacy is a myth’: AI for surveillance startup Wobot CPO

6 years ago

Wobot Intelligence Chief Product Officer (CPO) Tanay Dixit talks with The Sociable about privacy in the age of mass surveillance from the…

Tech giants explore uncharted territories to diversify, chase growth

6 years ago

Big tech companies like Apple and Facebook are diversifying out of their comfort zones into new businesses to ensure growth…

Et tu, PDF? A cybercrook’s go-to for dodging your firewall

6 years ago

PDF files are not the trusted file format people believe them to be anymore. Data reveals that cybercriminals are using…

Your home could soon be part of a floating city

6 years ago

While concepts of populating the oceans by building cities that can float has been proposed several times before, this time,…

US military prepping robots for underground combat, emergencies

6 years ago

Use of underground tunnels and catacombs has often been used by terror outfits to render military technology above ground almost…

When private companies gain access to ‘classified space’

6 years ago

Powerful private players like Microsoft and Amazon have been working on building sensitive intelligence related tools for the government’s intelligence…

Should govt be transparent about its facial recognition use?

6 years ago

Government transparency in deploying facial recognition software could gain more acceptance among citizens than trying to use it behind their…

Assange detention: bitcoin donations to WikiLeaks Defense Fund surge

6 years ago

The detention of Julian Assange betrays the reality that governments and public institutions need to be made accountable.  It’s within…

Women entrepreneurs in STEM still find themselves cash strapped

6 years ago

While women continue to surge ahead in the field of business, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) still remains a…

Fusion, not fission, a way back for nuclear power?

6 years ago

A US Department of Energy study is published, indicating a major breakthrough in the process of creating power through nuclear…

Governments vs cyber criminals: which will prevail?

6 years ago

Government organizations around the world must prepare ahead for the omni-present threat of being shown up by cyber criminals. (more…)