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The Future of DACA? Interview with Mike Galarza

Sam Brake Guia2 years ago

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The past year has been incredibly turbulent for Dreamers, as the future of DACA has been on a rollercoaster ride...

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US can now collect social media data on immigrants, citizens, and travelers

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) modifies the Privacy Act of 1974 to allow the collection of social media...

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How EdTech Innovation from Tech Giants Could Make a Real Change In the European Refugee Crisis

Taha Bawa3 years ago

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To better help the migrant crisis major tech companies should provide more EdTech solutions, so they can improve education and...

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Majority of Americans ignorantly blame illegal immigrants for unemployment

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Research from survey platform Pollfish has revealed that 51% of American adults blame illegal immigrants for the United States’ “sputtering...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

According to 99 firms, 293.6 billion emails are sent every day. That figure probably doesn’t surprise you given the number of emails sitting in your inbox, hundreds if not thousands… Right? But among these emails are numerous malicious emails, designed to trick, scam and hack.

These emails are known as phishing emails, which in its simplest form can be described as a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

But there is good news, as we now have a guardian angel ready to look out for us. My guest today is the president and founder of Pixm, a company that provides real-time anti-phishing on log-in pages and shuts down an attack at the point of click, Arun Buduri.

And for our Neuron to Something piece, where we discuss a story relating to psychology and technology, we will look at a recent Pew Research Center survey, analyzing Americans’ feelings and perceptions relating to data collection.

Video from Buduri: Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’