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In-Q-Tel taps Forge.AI to monitor, predict impact of world events for govt agencies

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The defense and intelligence community funding arm, In-Q-Tel, partners with Boston-based Forge.AI to make sense of publicly available data for...

Business Technology

In-Q-Tel partners with Outlier.ai to identify unexpected patterns in govt data sets

Tim Hinchliffe7 months ago

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US intelligence community funding arm In-Q-Tel (IQT) announces a strategic partnership with Outlier to identify unexpected patterns in government agency...

Business Technology

In-Q-Tel taps cloud security expert Sysdig to modernize govt agencies

Tim Hinchliffe7 months ago

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Barely a month after announcing a new approach to cloud visibility and security, Sysdig is tapped by the Intelligence Community...

intelligence community ai-human translation lilt

Business Technology

In-Q-Tel partners with AI-human translation company Lilt

Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago

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The CIA's investment arm In-Q-Tel partners with AI-human translation company Lilt to offer US government agencies a high-quality solution for enterprise...

Business Technology

CIA venture arm In-Q-Tel invests in VR, AR intelligence, collaboration platform

Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago

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In-Q-Tel (IQT), the venture arm of the CIA, makes a strategic investment in Immersive Wisdom, whose VR, AR, and MR...

Technology

Molar Mic company wins DoD multimillion dollar contract

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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With previous funding from In-Q-Tel, the company behind the Molar Mic dental radio for military pilots, Sonitus Technologies, is awarded a...

Technology

Why does Israeli spy agency Mossad invest in startups via Libertad Ventures?

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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The Mossad spy agency of Israel is expected to make another open call to invest in startups through its VC...

Technology

How Tech Companies are Combating Terrorist Propaganda

Sam Brake Guia2 years ago

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Roughly 850 people have left the UK to support ISIS, according to the BBC. One of the driving forces behind ISIS’...

Mobile

CIA-backed Pokemon GO a no-go in China due to security threat

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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China's state censor says it will not license Pokemon GO until it has a chance to evaluate the security risks...

Business

What CIA-backed Palantir’s lawsuit against investor says about company culture

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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A lawsuit filed by Silicon Valley's most secretive startup against an early investor is evidence of a covert company culture steeped...

Technology

CIA-backed, NSA-approved Pokemon GO users give away all privacy rights

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Pokemon GO users swept up in the phenomenon are willingly giving away their rights to privacy by agreeing to download...

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.

The internet is full of trolls. This is nothing new. However, the tactics used by trolls can go way further than stupid comments on YouTube, and doxxing is an example of this.

If you are not familiar with the term doxxing, it is the publishing of private or identifying information, such as a home or work address, about a particular individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. While this might sound outright illegal, as it stands the law surrounding doxxing is limited and vague.

To get a better understanding of where the US law stands on this issue, what the future of doxxing might look like, and how you should respond if you are a victim, we are joined by Joseph Hoelscher, a criminal defense attorney and Managing Attorney of a Texas law firm, Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC, who has worked on multiple doxxing cases in the past, from both sides, as clients who were charged with online harassment and with clients who were the victims of doxxing.

And for our side piece today, we have Computer Says LOL, where we have a stand-up comedy bit from Don McMillan, a technology engineer turned stand up comedian.