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US intelligence wants to monitor planetwide ‘construction’ sites from space

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The US intelligence community is looking for proposals for an IARPA program that monitors planetwide "anthropogenic activities" such as construction...

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DARPA tests its chemical threat sensors at the Indy 500

Pat Rabbitte7 months ago

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

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DARPA-backed researchers can ‘see’ around corners with new sensing method

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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With partial funding from DARPA, researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) discover how to "see" around corners with...

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Archaeology turns to tech for uncovering lost civilizations, shipwrecks and history

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Archaeology is undergoing a golden age of discovery thanks to advances in tech such as LiDAR, smart sensors, and aerial...

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Indian entrepreneur creates virtual rehab through physical therapy gamification

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After enduring a life-altering accident on a motorcycle, an entrepreneur in India set about to fix a broken industry where...

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MIT IoT Bootcamp Students Develop Solution to Save Lives in Turkey With Flood Monitoring

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Students at the MIT IoT Bootcamp develop a method to save lives in Turkey utilizing wireless sensor technology to monitor...

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Sensoro is Exploding the IoT With Cutting-Edge Sensor, Beacon Technology

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Microsoft Accelerator graduate, Sensoro, is exploding the IoT with the most advanced beacon and sensor technology available on the planet. Sensoro,...

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.