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Augmented retail a new reality for the buying public

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Earlier this week, Jack Daniels announced that it was rolling out an augmented reality (AR) app to take consumers on a...

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How Americans prefer to drink (Infographic)

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Americans are not the most reserved when it comes to slamming down watery light-beer, but here is a beautiful infographic on...

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Twitter can now detect drunk Tweets just in time for St. Patrick’s Day

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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While most of the Irish diaspora throughout the world is slamming down Guinness and Jameson today, researchers have come up with...

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’