By Lee Rickwood
The country is ill-prepared for the future.
That’s the concerning essence of a Canadian government report on autonomous and connected cars that acknowledges its own regulation and coordination hasn’t kept up with industry’s pedal-to-the-metal approach.
by Lee Rickwood
A new privacy protection tool uses artificial intelligence to analyze privacy policies, giving information about the types of data a website collects, what that site does with the data, and what if anything a user can do about it.
by Lee Rickwood
Recognizing its value is one of the best ways to protect our personal data. And we could get paid for it at the same time!
by Lee Rickwood
Million Short entered the search space by offering a new search engine that gives users filters and functions not available from the large, dominant search providers.
by Lee Rickwood
The type of information someone might want to be de-indexed or taken down is well, rather broad: from social ratings sites and revenge porn postings to arrest citations and mugshots to nasty reports about our teachers or our shopping experiences by disgruntled consumers or students.
by Lee Rickwood
We may be our own last line of defence against fake news and purposeful social manipulation. That puts our media literacy, cognitive skills and critical thinking abilities to a real test. Severely tested, too, will be our economic skills and abilities. Fake news is cheap; real information and investigative journalism is expensive.
by Lee Rickwood
Protection against computer hacking, smartphone tracking and a nasty new entity known as the “evil maid” is available with new applications for mobile and desktop users.
Here are some of the gift-worthy smart home gadgets and accessories that have caught my eye this year.