Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Meme Could Train Facial Recognition Algorithms On Age Progression, Age Recognition
If you've spent any time on social media lately, you've probably noticed a trend where users are posting their then-and-now profile pictures, mostly from 10 years ago and this year. While this "10 Year Challenge" appears harmless, founder of KO Insights and the author of Tech Humanist, Kate O'Neill, says all this data "could be mined to train… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 9:40 pmPwn2Own Contest Will Pay $900,000 For Hacks That Exploit Tesla's Model 3
The Model 3 will be entered into Pwn2Own this year, the first time a car has been included in the annual high-profile hacking contest. The prize for the winning security researchers: a Model 3. TechCrunch reports: Pwn2Own, which is in its 12th year and run by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, is known as one of the industry's toughest hacking… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 8:05 pmHackers Broke Into An SEC Database and Made Millions From Inside Information, Says DOJ
Federal prosecutors unveiled charges in an international stock-trading scheme that involved hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR corporate filing system. "The scheme allegedly netted $4.1 million for fraudsters from the U.S., Russia and Ukraine," reports CNBC. "Using 157 corporate earnings announcements, the group was able… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 7:45 pmApple Maps Gooses DuckDuckGo In Search Privacy Partnership
Search engine DuckDuckGo now displays location information from Apple Maps in its search results. "DuckDuckGo now uses Apple Maps both for small maps in location-related search results and for larger, interactive search results that appear in a separate maps tab," reports CNET. "That replaces a combination including MapBox, OpenStreetMap and… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 7:25 pm'Mona Lisa Effect' Is Real But Doesn't Apply To Leonardo's Painting
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: There have long been anecdotal reports that the eyes of the Mona Lisa -- Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting -- sometimes seem to follow viewers as they move around the artwork. The phenomenon is even called the "Mona Lisa effect" because of it. But a new study… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 6:45 pmA Supercomputer In a 19th Century Church Is 'World's Most Beautiful Data Center'
Slashdot reader dmoberhaus. From the report: Heralded as the "most beautiful data center in the world," the MareNostrum supercomputer came… Read More »
Posted on 15 January 2019 | 6:03 pm