Sunday 31 December 2017

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Daily update 31 December 2017
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So what will the biggest tech trends of 2018 be, and how will our lives change, accordingly? 1. AI permeation. Artificial intelligence (AI), largely manifesting through machine learning algorithms, isn't just getting better. It isn't just getting more funding. It's being incorporated into a more diverse range of ...
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But this ad-hoc information sharing won't last and tech has already shown that it knows the best way to bury bad news is in plain sight. Following the Snowden revelations, when the world learned the extent of the US national security apparatus and how it was applied to the tech world, companies ...
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Many trends, in particular the convergence of multiple technologies which are improving exponentially, continue. Climate change will continue to be a most pressing issue, especially as we eat our way through our carbon budget. As Bill Gates said, "Most people overestimate what they can do in one ...
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In his recently published book, Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico, Wolfe examines Mexican land and water distribution from the 1920s to the 1960s through such an envirotech lens. He argues that the efforts to redistribute resources were ...
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It has replaced the fingerprint ('Touch ID') technology on phones we've all been using for the last couple of years. It's a very solid bet that we'll see it introduced on new versions of lower-tier iPhones, iPads and maybe even MacBooks. If the whole idea freaks you out, don't worry; you can turn the ...
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Artificial intelligence boomed this year like few other areas in tech, but despite the scientific breakthroughs, glut of funding, and new products rolling out to consumers, the field has problems that can't be ignored. Some of these, like company-driven hype and sensationalist headlines, need better ...
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The sector has already seen a sharp acceleration in development over the past 12 months with the Government backing the technology in the last Budget - promising fully driverless cars on the roads within three years. The first street trials have already been successfully completed by UK Autodrive, who ...
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The UK's security minister has called technology companies "ruthless profiteers", in the latest broadside by a government figure against Silicon Valley groups. Ben Wallace told the Sunday Times that Facebook, Google and others were forcing the UK to spend "hundreds of millions of pounds" on extra ...
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It's held back by outdated technology at the Internal Revenue Service. New legislation would change this. The IRS Data Verification Modernization Act of 2017, recently introduced in Congress by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), would set up an application programming ...
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Just because one is a writer about "tech", it doesn't follow automatically that one embraces the lot. And I regret to say that the hottest trends 2018 holds for tech are in areas that I find both frightening and risible. Using just one craze to serve as synecdoche, all you need to know about what is wrong with ...
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