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Slate.fr - Culture, politique, économie, tech, sciences, santé. Fortune. Human Microchipping: An Unbiased Look at the Pros and Cons. Thousands of people in Sweden are embedding microchips under their skin to replace ID cards. Consumers Embrace Biometrics Over Implants. The future is here to stay!

Consumers Embrace Biometrics Over Implants

New Zealand border cops warn travelers that without handing over electronic passwords 'You shall not pass!' Customs laws in New Zealand now allow border agents to demand travellers unlock their phones or face an NZ$5,000 (around US$3,300) fine.

New Zealand border cops warn travelers that without handing over electronic passwords 'You shall not pass!'

The law was passed during 2017 with its provisions coming into effect on October 1. The security conscious of you will also be pleased to know Kiwi officials still need a “reasonable” suspicion that there's something to find. As the country's minister of Justice Andrew Little explained to a parliamentary committee earlier this year: The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads. The ability to send thoughts directly to another person’s brain is the stuff of science fiction.

The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads

At least, it used to be. In recent years, physicists and neuroscientists have developed an armory of tools that can sense certain kinds of thoughts and transmit information about them into other brains. That has made brain-to-brain communication a reality. These tools include electroencephalograms (EEGs) that record electrical activity in the brain and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which can transmit information into the brain. NPR Choice page. The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work. It’s hard to build a service powered by artificial intelligence.

The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work

So hard, in fact, that some startups have worked out it’s cheaper and easier to get humans to behave like robots than it is to get machines to behave like humans. “Using a human to do the job lets you skip over a load of technical and business development challenges. It doesn’t scale, obviously, but it allows you to build something and skip the hard part early on,” said Gregory Koberger, CEO of ReadMe, who says he has come across a lot of “pseudo-AIs”. Facebook takes your data and you get nothing, O2OPay collects your data and you get paid – NextBigFuture.com. Experts Bet on First Deepfakes Political Scandal. Robots could solve the social care crisis – but at what price? Pepper is a 4ft tall approximation of a human being developed in France, and now manufactured and marketed by the Japanese-owned corporate giant SoftBank Robotics.

Robots could solve the social care crisis – but at what price?

If you went to the recent Robots exhibitions at London’s Science Museum or the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, you will be aware of what he (Pepper has been given a male pronoun, for some reason) can do. Using a screen on his chest, he tells interactive stories, approximates the basics of conversation, and performs everyday gestures – all the while, according to his creators, “recognising the principal human emotions and adapting his behaviour to the mood of his interlocutor”. The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media. TAXING SOCIAL MEDIA.

The Digest: Uganda Is Now Forcing Citizens to Pay a Tax to Use Social Media

In June, the government of Uganda passed a new law that would require citizens to pay a tax of 200 Ugandan shillings (roughly $0.05) per day to use social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook — the three most popular apps in the nation, according to a Quartz report. On July 1, the law went into effect. Millions of Ugandans woke up up Sunday morning to find they could no longer access their social media networks. The law is intended to provide the government with funds it can use to deal with the “consequences” of the “lugambo” (gossip) spread via social networks, said President Yoweri Museveni as quoted in Ugandan outlet Daily Monitor. Toronto plans to test driverless vehicles for trips to and from transit stations.

Award winning TrustLogics will simplify job recruiting processes and increase efficiency – NextBigFuture.com. It won't be pretty when boomers lose their cars. My late mother-in-law lived in a lovely side-split house on a cul-de-sac in suburban Toronto, and she stayed there after her daughter left home and even after her husband died 20 years ago.

It won't be pretty when boomers lose their cars

She had a car and could drive to the grocery store and the bank — until she couldn’t any more, and my wife had to drive 45 minutes out there to take her shopping, and to the bank, and to the doctor. Being a side-split, there was a powder room at entry level, a kitchen on the middle level, a bathroom on the upper level. Online government services could change your life. But only if you have access to the internet.

Estonians can register a new company online without leaving their desks.

Online government services could change your life. But only if you have access to the internet

Brazilians can file their taxes online. Muscovites and Porteños - citizens of Buenos Aires - participate in municipal government decisions and interact with city administrators through mobile apps. In a not-too-distant future, every interaction with a government could be online. The time and cost savings for citizens and governments would be huge. In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’

China takes surveillance to new level with drone birds. CHINA is building an increasingly sophisticated police state and the government’s latest addition to its surveillance apparatus is fake birds that spy on people.

China takes surveillance to new level with drone birds

Tiny drones that look like birds and hide in plain sight are a thing, and the Chinese government has been developing its own version in a program reportedly named “Dove”. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, more than 30 military and government agencies have deployed the birdlike drones in at least five provinces in recent years. Et si on supprimait toutes les frontières ? Remote Work: A Big Boost to Local Economies. March 15, 2018 By: Steven Anderson Not so long ago, we caught a study about how the freelancer needed mobile payments to get the most out of his or her line of work.

Remote Work: A Big Boost to Local Economies

Now, we have a new study that takes a look at the freelancer—and similar remote workers—and details just how much impact those folks have on local economies. The new Connected Nation study offered up evidence on the value of that remote worker. One of the biggest findings was that both teleworking and telecommuting—points with subtle differences related to the ultimate location of the employer—both had positive impacts on the median household income at the neighborhood level, and had the potential to step up economic growth in the immediate vicinity as well. The Guy Who Created Oculus Has Now Made Surveillance Tech That Acts As A Virtual Border Wall.

Right now, on the border between the United States and Mexico, a startup called Anduril is testing out its advanced new virtual border wall technology. Comprised of sensor towers carrying cameras and sensor lasers powered by an artificial intelligence algorithm, the virtual wall can spot any person or animal moving around near the border within a two-mile radius. Anduril (nerd alert: it’s named after Aragorn’s sword) was founded by Palmer Luckey, the same guy who created and sold virtual reality company Oculus to Facebook and donated money to right-wing group Nimble America.

He’s hoping the Department of Homeland Security will purchase the technology, called Lattice, to create a virtual border wall, which would be far cheaper for the government than building the physical barricade President Trump has promised. The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet. New Homeland Security system will bring facial recognition to land borders this summer. AI dengue prediction tool trialled in Asia, Latin America. Digitaltrends. What’s Next for AR? – Tony Parisi. AR went mainstream in 2017; and it happened without most of us noticing. [Transcript of my talk at AWE 2018 Good afternoon, everyone. I’m delighted to be with you today, and as always, humbled and grateful to be invited to speak at AWE. Given our unique purview at Unity, we see a lot from developers using our platform to build the full range of immersive content, and are in close touch with partners making the hardware and infrastructure that will power the AR future. Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018.

YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are the most popular online platforms among teens. Fully 95% of teens have access to a smartphone, and 45% say they are online 'almost constantly' Until recently, Facebook had dominated the social media landscape among America’s youth – but it is no longer the most popular online platform among teens, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Today, roughly half (51%) of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 say they use Facebook, notably lower than the shares who use YouTube, Instagram or Snapchat.

Gatwick Airport launches end-to-end-biometric technology trial for easyJet passengers. Big Oil Investors Say More Needed to Tackle Climate Change. Some of the world’s biggest fund managers are ratcheting up the pressure on oil and gas companies, expressing fear that a lack of action over tackling climate change could risk their investments. The comments come days before Big Oil kicks off annual shareholder meetings, where they are already facing calls from smaller investors to set clear targets on climate change and even cut their investments in fossil fuels. Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police. Critics See Surveillance Risk. Dialing Up the Body’s Defenses Against Public Health and National Security Threats.

Theconversation. L’ambition de la communauté internationale de lutter contre le réchauffement climatique a un coût : entre 50 000 et 90 000 milliards de dollars sur les 15 prochaines années, selon les estimations de l’économiste Adair Turner pour la fourchette basse et les économistes de la Commission sur l’économie et le climat « New Climate Economy » pour la fourchette haute. En comparaison, le PIB annuel mondial s’élève à près de 80 000 milliards de dollars. Le rapport de la « New Climate Economy » précise que 2 000 milliards de dollars au Nord et 4 000 milliards au Sud sont nécessaires chaque année pour financer les infrastructures vertes permettant d’approcher la neutralité carbone suffisamment tôt afin d’atteindre, d’ici la fin du siècle, l’objectif de limitation du réchauffement à +2 °C par rapport à l’ère préindustrielle. Le secteur privé est-il en mesure de faire face à ces dépenses ? Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering.

Here’s why the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board now has a presence in South Korea. The first e-Residency Collection Centre was officially opened today in Seoul by President Kersti Kaljulaid. It’s an enormous honour that President Kaljulaid attended the event, as this highlights both the importance of e-Residency and the significance of this new collection centre. Linking skills to occupations: Using big data to build a new occupational taxonomy for the UK. The epic mistake about manufacturing that's cost Americans millions of jobs. Chinese Surveillance Is Literally Getting in Workers' Heads. The Rich Are Betting On Living to 100. Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. Should we gamify citizenship? World Bank recommends fewer regulations protecting workers. The World Bank is proposing lower minimum wages and greater hiring and firing powers for employers as part of a wide-ranging deregulation of labour markets deemed necessary to prepare countries for the changing nature of work.

Palantir Knows Everything About You. Pentagon Wants An Early Warning System For Hybrid Warfare. The 4 Things You Need to Thrive in the Gig Economy. Gizmodo. What Will a Corporation Look Like in 2050? Comment la fiction nous aide-t-elle à penser les futurs du travail ? Education Futures. Evidence mounts for Alzheimer's, suicide risks among youth in polluted cities. Is the future of farming vertical? The demise of the nation state.

When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans? Open Meals is Teleporting 3D-Printed Sushi to the Ends of the Earth. The ‘Path of the Jaguar’ Aims to Secure this Big Cat’s Enormous Range. Shell outlines scenario for what it would take to halt climate change. The Grim Outlook for Suburban Retail. Cambridge Analytica, the shady data firm that might be a key Trump-Russia link, explained. Will 2018 be the year of the neo-luddite?

Catering to ‘Last Chance’ Travelers Who Seek Disappearing Marvels. Why climate migrants do not have refugee status - The Economist explains. The Rise of Virtual Citizenship. The myth of the echo chamber — Oxford Internet Institute. Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco. Taiwan announces timeline to ban single-use plastic straws by 2030. Are Smartphones Becoming Obsolete? – The Startup. Digital Nomads Can Soon ‘Make It Official’ With a New Visa From Estonia - Nextgov. UK – Workers over 55 choosing gig economy jobs to ease into retirement.

Canada’s first ‘dementia village’ is set to open its doors in Langley, B.C. next year. Elon Musk a partagé les premières images des satellites SpaceX qui pourraient transformer Internet. Automated Factchecking. Studies are increasingly clear: Uber, Lyft congest cities. This Startup Calculates The Climate Risks For Specific Blocks And Buil. In The Rush Toward A Cashless Society, The Poorest Are At Risk Of Further Exclusion. How Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet. In the future we won’t edit genomes—we’ll just print out new ones. Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market. Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting. 73 Mind-Blowing Implications of a Driverless Future. Your New Virtual Office: Augmented Realty in the Workplace. Canada Tests Digital ID system that uses Blockchain to Screen Travellers. Loftium helps make your down payment if you host people on Airbnb. What Happens When We Let Tech Care For Our Aging Parents. AI Could Help Government Agencies Find the Optimum Places for Refugees to Relocate.

Customer Service Chatbots Are About to Become Frighteningly Realistic. Young newcomers’ tech innovations help refugees in Montreal - UNHCR Canada. Psmag. The next big industry to face digital disruption will be our nations. Estonia planning its own cryptocurrency, called 'estcoin', in bid to become global ICO hub. Et si les prix changeaient pendant que vous faites vos courses. Deloitte: E-residency brought €14.4 million to Estonia in first three years. Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act. The Chatbot Will See You Now. Facial recognition systems to replace passports at Australian airports by 2020. It is time for immigration 3.0. Denmark is naming an ambassador who will just deal with increasingly powerful tech companies. Free Skype counselling for lonely Irish offered in Australia and Canada. How Blockchain Is Kickstarting the Financial Lives of Refugees - MIT Technology Review.