Stephen E. Arnold: Banjo, Policeware, Softbank, & Dirty Tricks?
Banjo: What Did SoftBank Money Buy? We completed an analysis of Banjo’s intellectual property. Read full article. Phi Beta Iota: Google Search seems to be blocking all posts about Banjo. Could this have anything to do with the primary individual being a very bad boy that shot up a synagogue? Oops?
Stephen E. Arnold: DARPA AI Contract Goes to BAE – Robert Steele: BAE AI OSINT Is A Sucking Chest Wound
DARPA AI Contract Goes to BAE We have been waiting for this announcement, but anyone rooting for a startup to snag this DARPA contract will be disappointed. Digital Battlespace reports, “DARPA Awards Machine Learning Analytics Contract to BAE Systems.” Yes, they went with the big, established, and experienced firm. The machine learning analytics services project …
Stephen E. Arnold: Google Is A Publisher — Laws That Apply to Publishers Now Apply to Google?
Google: Another Glitch Down Under DarkCyber spotted this story from ABC.net.au: ‘Publisher’ Google Ordered to Pay $40k in Damages for Defaming Melbourne Lawyer after Court Ruling. Aside from the money, the key point in the write up is the word “publisher.” I wrote Google: The Digital Gutenberg in 2008. The book is now out of …
Stephen E. Arnold: Zoom to the Oracle — Robert Steele: Zoom Under Attack by Google Dirty Tricks and Naked Short Selling?
Zoom to the Oracle One Dolphin Way is flipping with excitement. DarkCyber spotted “Oracle Wins Cloud Computing Deal with Zoom as Video Calls Surge.” From the truthy real news outfit DarkCyber learned: Zoom and Oracle did not disclose the size of the deal, but said traffic for “millions” of meeting participants is being handled by …
Stephen E. Arnold: Amazon Video Service Robert Steele: Is Zoom the Victim of Organized Naked Short Selling?
Amazon: Zooming Toward Google Hangouts? DarkCyber spotted this Thomson Reuters’ story: “Amazon Tests Screening New Merchants for Fraud via Video Calls in Pandemic.” The news story reveals that yes, indeed, Amazon has its own Zoom-type service. There are a number of interesting Amazon patents related to video communications. These range from facial recognition to active …
Stephen E. Arnold: New Warning System for Detecting False Information?
New Warning System For False Information Science Magazine explores one way to fight false information in the article, “Researchers Develop Early Warning System To Fight Disinformation Online.” The team collected over two million images and other content about the Indonesian 2019 general election from Instagram and Twitter. They discovered that there were spontaneous and coordinated …
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