The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
FEATURE Automated to Death As software pilots more of our vehicles, humans can pay the ultimate price. Robert N. Charette investigates the causes and consequences of the automation paradox EXTRACT: The Flight 124 crew had fallen prey to what psychologist Lisanne Bainbridge in the early 1980s identified as the ironies and paradoxes of automation. The …
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Headlines Only: Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most U.S. Warplanes (Updated) Spytech Agency Wants Software Brains to Connect the Dots Training For The Civilian Surge TSA Cannot Order Sites to Take Down Sensitive Manual Headlines and Snippets Below the Fold with Phi Beta Iota Comment
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones $26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected WASHINGTON — Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials …
Struggling Spy Satellite Agency Tries to Right Itself National Defense January 2010 SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for developing and launching the U.S. fleet of spy satellites, is embarking on an ambitious plan to right itself after years of cost overruns and program cancellations. But two powerful senators have …
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US-China showdown looms over climate talks COPENHAGEN – A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Phi Beta Iota: The Secretary General means well, but he has no clue …
After 3 years living, studying, working and teaching in NYC, Manuel moved to London where he currently works as a Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia’s NextGen Software & Services. Manuel is also a frequent speaker in conferences and festivals around the world, on the topic of Information Visualization, in particular the visualization of complex …
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Developing countries boycott UN climate talks COPENHAGEN – China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. “We are seeing the death of the Kyoto Protocol,” said Djemouai Kamel of Algeria, the head …
