Improving Shor’s Algorithm
January 5 2024We don’t have a useful quantum computer yet, but we do have quantum algorithms. Shor’s algorithm has the potential to factor large numbers faster than otherwise possible, which—if the...
Read moreNew iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days
January 4 2024Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.”...
Read moreFacial Recognition Systems in the US
January 3 2024A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. (This, of course, can all...
Read moreTikTok Editorial Analysis
January 2 2024TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. (This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound.)
Conclusion: Substantial Differences in Hashtag...
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AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos
December 29 2023Wow:
To test PIGEON’s performance, I gave it five personal photos from a trip I took across America years ago, none of which have been published online. Some photos...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Sqids
December 29 2023They’re short unique strings: Sqids (pronounced “squids”) is an open-source library that lets you generate YouTube-looking IDs from numbers. These IDs are short, can be generated from a custom alphabet...
Read moreNew iPhone Security Features to Protect Stolen Devices
December 27 2023Apple is rolling out a new “Stolen Device Protection” feature that seems well thought out:
When Stolen Device Protection is turned on, Face ID or Touch ID authentication is...
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Google Stops Collecting Location Data from Maps
December 26 2023Google Maps now stores location data locally on your device, meaning that Google no longer has that data to turn over to the police.
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