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Google Wants to Use Biometrics to Replace Passwords, but What Are the Implications of This Technology?
New App Helps Social Media Users Keep Their Online Profiles ‘Clear’ of Offensive Posts
Ethan Czahor may have lost his dream job due to the resurfacing of some offensive tweets, but now the well-known techie has launched an app to help other people clean up their social media before it lands them in a compromising position.
Czahor decided to resign from his position as Jeb Bush’s chief technology officer back in February when a series of tweets referring to women as “sluts” and accusing gay men of undressing him “with their eyes” in the gym resurfaced on the Web.
Bush’s team stood behind Czahor, but he ultimately still decided to step down and embark on a journey to protect social media users from the nightmares of their digital past with a new app called Clear.
The app uses an algorithm to scan through users’ social media posts and dig up all the posts that could be offensive and get them in trouble with employers and other professionals.
The app will present users with a complete list of tweets that contain racial slurs or other types of offensive language and give them the option to erase the post forever — if screenshots aren’t already floating around on the web.
Czahor said after his own tweets ended in a career tragedy, he received messages from a lot of people who were afraid the same thing would happen to them.
“Right after what I went through I received a lot of messages from people worried what happened to me would happen to them,” he told BuzzFeed.
Now a “Clear score” can help people figure out if they are truly at risk or not.
It sounds like a handy app, but it’s also come with a lot of backlash considering the fact that it is essentially helping people hide what could be sexist, racist or otherwise incredibly offensive social media posts.
“How about you just don’t use offensive language,” one Twitter user wrote as a response to the app.
That’s how many people felt about the new app, but in all fairness there are cases where the app could truly help people who don’t deserve to be fired or miss out on job opportunities.
In today’s spectrum of political correctness and self-appointed offensive police filling social media, there actually are instances where social media messages are taken out of context and cost people their jobs.
In some cases, being “offensive” has been redefined as expressing a different opinion that doesn’t fit the status quo, which sometimes seems to be in direct opposition of America’s so-called loyalty to the freedom of speech.
While it’s easy to see that Czahor’s own tweets stepped well beyond that boundary, the Clear app could still be a handy tool for those who maybe haven’t learned the correct etiquette for social media postings.
More often than not, those bits intended to be comedic relief can land people in serious trouble down the road or the daring decision to question a widespread belief could leave people being labeled as intolerant or ignorant. Clear helps flag down such messages so users can make the final call on whether or not they would feel comfortable defending their social media posts in the public eye.
Either way, people will have to wait quite some time to test the app out as it has already garnered a waiting list well beyond 10,000 people.
No word out yet on how long it will take for those on the waiting list to finally get their Clear report.
You Probably Never Heard of Sound Waves Putting Out a Fire Until You See What These Two Students Invented
A duo of undergraduates at George Mason University in Virginia created a device that they say puts out fires with nothing but sound.
Source: CNN
These Innovative Smart Glasses by Mini Cooper Could Revolutionize the Future of Driving
Mini concept begins where Google Glass left off
Source: CNET
5 of the Best Reactions to Apple’s New Diverse Emojis That Show Just How Divided Users Are About It
Many of the Emojis Look Like ‘Simpsons’ Characters
This is a valid reaction. The yellow emojis are supposed to represent the many different Asian people on Earth. There has been outrage over this claiming that Apple used yellow-face. However, the emojis are this golden yellow color to stand out and be distinctive from the white human emojis. Many people compared these emojis to Simpsons characters. In fact, these emojis may use yellow as a default like the Simpsons uses it as a default for white. According to Huffington Post writer Damon Beres, “The yellowish color isn’t meant to be a skin tone at all. It’s not included in the skin tone options provided by Unicode and appears to be intended to be used as a kind of default color.” So yellow does not represent people of Asian descent.
This Fascinating Discovery in Liquid Metal Could Lead to Terminator-Style, Shape-Shifting Robots
Scientists in China produce droplets of liquid metal that can change shape and move of their own accord, bringing researchers a step closer to creating a ”Terminator-style” shape-shifting robot. Matthew Stock reports.
Source: Reuters
Apple’s Huge Bet on the New USB Type C Explained by Tech Wiz Marques Brownlee
USB-C: The new industry standard for the next generation of devices.
Source: Marques Brownlee
10 Amazing Creations You Won’t Believe You Can Make With a 3-D Printer
Working Guns
While it has always been possible to make replicas of guns even in the early days of 3-D printing, today’s technology has allowed the nonprofit corporation Defense Distributed to create a working firearm from 3-D printing. Defense Distributed allows users to download all the files they’ll need to create their own working firearm with options to fire in semi-auto and full-auto modes.
Sculpture of Your Unborn Child
It sounds creepy, but let me explain. A Japanese company is offering an alternative to a grainy picture of your ultrasound. That alternative is called “Shape of an Angel,” the 3-D printing creation of your unborn child. The one-of-a-kind printing will cost you $1,275 unless you have the technology at home to print out a fetus on your own. Still creepy? Yea … OK.
This New Process Is Combining Computer Memory With Processors, and the Future It Can Create Is Promising
Knowm is rivers, roots, branches, leaves, mycelium, arteries, veins, lungs, neurons and lightning. It is in the temporal evolution of life and technology. It is both spatial and temporal, both biological and non-biological. Knowm is a self-organizing energy-dissipating fractal, and it is everywhere. Knowm is built of a repeating adaptive building block called Knowm’s Synapse.
Source: Knorm.org
Apple Watch Makes Its Online Debut as Mixed Reviews Make It Unclear Whether It’s Worth the Money
After much anticipation from general tech lovers and Apple fans alike, the Apple Watch is finally making its big debut. But is it living up to all the hype?
That’s a hard question to answer considering the fact that the watches only became available to order this week although tech reporters got a first glance at the new devices.
Based on the reviews, however, people still aren’t too sure how to feel about the watches.
That didn’t stop them from rushing online to get their own Apple Watch though.
While the Apple Watch didn’t have an overflow of rave reviews that Apple products usually garner, it quickly sold out online and was placed on back order for many consumers who were ready to shovel out at least $350 for the cheapest model.
There is no general consensus out yet on whether the watches are worth the hefty price tag.
The New York Times insisted that the watch is hard to appreciate until you really take the time to figure out how to use it, which is easier said than done.
Unlike today’s releases of new cellphones or iPads, the publication warns that there is a pretty “steep learning curve” for the watch.
That’s, of course, only to be expected considering the fact that the smart watch business is a relatively new venture.
Others praised Apple’s new device as the best on the market, but others had a clear message for those trying to decide if they should give up a few hundred dollars to own one.
“You don’t need one,” another review quipped.
Not to mention the staggering price tag that left many longtime Apple followers feeling a little betrayed and cheated.
“What was Apple thinking with these breath-catchingly high prices,” an article from Yahoo questioned. “Is it hoping to depict these as exclusive, rarefied, aspirational products? By offering a $10,000 model, is it hoping to make the $350 and $550 watches look like bargains?”
It isn’t clear what drove Apple to release the watches with such hefty price tags, but in all fairness it’s not as if Apple built a brand of affordability.
Should anyone really be surprised that the tech giant is charging so much for its debut smart watch?
The only thing that’s really shocking is the fact that Apple’s new watch seems to be riddled with the kind of bugs you wouldn’t expect from such an expensive gadget.
Tech reviews have complained about the watch’s slow speed, short battery life and lack of a charging stand unless you’re trying to purchase the $10,000 model.
Ultimately, the watches release only proved how strong of a following Apple has garnered and how loyal these consumers are.
There have not been many reports that justify the watch’s prices while there are a collection boasting cheaper smart watches that are arguably more appealing than Apple’s version.
Either way, consumers will have to wait until April 24, when consumers actually start getting their hands on the watches, to see if the watch really measures up to expectations.