Web scraping is a tool, not a crime
My worry is not unfounded. A vaguely written US law called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes accessing this kind of information in...
Enterprise Java gets a new namespace
Specifications for the Jakarta EE 9 Platform and Web Profile are being released on December 8, providing a new namespace for the Java enterprise...
“You can’t just give people more data and expect them to act differently”
Digital contact tracing apps first emerged early in the pandemic. They’d let you know if you’d been around anyone who had tested positive, and...
Uber Gives Up on the Self-Driving Dream
In 2015, then Uber CEO Travis Kalanick pulled off a bold talent raid when he poached some 40 roboticists from the National Robotics Engineering...
Executive explains how technology has “improved the claims journey” – Insurance Business AU
“As a TPA , our primary obligation to the insurance industry is to serve our clients,” she said. “Technology is playing a key role...
Fable F# to JavaScript compiler improves usability, speed
Fable 3, the latest release of the Fable compiler for writing JavaScript applications with Microsoft’s F# functional language, is now available, offering simpler usage,...
How quickly can the US distribute a Covid-19 vaccine? Here are the four biggest...
The first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines could be just days away, as the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots await regulatory approval. Within 24 hours...
Book excerpt: How activists must harness new technologies to change the world – GeekWire
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a new book Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism by Steve Davis, co-chair of the World...
High-Energy X-Rays Reveal the Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Ink
"By applying 21st-century, state-of-the-art technology to reveal the hidden secrets of ancient ink technology, we are contributing to the unveiling of the origin of...
31 thoughts on “Sufficiently Advanced Technology And Justice” – Hackaday
Imagine that you’re serving on a jury, and you’re given an image taken from a surveillance camera. It looks pretty much like the suspect,...
