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Ethical Hackers Sabotage F-15 Fighter Jet, Expose Serious Vulnerabilities

|| Internet/Privacy, Ethical Hacking/Role of Designers || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

A team of hackers given unprecedented access to a flight system used in F-15 fighter jets reportedly confirmed the existence of serious cybersecurity bugs.

URL ⇲ https://www.newsweek.com/cybersecurity-vulnerability-fighte…



Google’s algorithm for detecting hate speech is racially biased

|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

When the researchers then tested Google’s Perspective, an AI tool that the company lets anyone use to moderate online discussions, they found racial biases. Whether language is offensive can depend on who’s saying it, and who’s hearing it, but AI systems do not, and currently cannot, understand that nuance.

URL ⇲ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/13/133757/googles-…



Cashierless Stores Make Inroads in U.S.

|| Future of Work || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

U.S. retailers large and small are pressing ahead with testing the use of artificial intelligence to track what products shoppers pick up and to automatically bill their accounts when they walk out the door, eliminating the need for checkout lines.

URL ⇲ https://www.wsj.com/articles/cashierless-stores-make-inroad…



Users Can Sue Facebook Over Facial Recognition Software, Court Rules

|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

A U.S. court has ruled that Facebook users in Illinois can sue the company over face recognition technology, meaning a class action can move forward. It's the first decision by a U.S. appellate court to directly address privacy concerns posed by facial recognition technology. The case concerns Facebook users in Illinois who accused the social media giant of violating the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.

URL ⇲ https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749474600/users-can-sue-face…



The El Paso And Dayton Shootings Show How Disinformation Spreads On Messaging Apps

|| Misinformation || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

As the major social platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have taken steps to ban users for spreading false, hateful, or violent messages, bad actors have turned to private spaces where their communications are harder to track.

URL ⇲ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/telegra…



CRISPR Gene Editing Is Being Tested in Human Patients, and the Results Could Revolutionize Health Care

|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)

Editas Medicine and Allergan announce a more acceptable form of gene editing, one that would change genetic defects in cells that don’t get passed onto the next generation.

URL ⇲ https://time.com/5642755/crispr-gene-editing-humans/?utm_so…



Russian Hackers are Infiltrating Companies via the Office Printer

|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

How Russian hackers are exploiting the internet of things (IoT) to infiltrate corporate networks, particularly through printers, cameras, and decoders.

URL ⇲ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/05/133880/russian-…



Most people would rather lose their job to a robot than another human

|| Future of Work || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

A study of 300 people flooks at the psychological consequences people felt when they condiered being replaced by a human versus a robot.

URL ⇲ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2212417-most-people-wo…



New Advanced Malware, Possibly Nation Sponsored, is Targeting US Utilities

|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

An advanced phishing scam appearing to be from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying targeted three US companies successfully. The email had the correct domain and logo, and the malware was delivered through macros in a Word document. These attacks may have been nation-backed.

URL ⇲ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/new-…



Capital One data breach tied to cloud computing vulnerability

|| Security || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)

Hackers breached CaptialOne through a weakness in the cloud computing firm's firewall, underscoring the delicate balance the cloud computing platforms have struck between security and efficiency.

URL ⇲ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/30/capital-on…