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Wired Magazine / New York Times Magazine
Columnist for Wired magazine and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine; author of Smarter than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
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Clive Thompson
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FROM Clive Thompson
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Facial Recognition and Loss of Anonymity The features that make up your face are unique to you, just like your fingerprints. Think of it as your "faceprint." Facial recognition technology reads photos or videos to identify you — by name, location and any other personal information that turns up in a database.
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Facial Recognition and Loss of Anonymity Facebook and Google aren’t the only companies using Face Recognition technology. It’s a tool of law enforcement, commercial enterprises—and even churches. The lack of ground rules is raising concerns about privacy… and the right to control your personal data.
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Fitness Tracking: The Benefits and Unintended Consequences Wearable devices to monitor bodily functions now constitute a multi-billion-dollar industry. Fitbit , Jawbone Up and other gadgets keep track of your blood pressure, sleep patterns, calories burned and how many steps you take in a day.
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Fitness Tracking: The Benefits and Unintended Consequences Wearable devices to monitor bodily functions now constitute a multi-billion-dollar industry. Fitbit , Jawbone Up and other gadgets keep track of your blood pressure, sleep patterns, calories burned and how many steps you take in a day.
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Do You Want Your Smartphone Telling You What to Do? Silicon Valley is developing smart phone apps that will send you information they think you need before you ask for it. It's called "predictive technology." After searching your email and your calendar, it will advise you what to pack for a trip to the country — even though you never told it you planned to go.
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Can Americans Expect Free and Fair Elections? The results will soon be in for New Hampshire, but election officials around the country are haunted by shades of the year 2000. Tomorrow, Arizona, Ohio and 24 other states will be watching the US Supreme Court for arguments about Indiana's voter ID law . Does it prevent fraud or disenfranchise poor and minority voters?
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Politics, the World Order and Donald Trump’s New Year Newly divided government could mean change in this new year… or not. House Democrats don’t always stick together--and presidential campaigns could get in the way. The GOP might not heed Mitt Romney’s call for respectability. Meantime, will America’s allies unify to sustain world order without America’s leadership?