By Nicholas West Amid the ongoing Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle over their general surveillance and misuse of users’ private data, there is an emerging trend that…
By Nicholas West Even as robotics experts, universities and tech luminaries sound the alarm about the potential for a future filled with killer robots powered…
By Nicholas West “Every year, more and more of the world’s population moves into cities. The number of megacities is growing exponentially. Both of these…
By Nicholas West I’ve recently been covering the widening use of predictive algorithms in modern-day police work, which frequently has been compared to the “pre-crime”…
By Nicholas West I’m happy to report some good news coming out of New Orleans thanks to the excellent investigative reporting of Ali Winston with…
By Nicholas West Despite being roundly hated by the traveling public, the TSA continues to trample upon anyone unfortunate enough to cross their path. Whether…
By Nicholas West The use of information obtained by smart devices is already threatening to rewrite the criminal justice system in America. I’ve covered various…
By Nicholas West The concept of “policing in the 21st Century” is not only the implementation of a range of high-tech surveillance measures, including biometrics,…
By Nicholas West In October of last year, I reported on the network of autonomous police vehicles being deployed in Dubai that included hoverbikes and…
By Nicholas West The general concern over police spying continues to be addressed by the Los Angeles public. As I have been covering over the…
By Nicholas West As we continue to chart our path down the slippery slope of biometric identification for human beings, we’ve had to speculate about…
By Nicholas West After lulling the public into believing that using drones in the U.S. would be confined to border patrol or for counter-terrorism in…
By Nicholas West Over the past several months I’ve been covering the rapid acceleration toward mandatory biometric identification at U.S. airports. At the core of…
By Nicholas West Hartford – While a battle has been raging for years in Los Angeles, California over a proposal to give drones to the…