Nicholas West
Comcast Plans In-Home Health Surveillance and Medical Tracking Device
By Nicholas West “Comcast is already in talks with hospitals about taking on shared savings — if it can keep people from expensive emergency room…
Local Police Receive DHS Grant for Drones to Use in Crime Search and Crowd Control
By Nicholas West Police departments around the U.S. continue doing their best to acquire drones for a range of uses. This move is buoyed by…
Man Falsely Arrested at Direction of Apple’s Artificial Intelligence: $1 Billion Lawsuit
By Nicholas West As I’ve been covering for the last several months, we are beginning to see more examples of artificial intelligence being relied upon…
Key Strategies For Avoiding Online Censorship and Cybercrime
By Nicholas West Internet censorship is ramping up across the globe in a myriad of ways. Whether it’s Facebook/Google/Amazon directing conversation by demonitizing views critical…
5 Legal Strategies To Reduce Your Tax Burden
By Nicholas West While people feel compelled to continue debating the government shutdown, the reality remains that tax collection is expected to continue uninterrupted. The…
Future A.I. Won’t Need Facial Recognition to Identify Individuals in a Crowd: Claim
By Nicholas West People of the future will apparently be no more significant than zebrafish and flies, according to new studies in tracking and surveillance…
China Tracks Workers’ Brains; Now Tracking Children With “Smart” Tech Uniforms
By Nicholas West If there is any country on Earth that is most emblematic of the rising governance model that is Technocracy, it is China. …
Latest Amazon Privacy Invasion Granted User Access to 1,700 Audio Files From Another Account
By Nicholas West Artificial intelligence is not in full control just yet. Lurking behind the algorithms contained in Amazon’s smart home tech device, Alexa, are…
London Begins Testing Facial Recognition In Public Despite Being “Staggeringly Inaccurate”
By Nicholas West It appears that London is ready to roll out the gift of surveillance to its citizens this holiday season. The Met has…
Microsoft Declares Intent To Provide Military All Of Its Technology Because of the Military’s “Ethical and Honorable Tradition”
By Nicholas West After decades of tech companies and the U.S. military overlapping in a variety of ways, it appears that the largest of them…
Amazon Echo Home Recordings At Center Of Murder Trial As Judge Orders Data Release
By Nicholas West A new type of court case has been slowly but steadily emerging within the American legal system: alleged crimes being detected from…
A.I. Lie Detectors Being Tested To Replace Human Border Guards
By Nicholas West The future of travel is clearly one where automation will play an increasingly significant role. The biometric roll out is well underway…
Biometric ID For Travel Goes Global With New CBP Tourism Partnership
By Nicholas West Biometric identification has quietly rolled out at several U.S. airports and various locations around the world. In some cases, it has been…