Tag: Cell phone

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post

Peter Biles
Date
October 21, 2023

Categorized
Social Media

Tagged
Cell phone, disembodiment, Instagram, lapse, social media, Tech, Technology}

Trying to Solve Social Media’s Problems Through…More Social Media

_{Alternative social media apps still have to figure out ways to keep you scrolling.} _{Peter Biles
October 21, 2023

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Social Media}

Last month a friend invited me to download a new photography app called “Lapse.” Perhaps you’ve already heard of it and downloaded it yourself. I decided to try it and see what all the fuss was about. The app’s opening screen was dramatic, with captions about the failures of previous social media apps to truly “capture” the present moment. The business model of social media apps, the Lapsers rightly contend, revolves around “likes” and gaining “friends.” What happened to taking pictures of real, human moments without minding the social reward they might reap? Photo-taking was about holding on to moments that mattered. It wasn’t about filters, validation, or identity. Lapse promises to be different. It’s a disposable camera on your Read More ›

Hand holding smart phone with abstract glowing squares

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post

Peter Biles
Date
December 1, 2022

Categorized
Technocracy

Tagged
1984, Cell phone, COVID-19, Data Mining, Debra Saunders, government-policy, Technocracy}

The Government Can Bug Your Phone

_{Discovery Institute Fellow Debra Saunders raises the alarm of present-day technocratic measures} _{Peter Biles
December 1, 2022

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Technocracy}

Debra J. Saunders, a fellow at Discovery Institute’s Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership, wrote an article for The Daily Caller this week on the mounting problem of privacy regarding cell phone usage. Saunders expresses concern about the ease in which government and Big Tech companies can mine data and track people through their cell phones. Saunders thinks the COVID pandemic sped up the process of privacy violations. She recalls a 2021 incident in which the state of Massachusetts purportedly worked with Google to download a COVID tracker app without users’ notice or consent. Now, the state is facing a lawsuit. Saunders reports, The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a class-action lawsuit this month against the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to end Read More ›

Swarm of drones surveying, flying over city

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podcast

Robert J. Marks and Sarah Seguin
Date
March 31, 2022

Tagged
1989 solar storm, Cell phone, Cell phones, China, China (competitiveness in AI), cloud, Crowd Control, electromagnetic pulses (EMPs), EMP attack, EMP protections, emps, EMPs (defense expenses), Faraday cage, frequencies, HEMP, Physics EMPS, Robert J. Marks, Sarah Seguin, swarms, terrifying technology}

EMPS, Swarms and Other Types of Terrifying Technology

_{Robert J. Marks and Sarah Seguin
March 31, 2022

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Can you survive without your devices? Dr. Robert Marks and Sarah Seguin talk about the dangers to our electrical infrastructure stemming from modern technology. They also discuss various ways people can protect themselves during an EMP attack or another similar event. Show Notes 00:55 | Introduction 01:57 | Electromagnetic Capability 04:28 | Defining EMPs 05:35 | The Physics behind EMPs 08:00 Read More ›

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post

Robert J. Marks
Date
September 7, 2020

Categorized
Education, Ethics

Tagged
Academic dishonesty, Cell phone, Cheating (on exams), Chegg, COVID-19, Featured, Virtual exams}

What’s To Be Done About Cheating with Chegg in the COVID era?

_{College-level solutions to specific problems can be texted, for a fee, to students writing exams} _{Robert J. Marks
September 7, 2020

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Education, Ethics}

Academic dishonesty is a fancy term for cheating. With profit-motivated websites like Chegg.com, cheating is now easier than ever. When taking an exam, take a photo of a problem that stumps you and send it to Chegg. In literally minutes, you’ll be sent the answer over your cell phone. How do they do it? Often they employ smart nerds from poor countries who, by local standards, are paid big bucks for their efforts.Chegg, which charges $14.95 per month for its service, does not see itself as a site for cheaters but as a resource to help with homework. It advertises: With over 21 million homework solutions, you can also search our library to find similar homework problems & solutions. Browsing Read More ›

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News
Date
September 16, 2019

Categorized
Education, Social Media

Tagged
Cell phone, Classrooms, Ontario}

Canadian Province to Ban Cell Phones from Classrooms

_{Education experts are cautiously hopeful about reducing distraction and cyberbullying} _{News
September 16, 2019

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Education, Social Media}

France and a number of jurisdictions in Britain, as well as some American ones, have already instituted such bans and several studies have identified subsequent improvements in schoolwork. Read More ›

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post

Brendan Dixon
Date
July 31, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Autopilot, Cell phone, Road safety, self-driving cars, Tesla}

Should Tesla’s Autopilot Feature Be Illegal?

_{A recent study from the United Kingdom suggests that maybe it should} _{Brendan Dixon
July 31, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence}

Tesla may tell drivers that Autopilot is not the same as a self-driving car. But, just as cell phone manufacturers’ warnings not to “text and drive” are too often unheeded, so too may be Tesla’s warnings.

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post

News
Date
July 5, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
Cell phone, Haiti}

Haiti Calling … Reaching Out, Touching the World

_{Baylor Engineering prof Brian Thomas has been helping Haitians establish businesses to recharge cell phones, using solar panels} _{News
July 5, 2019

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Business and Finance, Global Technology}

In Haiti, 40% of the population (eleven million) still depends on subsistence agriculture. But cell phones allow them to leapfrog many traditional stages of technological development.

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post

News
Date
June 27, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
Cell phone, Haiti}

Can the Newest Technology Liberate the Poorest Communities?

_{In Haiti, new technology bypasses many development pitfalls} _{News
June 27, 2019

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Business and Finance, Global Technology}

In 2011, roughly 10% of Haitians had bank accounts. But by 2013, mobile digital banking via cell phones was starting to stand in for bricks-and-mortar banks.

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post

News
Date
May 10, 2019

Categorized
Education, Natural Intelligence, Social Media

Tagged
Cell phone, education, Smartphones}

Quell the Cell and Kids Do Well?

_{That sounds simplistic but it worked at a girls’ school in New Zealand} _{News
May 10, 2019

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Education, Natural Intelligence, Social Media}

High goals, discipline and, perhaps most critically, a ban on cellphones, have seen St Joseph’s Maori Girls College reach the top 10 for University Entrance in this year’s high-school league tables, the NZ Herald reports.