The use of public records and other government works could get a lot more restrictive in the state of California. Some elected officials in California are supporting a bill that could remove all state and local government records and works from the public domain by applying intellectual property rights to them. A committee in the […]
The amount of location data that Google collects from people who use Android smartphones is massive and very precise. The location history that Google collects from smartphones that use their Android operating system is known to be much more precise than the location data that is collected by wireless service providers. Although a person’s Google […]
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Here is a great Memorial Day military reunion story that will make people smile. The Culpeper Star-Exponent reported on 5/29/2016 that two military friends who served together in the Korean War have been reunited after 63 years. Billy Shanks, 88, was raised in Reva, Virginia and Rainey Dorsey, 86, was raised in Westminster, Maryland. The two […]
Have you ever seen a stranger out in public and wondered who is that person? There’s an app for that. FindFace is a controversial, free people search app that can accurately find a person 70 percent of the time. The FindFace app works in realtime and uses facial recognition technology to search for people in […]
Can facial features reveal personality traits to profile potential criminals as well as consumers? A new tech company called “Faception” claims it can analyze people’s facial features to judge personality characteristics and determine if a person is a likely terrorist, criminal or a good potential customer. Physiognomy is an age old belief that you can […]
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