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New Ad Technology Convinces Your Wife To Initiate Sex for Less Than $30

July 25, 2018 by Neal Lynch

The Spinner downloads cookies to your target's device and supplies tailored articles to influence target.

The Spinner lets you influence others through a campaign of tailored news articles on websites that the target visits. Is it ‘pure evil’?

Filed Under: Internet, Science & Technology Tagged With: ad campaigns, ad targeting, ad technology, ads, advertising, cookies, husband, sex, technology, the spinner, tracking code, wife

Students are Anxious About This Facial Recognition Technology in Classrooms But I Need It At All Times

July 25, 2018 by Neal Lynch

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A high school in China is using facial recognition technology to record facial expressions of students in classrooms and I’d love to get my hands on it for personal use.

Filed Under: Science & Technology Tagged With: china, chinese, classroom, classrooms, eye, eyes, face, faces, facial, facial expressions, facial recognition, facial recognition software, facial recognition technology, hangzhou, high school, school, science, students, teachers, technology

A Son Talks To His Dead Father with an AI Chatbot He Created Called ‘Dadbot’

July 25, 2017 by Neal Lynch

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This video of writer-author James Vlahos using an AI chatbot called “Dadbot” to talk to his deceased father made me wonder if I should do the same.

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Tech Journalist Tests Cringeworthy Jokes From Siri, Alexa and Cortana [VIDEO]

May 25, 2017 by Neal Lynch

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Brent Rose, a WIRED journalist who’s never done stand-up comedy, tested out jokes told by Siri, Alex, Cortana, and Google Home on an audience at an open mic in Los Angeles.