An army of copycat hackers could seize control of internet-connected home devices to carry out cyber-attacks, security experts have warned. Web-connected “smart” gadgets including cameras, digital TV recorders, smart kettles and plugs are all ­vulnerable to being hacked by criminals and used remotely to mount cyber-attacks, accord­ing to James Lyne, head of security at Sophos, …

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Right now there are 42 computers on my personal network. That doesn’t mean I have a computer cluster in my home to rival the Pentagon’s. Instead it means I have nearly four dozen individual networked devices — from game consoles to webcams — talking to the internet from my home. And that’s a big problem. …

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The SelfieBot by Endurance Robots By George Formitchev Ray Kurzweil said that one day we’ll become hemi hybrids – demi humans, demi cyborgs…   I want it to happen as soon as possible. It’s all about information. It’s growing with every passing day. It takes more and more time to uptake and process this massive data. …

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“Alexa … who is telling the truth?” Winston Churchill believed that the best argument against democracy was a five-minute chat with the average voter. For millions of average American voters, that five minutes has now gone on for more than a year and a half. After months of campaigning, mud-slinging, televised debates, scandals, the two candidates vying …

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