Sunday, June 1, 2014

Report: The NSA Collects Millions of Faces From Email, Texts, and More

Report: The NSA Collects Millions of Faces From Email, Texts, and More


Not only is the NSA interested in all your email and text messages, it would love to know exactly what you look like. The New York Times reports that the agency has been using new facial recognition software to tap into millions of images in emails, texts messages, video-conferences, and even social media to build a massive visual database.


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HP hedges its bets, unveils a 14-inch laptop running Android

If you thought this year's Computex show would be dominated entirely by Windows machines, you're in for a little twist. HP has just revealed the SlateBook, that 14-inch Android laptop we saw in a leaked video earlier this year. In addition, HP...



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HP's back-to-school lineup includes lots of convertibles (and Beats products, too)

This week is Computex, a huge computer show happening in Taiwan, which means lots of PC makers will be unveiling their back-to-school lineups, if they haven't already. HP, for instance, just unveiled a boatload of PCs, including budget and mid-range...



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Microsoft and ESPN make vital World Cup info pretty to look at

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, Microsoft is now the latest brand to show how it plans to get in on the tournament's hype. Through a partnership between its Internet Explorer team and ESPN, both parties have teamed up to launch...



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Westone goes for the gold with its new ES60 in-ear headphones

The Elite Series ES60's level of uber-clarity puts you more in touch with the music.

















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Gadget Rewind 2007: ASUS Eee PC 4G

The ASUS Eee PC was launched in 2007 and while it had all the characteristics of a "netbook," it arrived before the term had wormed its way into popular vocabulary. This species of compact computer -- essentially miniaturized, internet-focused...



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Inhabitat's Week In Green: Google's new car, ice walls and the future of bamboo

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. It's 2014 and even though we can 3D print entire buildings and create jewelry from Beijing's smog, we're...



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