The psychological reasons behind risky password practices.
When it comes to online security, personality type does not inform behavior, but it does reveal how consumers rationalize poor password habits.
Practice matters much less than you might think.
How Librarians Are Quietly Shaping Our Future.
This might even be a golden age for librarians, sometimes now categorized as “information professionals.” Our culture seems to have reached peak curation, where almost every form of content is carefully chosen and presented for consumption, and the tech world is rushing to organize (and monetize) the insane amounts of information available at our fingertips. We librarians are right at the middle of it all, collaborating on all sorts of new projects and applications.
Is the Oculus Rift sexist?
The courage of being fragile.
Our Cell Phone Alerts Will Be Hacked.
No matter how solid the system is, history reveals that false alarms — of zombies, nuclear attacks, missing children — are inevitable.
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His aim is to undermine peoples’ perceptions of the world, so they never know what is really happening.
“This, I think, is why so many people support Trump even when they recognize his obvious mendacity. They’ve been successfully persuaded that everything is a lie, so the only political choice you have is to select the fiction that most fits your self-conception.”
Relevant: Donald J. Trump, the ultimate Balloon Boy.
Even so: He’s trying to lose. But the voters won’t let him.
The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete.
After California declared almost all of the electronic voting machines in the state unfit for use in 2007 for failing basic security tests, San Diego County put its decertified machines in storage. It has been paying the bill to warehouse them ever since: No one wants to buy them, and county rules prohibit throwing millions of dollars’ worth of machines in the trash bin.
Humans: Unusually Murderous Mammals, Typically Murderous Primates.
Which mammal is most likely to be murdered by its own kind? It’s certainly not humans—not even close. Nor is it a top predator like the grey wolf or lion, although those at least are #11 and #9 in the league table of murdery mammals. No, according to a study led by José María Gómez from the University of Granada, the top spot goes to… the meerkat.
The Power Paradox: The Surprising and Sobering Science of How We Gain and Lose Influence.
“We rise in power and make a difference in the world due to what is best about human nature, but we fall from power due to what is worst.”