A hack with a view
NASA’S Kepler Twitter account (@NASAkepler) typically tweets artsy pictures of space discoveries and planets. In early July, one tweet was might exotic. A…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
Briefs and quick reads selected and edited by The Smart Reader's editorial team of Rick, Allyson, and Ryan Good.
Phising site tactic
Watch for scam sites by looking at the domain (paypal.com is a domain), not just the design. Design can be mimicked. Addresses can’t. It is not paypal, if…
Shoppers trade carts for phones
Online shoppers are leading a retail revolution, says United Parcel Service. UPS’s Pulse of the Online Shopper Survey found that, for the first time in…
Book Review: Don’t ignore that man behind the curtain
The guy behind the curtain is the wizard indeed, but he doesn’t seem to be a firebreathing monster. Charles Koch, the leader of one of America’s most…
Virtual Assistant software aims to make work smoother
Smartphone helpers like Siri and Cortana have already streamlined travel, appointments, news, and other information. Now a new line of virtual assistant…
Artificial Intelligence grows up, with some bumps along the way
Suppose you let your toddler hang around a bunch of Internet trolls and told the trolls to teach the baby to talk. Imagine what they would teach it. That…
Pings: Passthought, gaming device, tech giants
Hum a few bars and I’ll fake it You think, therefore, you are who you are. Researchers aim to prove that. At the University of California, Berkeley,…
Author: Goods of the world defy gravity
Consider today’s global civilization. You see it every single day from your morning cup of coffee to your iPhone. Yet, it is largely invisible. According…
The box that changed the world
Imagine trying to sort out 500,000 small packages, each from a different place, each going to a different place, each one must be individually handled,…
PINGS: Downside to smart homes
Smart homes are now a reality wit Amazon Echo and Google home. Appliances, heat, air conditioning, power, lights, security cameras — everything can link…