Why the EFF believes facial recognition systems are so dangerous

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warns that facial recognition technologies are a much greater threat to privacy than the public believes. These systems have become something ubiquitous in our lives, it is what is behind the “magic” that makes Facebook know who to tag in our photos, and is very present in the surveillance systems of street security cameras Or airports.

Duplicate the size of any image without losing quality

If I told you that there is a way of rescaling an image up to twice its size without being pixelated and loses visual quality in the process, you probably would not believe me, or assume that it is a rather complicated work that maybe only in Hands of an expert. But, that’s exactly what this tool does.

The best part is that you do not have to learn anything special or use a super complicated program. Really? I swear. It sounds like an offer too good to be true, but it is not. Waifu2x is a website from which you can improve the resolution of illustrations and photographs while reducing noise and avoiding artifacts.

RansomFree is an application that will try to block any ransomware before it affects you

Ransomware is one of the most profitable malware for those who engage in digital fraud. In fact, last March was already about to become a millionaire problem. For those who do not know what it is, we can remember the case of the so-called “Police virus”, which showed a message on the screen as we had to pay a “fine” (rather a rescue) to recover our files and our computer for Illegal activities in it.

Facebook wants to be able to show you how close you are to public and free WiFi networks

Facebook wants to help you spend less of your rate while rewarding the more generous locals. Therefore, in the last hours it has begun testing a new way in which we will indicate how close we are establishments that offer Wi-Fi free public around us.

The new feature was discovered by Matt Navarra, Director of Social Media at The Next Web. As usual in this type of evidence of the social network, this new feature has now been launched for a given number of users in specific countries only. Even so, it is expected that if the experiment is successful they will eventually expand it to other countries.

ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7

The largest trade fair in the sector that is organized in Asia, some manufacturers are beginning to present their new products in the coming months. One company that comes more loaded with new features is ASUS.

Taiwan will continue betting big on Android tablets, as evidenced by the announcement of the new ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7, a model which, as its name suggests, bet on the seven – inch format. Despite its size, the screen will have a more than acceptable resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels (hence the name ‘HD’) and uses an IPS panel , which ensures good viewing angles.

Medion Akoya P2214T best of a laptop and a tablet

The company Medion has just announced the launch of the new Medion Akoya P2214T atouch multimode portable 3 in 1 that is already available through Media Markt and Worten.

One of the main attractions of this team is that, in addition to laptop mode and tablet mode, also can be used in support mode thanks to its screen Full HD multitouch Ahva technology IPS 11.6 – inch that can be rotated up to 300°, allowing greater comfort when reading e – books, watch movies and images or video conferencing.

Internet has changed us now act as a single collective mind

Practically within 5 years, we will all be connected to the Internet through mobile devices and new tablets. Nothing to do with trends and technologies more than two decades ago when in 1990 the Internet was beginning to take its first steps as the global network that is today Do you remember how all this started?

Although it may seem incredible, its origins date back to the early 60s, although connectivity between people and their penetration of business and family, does not occur until the early 90s.

The origins of the network are focused on delivering information through simple texts, which were classified according to the data interpreted by browsers such as Netscape or Explorer among others. A one-way channel, “read-only” user information without any interaction.

Recalling seekers

The need to deliver information requires the creation of directories and search engines that allow us to more easily find information. Lycos sees the light in 1993 and later, Yahoo and Alta Vista became undisputed leaders of the network.

The online reviews succeed by replacing the “see and touch” of the off line stores

One of the emerging genres in the network is the reviews. In fact, one could say that leads being an emerging genre for years, but the truth are that as time goes popularity also is increasing. Consumers (and some specialized media) publish full articles of opinion about the products they consume and, above all, produce videos that show the characteristics of these products and services.

YouTube is full of testimonials where someone explains his experience with this product and which visits this content and reception of them never ceases to be positive. Consumers, the opinions of others love and before buying a product they feel increasingly tempted to look at what others have. Who has not sought each other’s opinion before giving the final ok to shopping, and who has not analyzed in a YouTube video two products before settling on one?

Local SEO: The Truth

You only have to do a quick search online and there are no end of pages claiming to give you the ‘truth’ about Local SEO. Of course, you will all know that there are no quick fixes to the SEO game. It is true, though, that what works for big, national businesses is often different to what works for local enterprises, and that there are a few rules of thumb that you can use to guide you along the way.