The future of science and technology sounds so promising. Unprecedented advances in computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics, neuroscience and biotechnology hold the potential to radically transform our world for the better and create mass abundance for all… The future of science and technology sounds so promising. Unprecedented advances in computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics, neuroscience […]
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States recently approved the sale of Complete Genomics, based in Mountain View, California to China-based BGI (formerly known as the Beijing Genomics Institute.) Some decried the committee’s investigation as the overarching meddling of government in business affairs while others hailed the committee’s efforts as an important measure necessary […]
Biometric security seems secure, but it isn’t hack-proof. This essay is excerpted from Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About It, by Marc Goodman, published by Doubleday. The biometric scanners we see in Hollywood spy thrillers such as Mission: Impossible all look so high-tech and capable—eye scanners, fingerprint […]
As a parent, it’s good to know that your kid is surrounded by really secure technology, corporations with their best interests in mind and no creepy people nearby … oh, wait. Marc Goodman wrote the book on high tech crime… (literally — it’s a New York Times bestseller), and he knows all the threats that […]
Read Marc’s answers to cybercrime questions on Reddit. Reddit Q&A
Data Privacy In A Public World In his best-selling book “Future Crimes,” Marc Goodman digs into the opportunities presented by connected technologies, but also the dangers for the vast amount of data they create, in which many users are voluntarily giving away their rights to privacy. For businesses and their solution provider partners, this is […]
When all things are hackable, all things will be hacked. Even in the age of the Internet, buying a car can be an expensive, frustrating, and laborious process. It’s even worse if you are unemployed or have limited resources. Fortunately, Texas Auto Center in Austin caters to just these customers, promising a car for everyone, […]
The world Marc Goodman outlines in exhaustive detail in his book, Future Crimes, is as real, gritty, and frightening as life outside the Matrix. Indeed, Goodman opens his book by quoting the classic sci-fi epic. Do you want the red pill or the blue pill? “Remember, all I’m offering is the truth.” He would know. […]