Technology

CRISPR biotech made easy: Who am I kidding?

Medical applications are confined to research labs, but as scientists remove potential problems and the debate over the ethics of human engineering is settled we are bound to see human applications.

By CFACT Ed, Dr. Jay Lehr |2020-02-12T14:35:06-05:00February 13th, 2020|Comments Off

Will our AI Future be Einstein’s or Frankenstein’s?

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled algorithms and automated machines are transforming our society, our daily lives, and potentially even our views of what it means to be "human" more rapidly and completely than we can possibly contemplate.

By CFACT Ed, Larry Bell |2019-11-24T14:19:10-05:00November 25th, 2019|Comments Off

Should there be “news neutrality” for Google News?

The way we get our news is biased. Is a fix in order?

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-10-16T08:07:17-04:00October 16th, 2019|Comments Off

Is Google News legally liable for bias against conservatives?

Google News is wrongfully damaging its users. The product does not work.

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-10-06T21:34:33-04:00October 5th, 2019|Comments Off

Look up in the sky. It’s a bird, a plane … a taxi?

Your future taxi may literally lift you right up in the air to get you where you’re going.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2019-10-01T20:54:42-04:00September 30th, 2019|Comments Off

Don’t regulate Google News, sue them

What should be done about big tech bias?

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-09-09T10:42:55-04:00September 11th, 2019|Comments Off

Texas & California wise up to surveillance dangers

We are constantly on video. How should government use that information?

By CFACT Ed, Larry Bell |2019-09-03T17:40:25-04:00September 5th, 2019|Comments Off

The extreme bias against conservative sources in Google News is… human

Google has 10,000 humans whose job is to rate news sources.

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-08-28T09:35:18-04:00September 1st, 2019|Comments Off

How to measure the liberal bias in Google News

Does Google put its finger on the scale when we search?

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-08-23T20:51:07-04:00August 23rd, 2019|Comments Off

How Google discriminates against conservatives and skeptics

Google's authority based search algorithms are rigged to favor liberal content.

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-08-09T09:20:12-04:00August 10th, 2019|Comments Off

Dueling algorithms?

It might be fascinating to see computers that ingest thousands of articles debating each other.

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-07-28T18:00:03-04:00July 29th, 2019|Comments Off

Up close, Personal reflections on space pioneers

"America must once again dare to pursue big dreams . . . Our Apollo days were a time when we did bold things, achieving leadership. Now is our time to be bold again in space." -- Buzz Aldrin

By CFACT Ed, Larry Bell |2019-07-25T22:48:00-04:00July 28th, 2019|Comments Off

The AI scare is just more hype

Simply put, an algorithm is not a mind.

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-07-15T13:47:04-04:00July 16th, 2019|Comments Off

Could new water purifying tech replace chlorine?

Purifying drinking water has long been one of mankind’s greatest challenges.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2019-05-06T20:18:51-04:00May 11th, 2019|Comments Off

NASA’s InSight powering up on Mars, sends picture

"Tomorrow begins an exciting new chapter for InSight: surface operations and the beginning of the instrument deployment phase."

By CFACT Ed |2018-11-27T01:18:48-05:00November 27th, 2018|Comments Off