Energy Floatovoltaics are a cool way to super-charge your solar panels with water Thom Dunn

Technology IBM to exit facial recognition business, opposes use of AI technology for mass surveillance Xeni Jardin

Funny Watch the Cookie Monster's first appearance, in a 1967 IBM training film David Pescovitz

security Warshipping: attack a target network by shipping a cellular-enabled wifi cracker to a company's mail-room Cory Doctorow

Technology LAWSUIT: Los Angeles accuses Weather Channel app of secretly mining user data Xeni Jardin

privacy Surveillance libraries in common smartphone apps have amassed dossiers on the minute-to-minute movements of 200 million+ Americans Cory Doctorow

computers The man who created Ctrl+Alt+Del David Pescovitz

surveillance IBM developed NYPD surveillance tools that let cops pick targets based on skin color Cory Doctorow

auctions Vintage IBM lab coveralls on eBay Rob Beschizza

ibm IBM bans USB, SD cards, flash drives and all other portable devices from every office, worldwide Carla Sinclair

security IBM Security survey finds users value "security" over "convenience" Cory Doctorow

video Interesting look at how IBM designed its new bespoke typeface Andrea James

Science Watson for Oncology isn't an AI that fights cancer, it's an unproven mechanical turk that represents the guesses of a small group of doctors Cory Doctorow

Business The US Patent Office just (in 2017!) awarded IBM a patent over out-of-office email Cory Doctorow

picks U.S. charges ex-IBM software developer from China with espionage over stolen code Xeni Jardin

Business The TSA spent $1.4M on an app to tell it who gets a random search Cory Doctorow

donald trump What does your writing say about you? IBM Watson Personality Insights will tell you. Andrea James

Gadgets The IBM 1620, an affordable “scientific computer” from 1959. Xeni Jardin