Lynn Conway IBM finally apologized for 1968 firing of noted transgender scientist Andrea James

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

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

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

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

the weather channel LAWSUIT: Los Angeles accuses Weather Channel app of secretly mining user data Xeni Jardin

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

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

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

apparel Vintage IBM lab coveralls on eBay Rob Beschizza

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

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

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

cancer isn't Jeopardy 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

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

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

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

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

60s The IBM 1620, an affordable "scientific computer" from 1959. Xeni Jardin