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Alchemy and the Occult on the Streets of Mexico City

Silver Nitrate is Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest plunge into the dark alleys of Mexico City's film industry. This is a tale where the line between movie magic and real magic is cleverly obscured. It's 1993, and we're introduced to Montserrat, a sound editor who can hear whispers of the supernatural... Read On

Kashmir Hill: Avoiding Dystopia

In a recent MIT Technology article, Senior Reporter Eileen Guo reported that the US Department of Homeland Security is planning to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children, at the southern US border. Apparently the DHS was able to eliminate age restrictions on the collection of biometric data, inclusive of children “down to the infant.” This is part of a broader initiative being undertaking by the DHS to evolve their biometric identity capabilities. Beyond concerns for privacy and security, significant limitations include small training data sets that are low quantity... Read On

Barrett Brown: Anarchist in the UK

In 2010, American journalist Barrett Lancaster Brown founded Project PM, a crowdsourced investigation site. The mission of the organization was to analyze leaks from the military-industrial complex. Read On

In a recent MIT Technology article, Senior Reporter Eileen Guo reported that the US Department of Homeland Security is planning to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children, at the southern US border. Apparently the DHS was able to eliminate age restrictions on the collection of biometric data, inclusive of children “down to the infant.” This is part of a broader initiative being undertaking by the DHS to evolve their biometric identity capabilities. Beyond concerns for privacy and security, significant limitations include small training data sets that are low quantity.