A Landslide of Classic Art Is About to Enter the Public Domain

For the first time in two decades, a huge number of books, films, and other works will escape U.S. copyright law.

For several decades from 2019 onward, each New Year’s Day will unleash a full year’s worth of works published 95 years earlier.

Best Data Visualization Tools for Startups

There are several solutions to translate your data into professional-looking graphics you can add to presentations, business plans and marketing materials without necessarily hiring a graphic artist.

Are your phone camera and microphone spying on you?

Felix Krause described in 2017 that when a user grants an app access to their camera and microphone, the app could do the following:

• Access both the front and the back camera.
• Record you at any time the app is in the foreground.
• Take pictures and videos without telling you.
• Upload the pictures and videos without telling you.
• Upload the pictures/videos it takes immediately.
• Run real-time face recognition to detect facial features or expressions.
• Livestream the camera on to the internet.
• Detect if the user is on their phone alone, or watching together with a second person.
• Upload random frames of the video stream to your web service and run a proper face recognition software which can find existing photos of you on the internet and create a 3D model based on your face.

NEW BRAIN MAPS WITH UNMATCHED DETAIL MAY CHANGE NEUROSCIENCE

A technique based on genetic bar codes can easily map the connections of individual brain cells in unprecedented numbers.

The Future of Location: Beyond Beacons

The next generation of indoor location technology is already delivering real-time, accurate location capabilities beyond the beacon.