This Week in Technology Review - Week of October 22

This Week in Technology Review Everything you need to know about the technology topics you care most about, delivered to your inbox each week. Everything you need to know about the technology topics you care most about, delivered to your inbox each week. Week of October 22 View in the browser View in the browser Business Impact Video doorbell firm Ring says its devices slash crime—but the evidence looks flimsy Amazon paid $1 billion for the security company. Our data analysis questions the claims that purchase was based on. A cyber-skills shortage means students are being recruited to fight off hackers Students with little or no cybersecurity knowledge are being paired with easy-to-use AI software that lets them protect their campus from attack. Popular this week A global ethics study aims to help AI solve the self-driving "trolley problem" Millions of people in 233 countries weighed in on whose lives self-driving cars should prioritize, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures. A bot disguised as a human software developer fixes bugs The automated programmer, called Repairnator, wrote patches good enough to fool actual human engineers. Ethereum's "difficulty bomb" will change the currency forever—when it finally drops Establishing an AI code of ethics will be harder than people think Ethics are too subjective to guide the use of AI, argue some legal scholars. Inside Europe's quest to build an unhackable quantum internet An ambitious project in the Netherlands aims to use quantum technology to foil hackers who try to spy on data flowing through the internet's pipes. MIT has just announced a $1 billion plan to create a new college for AI Genes linked to being gay may help straight people get more sex The largest-ever study of genetics and sexual orientation offers a theory about the longevity of genes that influence homosexuality. The US accuses Russia of meddling in upcoming elections You received this newsletter because you subscribed with the email address: contacto1745.send-mail@blogger.com edit preferences      unsubscribe MIT Technology Review One Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142