Blind spots in AI might help protect your privacy

PLUS: Concussion pseudoscience, Tesla's "smart summon", and PlayStation cloud gaming. View this email in your browser  10.02.19   ONLINE PRIVACY In Europe, Sites Can Only Track You If You Check the Box BY PARIS MARTINEAU The EU's highest court ruled that website operators can't present users with "pre-checked" options to agree to cookies.   BRAIN DRAIN Football's Concussion Crisis Is Awash With Pseudoscience BY CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN Products that offer a "seat belt" or "bubble wrap" for the brain claim to reduce head trauma. If only the laws of physics worked that way.   UN-PARKING Tesla's 'Smart Summon' Will Fetch Your Car—Sometimes BY AARIAN MARSHALL Tesla introduced a feature that allows drivers to call the car to come to them. What could go wrong?   MACHINE LEARNING Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy BY ANDY GREENBERG Researchers have found a potential silver lining in so-called adversarial examples, using it to shield sensitive data from snoops.   SPONSORED CONTENT The Future of Commuting Is a Flying Taxi It's the dream of anyone stuck in an endless traffic jam during rush hour: Instead of looking at a wall of brake lights from behind the steering wheel, getting into a futuristic-looking machine and flying above it all. GET WIRED Get 1 year of WIRED access for just $10.   When information is cheap, context is more valuable than ever.   Subscribe now   PS, I STREAM YOU PlayStation Doubles Down on Cloud Gaming Starting ... Now BY PETER RUBIN With a price cut and a new commitment to high-profile games, Sony's PlayStation Now makes its case to customers.   HOW WE WATCH Facebook Watch and the Emotion-Harvesting Future of TV BY LAUREN GOODE I spent a couple weeks watching the social network's video channel. The shows there were very engaging ... perhaps too engaging.   ARMS RACE Even the AI Behind Deepfakes Can't Save Us From Being Duped BY WILL KNIGHT Google and Facebook are releasing troves of deepfakes to teach algorithms how to detect them. But the human eye will be needed for a long time.   DOUBLE VISION Microsoft Surface Duo Will Be a Dual-Screen Android 'Device' BY LAUREN GOODE It folds, but the screen isn't foldable. It sort of fits in your pocket. It has a camera. And it makes phone calls—but don't you dare call it a phone.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions