All posts tagged "technology"
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Editor's Choice
Are You Addicted to Your Phone? Signs of Mobile Phone Addiction
August 22, 2018Cell phones are even more pernicious than booze, smoking, and drugs because they seem so useful. An...
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Crime/Police State
How to Protect Your Phone Against a SIM Swap Attack
August 20, 2018A spate of hacked Instagram accounts. A $220 million lawsuit against AT&T. A bustling underground crime...
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Controlling the Herd
Did DARPA Just Develop Autonomous Drones To Hunt Humans?
August 6, 2018And if these advancements are not mind-boggling enough, it is only a matter of time before the...
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Editor's Choice
Connected To The Matrix: Americans Spend Most Of Their Waking Hours Staring At A Television Or Computer Screen
August 3, 2018We have willingly connected ourselves to “the matrix”, and the amount of time spent connected is...
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Controlling the Herd
A Talking Cricket, a Self-Writing Quill, and the Coming Hive Mind (Video)
July 25, 2018Google admitted they are discussing us like this... so when are WE going to start discussing...
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By 2050 Humans Will Attend Own Funerals as Robots – Futurologist
July 25, 2018Dr. Ian Pearson, who has a self-proclaimed 85 percent accuracy record when looking 10 to 15...
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Thousands Of Scientists Sign Pledge Against Developing Lethal A.I.
July 20, 2018Thousands of leading scientists have urged their colleagues against helping governments create killer robots, making the...
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DARPA Researching Mind-Controlled Troops Connected to Weapons Systems
July 19, 2018DARPA, at the behest of the Pentagon, has been at the forefront of nearly all military...
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Genetically Modified Babies Given Go Ahead by UK Ethics Body
July 17, 2018The report drew immediate criticism from some quarters, with one lobby group accusing the authors of...
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Spacecraft With Revolutionary Heat Shield Will “Touch The Sun”
July 11, 2018NASA has unveiled a "cutting-edge heat shield" that will make it possible for a space probe...
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This School Banned Cell Phones And Happiness Followed
July 10, 2018Four years ago, a French school trepidatiously banned the use of cell phones – and something...
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Scientists Warn: Genetic Editing of Humans With “CRISPR” Technology May Lead to Generation of Cancer Sufferers
June 14, 2018CRISPR-Cas9 is a budding technology, with proponents singing its praises for the last few years. But...
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Teacher Posts 2nd Grader’s Wish that Cell Phones Didn’t Exist Due to Parents’ Heavy Use. How Digital Addiction is Hurting Us All.
June 4, 2018It has been written that as the Titanic was sinking, the band continued to play. Maybe some of that...
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Crime/Police State
This Is How Amazon’s Alexa Records And Shares Private Conversations Without Your Permission
May 25, 2018As it turns out, the scandal over Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled personal assistant recording and sharing private...
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Editor's Choice
Family Removes Alexa Devices After a Stranger in Another Town Heard Everything They Were Saying
May 24, 2018While there have been multiple reports of homeowners who are concerned about just how much their...
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Conspiracy Fact and Theory
Facebook Gives Off Serious ‘Creeper’ Vibes: ‘Send Us Your Nudes For Your Protection’
May 23, 2018Hasn't Facebook gotten themselves into enough hot water? First was privacy concerns and then came Cambridge...
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Controlling the Herd
When Things Fall Apart: A Graduation Message for a Dark Age
May 22, 2018Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young...
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Editor's Choice
Gene-Editing Tool, Crispr, Is a New, Scary Technology That Can Change Everything We Know, From Our Food to Our Bodies
May 14, 2018If researchers are left unchecked by the world’s regulatory bodies and allowed to continue playing god,...
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Editor's Choice
$25,000 Robot Barista Can Make 120 Cups Of Coffee An Hour
May 9, 2018A San Francisco company has created a $25,000 robot barista that can crank out 120 allegedly good cups of...
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Controlling the Herd
Police Testing Controversial Portable DNA Machine
April 20, 2018For the last 10 months, Houston police have been testing a new mobile DNA machine called rapid...
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Economy and Finance
Rise of the Robots: 8 Professions That Will Be Taken Over by AI Tech
April 20, 2018As robots and artificial intelligence (AI) technology begin their takeover, more jobs will be taken away...
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Editor's Choice
Google Loses Landmark ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Case
April 13, 2018A businessman has won his legal action to remove search results about a criminal conviction in...
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Controlling the Herd
5 Privacies You Didn’t Know You Lost
April 9, 2018If you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to the obtrusive police state panopticon,...
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Editor's Choice
In Letter to CEO, 1000s of Google Employees Revolt Against Military Drone Project
April 5, 2018Google employees’ willingness to challenge the company’s leaders over their collaboration with the Pentagon is admirable,...
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New Study Confirms Early TV Exposure is the Gateway to Obesity and Unhealthy Habits
April 4, 2018A child that begins life developing the habit of regularly over-watching television is being put on...
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How Your Cell Phone Can Make You Unattractive and Ruin Your Relationships: Acne, Impotence, Premature Aging, Reduced Impulse Control, and More
April 2, 2018Are you feeling played yet?
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Editor's Choice
Artificial Embryo Created: No Egg, No Sperm, No Problem
March 30, 2018Do not doubt for a second that scientists will edit genes in these embryos, in order...
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Controlling the Herd
Microsoft Warns Customers: Watch What You Say When Using Our Products — or Else
March 29, 2018Microsoft stated that they may temporarily suspend or boot offending users permanently from their products. They...
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Editor's Choice
Visualizing The 50 Most Important Life-Saving Breakthroughs In History
March 28, 2018By the 20th century, an explosion in new technologies, treatments, and other science-backed practices helped to...
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Controlling the Herd
The Internet of Things: A Game for Morons and Control Freaks
March 27, 20185G, the Internet of Things, smart meters, the Smart Grid, and Sustainability are all a way...