At Protecting Defenders Online, a virtual side conversation at U.N. Human Rights Council’s 49th session, hosted by Access Now, and the United States and European … Costa Rica is the first country to call for a moratorium on spyware technologyRead more
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Capitalism Is The Problem
Some of the most important inventors you may not have heard of, are: Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Herman Hollerith, Semyon Korsakov, Alan Turing; where to … Capitalism Is The ProblemRead more
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Genius of big tech and stupidity of us
https://techrights.org/videos/phoneid_fixed.webm Rob Braxman
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ALEC and the U.S.’s Second-Rate Telecom System
Do you have a “5G” service? It’s ceaselessly promoted as the mobile phone standard. Over the last two decade, the mobile phone market has been … ALEC and the U.S.’s Second-Rate Telecom SystemRead more
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Big Tech Sells War
Since 2001 the “Global War on Terror” has become a household phrase that has set the political, economic, and ideological agenda for the US and … Big Tech Sells WarRead more
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New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions
Last week brought a rare good-news story: artificial intelligence enabled researchers to develop an antibiotic capable of killing an exotic superbug that had defied all … New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust UnionsRead more
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The problem with artificial intelligence?
Elon Musk and Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak have recently signed a letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of AI systems. The goal … The problem with artificial intelligence?Read more
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Can compressed air batteries power the clean energy revolution?
California is exploring a unique type of battery to help power the clean energy revolution: compressed air batteries. This underground $1 billion battery is a … Can compressed air batteries power the clean energy revolution?Read more
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Alan Turing and the Limits of Computation
Alan Turing wore many scientific hats in his lifetime: a code-breaker in World War II, a prophetic figure of artificial intelligence (AI), a pioneer of … Alan Turing and the Limits of ComputationRead more