The U.S. State Department officially confirmed 16 U.S. government employees were affected by a sonic directed energy weapon. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert explained the details: .@statedeptspox: We can now confirm that at least 16 USG employees were affected by attacks in #Cuba pic.twitter.com/UEy1PJ7bXt — Department of State (@StateDept) August 24, 2017 As Axios reports, the State Department hasn’t Read More…
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Can New Digital Payment Systems Give The Power Back To The People?
For all of the turbulent political events that have been witnessed across the globe in the past twelve months, it’s clear that it’s still economic affairs that keep the elite in power. But whilst dubious financial activities look to keep up current trends for global inequality, there’s hope that some ingenious new digital payment systems Read More…
Microchipping Humans: First They Traded Freedom for Security, Now It’s Privacy for Convenience
RFID chips are in the news again, this time as employees volunteer for implants — but the chips’ convenience lures more to implants before the impact on rights can be assessed. If a steel truth exists in decades of technological innovation, it rests firmly in the convenience provided society — indeed, while the mother of Read More…
Google Is Quietly Recording Everything You Do
Even though this may not come as a surprise to most of you, it is still something that is happening all around us, all the time, and right under our noses: Google is quietly recording everything we do, from conversations we have over the phone and texts to videos we send and create over webcams and Read More…
The Brain Chip Cometh
Bill Kochevar just scooped a forkful of mashed potatoes into his own mouth. No cause for celebration, you say? Well, it is when you consider that Kochevar is a quadriplegic, paralyzed below his shoulders in a cycling accident eight years ago. He hasn’t scooped a forkful of mashed potatoes or anything else into his own Read More…
How Technology Allows Online Gaming to Ensure a Fair Game
With recent research showing that online gambling was worth $35.97 billion in 2014 and is expected to almost double that by 2020, it is safe to say that the industry is in rude health. According to that report, technology is central to this growth and the way it has changed the habits of a huge Read More…