China Quietly Confirms Birth Of Third Gene-edited Baby
By: Futurism December 30, 2019 On Monday, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported that He Jiankui, the researcher responsible for creating the world’s first gene-edited babies, had been sentenced to three years in prison on the charge of illegally practicing medicine. Given that China condemned He’s research almost immediately after he announced the births of the twin babies, it’s not particularly surprising […]
We’ve spent the decade letting our tech define us. It’s out of control
By: The Guardian Dec 29, 2019 We may come to remember this decade as the one when human beings finally realized we are up against something. We’re just not quite sure what it is. More of us have come to understand that our digital technologies are not always bringing out our best natures. People woke […]
Pentagon urges military members to skip at-home dna tests
By: Futurism Dec 27, 2019 High-ranking Pentagon officials have asked members of the military to stop using consumer DNA tests, such as 23andMe or Ancestry, as they are a potential threat to national security. On Monday, Yahoo News reported that it had obtained a copy of a memo signed by two top military officials — Joseph Kernan, undersecretary […]
New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
By: A P News December 27, 2019 A new intercontinental weapon that can fly 27 times the speed of sound became operational Friday, Russia’s defense minister reported to President Vladimir Putin, bolstering the country’s nuclear strike capability. Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch […]
Report: Popular messaging app ToTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates
By: Fox News December 23, 2019 The app was recently removed by Google and Apple from their respective app stores. Watch Full Video
Google’s Larry Page gave $400 million in Christmas donations. Not a penny went straight to charity.
By: vox Dec 18, 2019 In 2015, Page’s foundation dug deep and directed $94 million in new Christmastime giving. The next year around the same time, it sent $129 million out the door. By 2017, the group was donating twice as much during the holidays as it was just two years before, giving $180 million […]
To err is human – is that why we fear machines that can be made to err less?
By: The Guardian Dec 14, 2019 One of the things that really annoys AI researchers is how supposedly “intelligent” machines are judged by much higher standards than are humans. Take self-driving cars, they say. So far they’ve driven millions of miles with very few accidents, a tiny number of them fatal. Yet whenever an autonomous […]
Furious shareholders front ‘incompetent’ Westpac executives at AGM
By: The Guardian December 12, 2019 Furious shareholders in scandal-ridden Westpac have blasted the bank’s board and management as “incompetent” – or worse – over its handling of the money laundering and child exploitation scandal arising from breaches of Austrac obligations at its annual meeting in Sydney on Thursday. The mood was grim among the […]
This is how Facebook learns what you buy at physical stores in order to show you relevant ads – and how to opt out
By: Business Insider December 12, 2019 If you recently bought something at a physical store, you might have noticed an uptick in the number of Facebook ads you saw related to that store or the item you bought.The phenomenon – which has been documented by Reddit and Twitter users – is not a coincidence. […]