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‘Who opposes a free and open Internet? Answer: government. Who do activists beg to protect Internet freedom? Government. Trusting the government to run the Internet is like trusting the NSA to never spy on Americans.’ […]
‘Scientists have carried out trials using microscopic drones that could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes. Researchers have completed the first successful tests of nanoparticles – which are […]
‘Picking faces out of a crowd is something humans are hardwired to do, but training computers to act in the same way is much more difficult. There have been various breakthroughs in this field in […]
‘Much has been written about Ray Kurzweil’s prediction of “The Singularity” where advances in artificial intelligence (AI), genetics, robotics, and nanotechnology would allow man to merge with machines, with the resulting god-like cyborgs living forever. […]
‘The most powerful woman in Israel’s ruling Likud party has just moved into a trailer. Knesset member Miri Regev, the party’s attack dog and the closest thing Israel has to Sarah Palin, boarded the mobile […]
‘Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 14 newspapers on Monday, a government-run media body said, in one of the most sweeping crackdowns on the press in recent years. The National Intelligence and Security […]
‘The Israeli military has dismissed 43 members from the elite intelligence 8200 unit. In September, they wrote an open letter protesting Israeli covert activities towards Palestinians, particularly the 2014 military operation in Gaza Strip. In […]
‘Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed the cost of the Government’s data retention plan could be almost $400 million a year, and has warned if it is not passed it would be a form of […]
‘The Geneva offices of HSBC were raided by Swiss prosecutors yesterday in an investigation into alleged money laundering. Public prosecutors said they were searching for evidence of ‘aggravated money laundering’ after ‘the recent published revelations […]
‘British businesses should support economic sanctions against Russia despite “short-term pain” because only standing up to Vladimir Putin can return stability to Europe, David Cameron has said. The Prime Minister said he knew companies in […]
‘The secretive US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a device that will plug directly into the brain and transmit images, bypassing the optical system altogether, according to reports. Under the guise of […]
‘In his first major foreign policy speech since mooting a 2016 presidential run, Jeb Bush sought to distance himself from the legacy of his brother, admitting mistakes were made in Iraq, and called for the […]