Facebook set up a war room to combat misinformation ahead of Europe’s Parliamentary elections
The Verge | Similar to the one set up in the US in October 2018.
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James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley’s Conservative Blacklisting Campaign
Breitbart | Twitter suspended Woods for a tweet that read, “‘If you try to kill the King, you best not miss’ #HangThemAll.”
Police in Washington are running suspect sketches through Amazon’s controversial facial recognition software, report reveals
Daily Mail | In a previously undocumented use of facial recognition software, police in Washington state are using Amazon’s ‘Rekognition’ to track down criminals with as little as an artist’s sketch.
Swedish Doctor Says Deadly Parasitic Disease Has Doubled Since ‘Refugee’ Wave
Paul Joseph Watson | “Most people are sick from Syria and Afghanistan”.
Buzz Aldrin calls for ‘great migration of humankind to Mars’
Daily Mail | He praises Trump’s plan for moon mission but warns against a new space race
Hunt for Hilter’s missing uranium: Physicist reconstructs Nazi attempts to build nuclear reactor after being sent a mysterious cube of 1940s German uranium
Daily Mail | But where are the hundreds of other ones?
United, Delta and American Airlines cover creepy seat-back cameras with stickers following privacy backlash
Daily Mail | United, Delta and American Airlines are taking steps to cover cameras on seat backs after the practice sparked a privacy backlash.
‘Deranged version of Earth’: Scientists discover mysterious massive ‘ice corridor’ on Saturn’s moon
RT | Scientists studying Saturn’s moon Titan have discovered a bizarre, frozen feature that stretches some 6,300 kilometers (3,900 miles) across its tropical region and which might indicate the former existence of an ‘ice volcano.’
Trump Will Meet With Top Advisers To Discuss Plans To Challenge Climate Change Reports, Source Says
Daily Caller | President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday with White House officials to discuss creating a commission to scrutinize climate change reports, according to a source familiar with the matter.
NASA Prepares For “Asteroid APOCALYPSE” With “Planetary Defense” Simulation
Mac Slavo | NASA is going to be using a simulation of an “asteroid apocalypse” in order to help the space agency prepare for the cataclysmic event.
“Massive” Herpes Outbreak Reported At Coachella Music Festival
Zero Hedge | Coachella “is a perfect place for the herpes virus to pop up.”
Planet of the Apes becomes reality after Chinese scientists implant human genes into monkeys to make them “smarter”
Ethan Huff | “Frankenscientists” hailing from the communist “paradise” of China have successfully inserted human brain genes into live monkeys, creating a real life “Planet of the Apes” scenario with the world’s first half-human, half-ape hybrid b…
Nearly half of ALL jobs could be lost or radically transformed as a result of automation within the next two decades, report warns
Daily Mail | Within many workers’ lifetimes, jobs will be radically altered by automation.
Most people now think artificial intelligence poses a threat to the human race, study claims
Daily Mail | The number of people who fear artificial intelligence is on the rise.
Most people now think artificial intelligence poses a threat to the human race, study claims
Daily Mail | The number of people who fear artificial intelligence is on the rise.