China Introduces Disturbingly Real Female AI News Anchor
Zero Hedge | No word if she’ll shoot him knowing glares as he flirts with the weather girl.
Tag: Sci Tech
Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption Fears SPIKE As Geysers Become More Active
Mac Slavo | Some of Yellowstone’s geysers have been more active lately reigniting fears that the massive supervolcano will erupt.
Your Google security system could be spying on you! Firm is forced to apologise to Nest users after admitting it has a secret microphone built-in
Daily Mail | Google found itself at the centre of a new privacy scandal yesterday, after it emerged that it has buried a secret microphone in its Nest Secure alarm system.
Swedish Feminists Demand State Ban on ‘Dangerous’ Sex Robots
Sputnik | Sex robots and sex dolls reinforce the view that women are objects and normalise men’s violence against women, three feminist Swedish organisations claim.
Privacy fears as bosses deploy high-tech fitness trackers to spy on employees – and could even use them to decide who to fire
Daily Mail | Soon, your boss may want to keep an eye on you in more ways than just whether or not you’re at your desk.
China wants to build a power station in SPACE by 2030 that will beam solar energy to Earth while in orbit
Daily Mail | China is planning to build a power station in space powered by the sun.
Neuroscientists Say They’ve Found an Entirely New Form of Neural Communication
Science Alert | Scientists think they’ve identified a previously unknown form of neural communication that self-propagates across brain tissue, and can leap wirelessly from neurons in one section of brain tissue to another – even if they’ve been s…
What A Way To Go? Hackers Can Turn Sex Robots Into Killing Machines, Security Expert Warns
John Vibes | According to Nicholas Patterson, a cybersecurity lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, humanoid sex robots that have recently hit the market could potentially be hacked and turned into killing machines.
Twitter stores users’ direct messages years after they’ve been deleted – and even if you’ve deactivated your account
Daily Mail | Your Twitter DMs have been sticking around long after you’ve deleted them.
Robots are a ‘grave threat to humanity’ and should be outlawed, experts tell the world’s largest gathering of scientists in Washington DC
Daily Mail | Killer robots are a ‘grave threat to humanity’ and should be banned, the world’s largest gathering of scientists was told.
Facebook, Facing Lawmaker Questions, Says It May Remove Anti-Vaccine Recommendations
Bloomberg | Facebook Inc., under pressure to reduce harmful, misleading and fake content, said it is exploring removing anti-vaccine information from software systems that recommend other things to read on its social network.
Pentagon unveils 17-page strategy on artificial intelligence and says machines will ‘impact every corner’ of the military as it ramps up efforts in AI-arms race with Russia and China
Daily Mail | The U.S. military wants to expand its use of artificial intelligence in warfare, but says it will take care to deploy the technology in accordance with the nation’s values.
Privacy fears as report reveals Google and Amazon use smart home data to learn your daily habits – including when you go to sleep
Daily Mail | Google and Amazon tightly control what user data is collected and how it’s used.
LISTEN to CREEPY Water Drum-Like Vibration of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Sputnik | The magnetic field protecting Earth from deadly solar impulses makes a sound akin to a heartbeat.
SURPRISE! French Study Confirms Ultra-processed Foods Increase Risk Of Early Death
Mac Slavo | In a not so surprising announcement, a French team has discovered during a study that ultra-processed foods accelerate your risk of mortality.