Mac Slavo | The United States Geological Survey has increased the Yellowstone supervolcano threat to “high.” This is the first time that the USGS has updated its volcano threat assessments list since 2006.

Reuters | They found 95 percent of kids apps contain at least one type of advertising

Daily Mail | New details have emerged about how Amazon markets its controversial facial recognition tech, Rekognition, to law enforcement.

Information Liberation | Silicon Valley is not biased against right-wingers!

Daily Mail | The prototype is made of small plastic wheel, a lithium battery, and liquid gallium.

Daily Mail | Facebook ads were a major reason why some voters showed up at the polls in the 2016 presidential election.

Daily Mail | Almost 90 per cent of apps on Google Play store share data with its parent firm.

RT | Russia must develop the capability to destroy the US in a single swift blow if it wants to persuade the Americans to end the nuclear arms race and return to the negotiating table, military expert Konstantin Sivkov said.

Bloomberg | In Haidilao International Holding Ltd.’s hotpot restaurants, robots are replacing chefs and waiters.

Breitbart | The biggest of the Big Tech companies are quickly positioning themselves as the internet’s thought police, threatening to stamp out one of America’s most cherished freedoms — the right to free speech.

Daily Mail | US research agency DARPA has called for experts to build AI with common sense.

Mac Slavo | Thousands of people in Sweden are microchipping themselves in an effort to speed up their day.

Newsbusters | All three network morning shows bizarrely accused the Trump administration of considering “changing the definition of gender” by simply reversing Obama-era regulations.

PHYS.org | Up to now, it had been assumed that the trace amounts of oxygen on Mars were insufficient to sustain even microbial life.