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New ‘Artificial Intelligence Software’ Capable of ‘Near Human-Level’ Image-Recognition
Censorship concerns raised over Google and Stanford programs that translate complex images into written text Scientists with Stanford University and Google have developed two new artificially intelligent software programs capable of describing images with near
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Cop to Other Cops: No Such Thing As Excessive Force
When Reddit user Denyborg posted the following title - "This is why the police can't be trusted to investigate themselves..." - I thought it might be highlighting problems during investigations of police which are
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30 Years Later, America Truly Is Becoming A ‘1984’ Society
If only George Orwell could see us today. When he wrote “1984” back in 1948, he probably never imagined that the “totalitarian, bureaucratic world” that he imagined would ever actually become a reality.
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“If You Like Your Internet”… Obama Calls For Regulation To Keep “Internet Open”
"An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life," begins the President as he explains why the FCC should regulate the internet for Americans' own good
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Armored Vehicles and Military Choppers Spotted Near Ferguson Prior to Grand Jury Decision
Is Ferguson on the verge of civil unrest followed by martial law? Recent photos and videos from the area paint an ominous picture
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NBC Local Crew Stumbles Across FEMA Camp in NY – Threatened, Chased by Gov’t Contractors
Where is your nearest FEMA camp? An NBC news crew may have stumbled across one in up state New York…
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US police established no-fly zone over Ferguson
Leaked audio recordings have revealed that the US government allowed police to establish a no-fly zone over Ferguson, Missouri, following the August killing of an unarmed African-American teenager by police
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16 Ways the Supreme Court Built the Police State and Destroyed Your Rights
“[I]f the individual is no longer to be sovereign, if the police can pick him up whenever they do not like the cut of his jib, if they can ‘seize’ and ‘search’ him in
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Fetzer blasts Chomsky over his silence about 9/11, JFK murder
An American philosopher has questioned Noam Chomsky’s continued silence over the September 11, 2001, attacks and the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy
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15 Signs That We Live During A Time Of Rampant Government Paranoia
How does it feel to live under a government that is getting even more paranoid with each passing day? Yes, we live in a world that is becoming increasingly unstable, but that is
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The Last American President
Today as I was preparing for the show I was reading European periodicals on the internet. As I waded through the typical post election stories there was a headline that caught my eye out
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Mindreading software could eavesdrop on your secret inner voice
Scientists believe they have found a way to read our minds. They have created a computer program that can decode brain activity that creates the 'voice in our head' and put it into words. The breakthrough
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Three Spooky Ways You’re Being Spied on This Halloween
It’s that time of year when people don sinister masks, spray themselves with fake blood, and generally go all out for a good fright. But here at EFF, we think there are plenty of
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Research Forecasts Next Wave of Wearable Biometric Identification
The move to give everyone a global unique ID that can be verified across nearly all human activity continues to be incrementally rolled out. The fear of identity theft and cyber-banking crime of all stripes
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Social Media Surveillance Expands as IBM Taps Twitter
Public outrage about the global spy network continues to be ignored as corporations and governments announce open partnerships in harvesting all of our data. Social media is one particular playground for data brokers who
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You’re Being Watched: Online Stores Know Your Habits
Booking travel or buying something online? There's a good chance you aren't paying the same price as the next guy. New research reveals what some buyers have suspected and some companies even confirm: Online travel
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Flying car approaches liftoff as most advanced prototype yet is unveiled
With its sportscar cockpit and dragonfly wings that fold in neatly behind the cabin, it looks like something straight out of the Batcave or Q’s secret laboratory. But the creators of AeroMobil’s Flying Roadster
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Mind-Controlled Drones Are Already A Reality
Researchers are now using US Department of Defense funding to explore what could be the next big step in drone technology: mind control. Daniel Pack, who manages the Unmanned Systems Laboratory at the University of
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Missouri gov. declares state of emergency ahead of Ferguson verdict
truther November 18, 2014 1The governor of Missouri declared a state of emergency on Monday ahead of the anticipated grand jury decision surrounding Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson and the potential protests the verdict may bring to that
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