Society

The “Internet of Bodies” ecosystem could lead to the “Internet of Brains” sometime between 2035 and 2050, according to a RAND report commissioned by the UK Ministry of Defense. Commissioned by the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and conducted by RAND Europe and Frazer Nash Consulting, the study Cultural and technological…
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Blue (Democrat) cities and blue school boards see merit as a tool of white supremacy and have erased it. The latest example is the closing of schools for the gifted in the woke city of Seattle, Washington. You guessed it: there were too many white and Asian students. In America merit has been overthrown by “equity,” which has…
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Those of us who understand that there is more to life than material existence know that even the richest material life is insecure if there is no justice and no accountability for governments and criminals. Justice depends on truth, as does freedom, scholarship, and science. Yet now in our time truth is endangered and can be banned…
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Following the protests in Brussels by farmers from across the European Union (EU), the European Commission offered some concessions to the agricultural sector — but said it will not scale back its plan to cut 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, Reuters reported. The new commission plan drops the requirement to reduce…
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Recent internal records reveal fossil fuel companies and the plastics industry peddled the myth of viable plastic recycling for over 50 years, despite privately acknowledging that existing recycling methods were inadequate, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Integrity. Plastic makers and petrochemical industry…
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Running alongside the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, the WEF launched its inaugural TradeTech Forum, which “aims to be a groundbreaking platform for facilitating global innovation in the realm of international trade technologies.” In his opening address, WEF president Borge Brende praised India’s digital ID…
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“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” – Audrey Hepburn “If you can dance and be free and not be embarrassed, you can rule the world.” – Amy Poehler “If you’re focusing on what you…
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Technology and other modern conveniences have become so ingrained in our daily lives that most people can hardly live without them. This is not the case with the Amish, as they still live largely as they did 300 years ago. Their lifestyle, which prohibits the ownership of computers and relies only in limited cases on electricity…
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There are rumours that swirl in the writing world: all the publishing houses of the UK now have teams dedicated to seeking out and commissioning books that will feed into a national sense of guilt about the country’s history. I couldn’t guess what the next big remorse theme would be: the opium trade. It was with a sense of…
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End-to-end encrypted messaging apps are fantastic privacy tools that secure your communications and protect them from third-party spying. However, in certain circumstances they can pose a potential privacy concern because they share your Internet Protocol (IP) address with others. This privacy issue is not limited to end-to-end…
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