You’re not just seeing things. U.S. spy agencies and the Pentagon said in a report this past week that UFO (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) sightings have surged over the past two years. And authorities have no easy explanation as to why, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Category: 17 January 2023
TOP TREND 2023, AI: WE OWN YOU—CAN A ROBOT LAWYER GET YOU OFF THE HOOK IN TRAFFIC COURT?
If a person who serves as their own lawyer has a fool for a client, what about a person who employs a robot?
BIG PHARMA ASKED TWITTER TO CENSOR USERS DEMANDING LOW COST GENERIC COVID VACCINES FOR POOR COUNTRIES
Follow. The. Money. A new low in greed and corruption of companies PFizer and BioNTech was just revealed in another “Twitter Files” release.
CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT? WHY DOESN’T THE CDC HAVE A MORE “ROBUST” VACCINE MONITORING SYSTEM THAN VAERS?
Flip a coin regarding recent controversy surrounding the latest VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) numbers. Heads, the CDC loses. Tails? The CDC loses even bigger.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
A company called ZeroEyes has secured a patent for AI-powered surveillance technology that can spot a gun and call law enforcement within five seconds.
HOOKED ON ‘LIKES’? SOCIAL MEDIA COULD CHANGE TEEN BRAIN FUNCTIONS: STUDY
A newly released study suggests that the more a teenager interacts on social media, the more likely it is that they will become “hypersensitive to feedback from their peers.” Researchers from the University of North Carolina noted that in adolescence, the brain sees “structural and functional reorganization changes” that are important in its development. The......
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Société Générale, a French multinational investment bank and financial services provider, is using the stablecoin of Maker to gain liquidity on its investment holdings.
STATES BEGIN TO CRACK DOWN ON ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ FOLLOWING OUR ‘GOING GREEN’ FORECAST
More states in the U.S. are acting to either track or outright ban so-called ‘forever chemicals’ that are frequently found in household products and linked to serious health problems. The Wall Street Journal noted that 11 states have put bans on these PFAS, which are known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The paper noted that Maine......
NEW CONGRESS, NEW CRYPTO DIRECTION?
A divided new Congress, with Republicans in control in the House, and Democrats retaining a slim majority in the Senate, has led some to conjecture that not much might get done concerning crypto clarity in 2023.
BERLIN FIRM GIVES RESIDENTS ALL-ACCESS PASS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT
BVG, the private firm that manages most of the public transportation systems in Germany’s largest city, has come up with a new way to cut both traffic jams and smog: an app called Jelbi that gives the 3.7 million Berliners access to the city’s buses, subways, trolleys, as well as shared bikes, cars, and even scooters.