Senators grill a Google exec over what they call a double-standard where Google punishes publishers over their users' comments while the big tech giant itself is legally immune from the same practice. | Continue reading
The Pentagon is close to having a enterprise-wide AI infrastructure that can be deployed at scale, and could one day be connected to the human brain. | Continue reading
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is not consistently notifying travelers about its use of facial recognition technology or privacy options in US airports, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). | Continue reading
"The future's gonna be weird," said Elon Musk as he calmly described how Neuralink could one day allow people to save and replay memories that could be stored in a new body or a robot one. | Continue reading
Big tech CEOs take a page out of the fictional "5 Ds of Dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge" as they deflect, dodge, or deny accusations of anti-competitive behavior. | Continue reading
Facebook claims it doesn't benefit from hate, yet its algorithms and entire business model tell a different story. | Continue reading
US Senator Josh Hawley asks Twitter CEO Dorsey to explain what happened in breach as Twitter employees were implicated in the scam. | Continue reading
Twitter says it's "aware of a security incident impacting accounts" as the accounts of high profile individuals such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk are reportedly hacked in an apparent bitcoin-related scam. | Continue reading
Tribal leaders call on Congress to invest in broadband infrastructure in their territories as internet access in many tribal lands is either "weak or non-existent." | Continue reading
Because of their battle-tested experience in combating cybersecurity threats in real-time, former members of the intelligence community are prime candidates for protecting the private sector from cyber attacks, fraud, and Chinese IP theft, a former SEAL Team 6 member-turned seria … | Continue reading
Cybersecurity leaders urge Congress to enact legislation that would protect senior citizens from online fraudsters, educate American citizens about cyber vulnerabilities, and provide robust mechanisms to keep the financial sector safe. | Continue reading
A former NSA foreign surveillance agent tells The Sociable how censorship destroys the very diversity of thought it was meant to protect just before US President Trump signs an Executive Order to prevent online censorship. | Continue reading
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issues a statement telling China to stop stealing COVID-19 research while condemning attempts by Chinese hackers to steal US intellectual property. | Continue reading
The technological arms race between the US and China is a competition to see which country's values will become the global standards that govern its use -- democratic vs communist. | Continue reading
Disclosure on the very real existence of UFOs continues to drip from the US military, but nobody admits to having the advanced technology capable of powering Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). | Continue reading
Tailor-made drugs derived from psilocybin could give users a psychedelic experience in under an hour, making clinical therapy more accessible. | Continue reading
Big tech companies are collecting enormous amounts of data on the movement of private citizens while censoring free speech and removing any content that goes against official narratives. | Continue reading
The World Bank Group will be live streaming the Agriculture Innovation Challenge for Southern Africa on YouTube beginning April 21, which also includes a live pitch competition. | Continue reading
Threats to privacy and liberty now loom in the form of a national health crisis where the COVID-19 pandemic response has the potential to mimic post 9/11 abuse. | Continue reading
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah launches the Trevor Noah Foundation in partnership with Microsoft to help orphans and at-risk youth to excel in the classroom and beyond. | Continue reading
DARPA is researching biotech that would eliminate the major bacteria associated with traveler's diarrhea while reducing jet lag duration by half. | Continue reading
Over the past week, the FBI has been warning that there has been an increase in cybersecurity threats exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic that target civilians, government infrastructure, and businesses alike. | Continue reading
DARPA looks to meet the coronavirus "on its own biological terms" through a portfolio of research programs that aims to end all pandemics. | Continue reading
Filing a patent is an important step towards building the product that you want while providing legal protections to you and your investors. | Continue reading
The bioengineered soldier of the future could have amazing super-human capabilities. If DARPA research programs turn out to be successful, here's what the bioengineered soldier of the future could look like. | Continue reading
Declassified government research provides insight into how UFOs could theoretically bend spacetime as a means of propulsion. | Continue reading
As the African Union gears up to launch a visa-free passport for the continent in 2020, entrepreneurs are already connecting the continent ahead of schedule. | Continue reading
The Pentagon owns the largest repository of disease-related medical data in the world, including 55 million tissue samples on glass slides, and it wants to digitize them all. | Continue reading
The root of the 5G problem is Chinese espionage and predatory economic practices, according to the director of the Technology Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. | Continue reading
The bioeconomy will revitalize the Midwest by bringing manufacturing back to the region in a way that uses microbes that are engineered like living factories to produce sustainable products. | Continue reading
By programming cells like computers, the bioeconomy will affect nearly every industry from food production to speedy vaccine trials and renewable fuel resources stemming from sustainable, bio-based materials. | Continue reading
DARPA is looking to develop autonomous vehicles that can see while not being seen "at night, underground, in the Arctic, and in fog." | Continue reading
Opposing ideologies on climate change is a major speed bump in Congress for approving Trump's $142.2 billion R&D budget proposal for 2021. | Continue reading
Magic mushrooms are like a technology for hacking consciousness that connect users to a web of information where they can download hidden wisdom. | Continue reading
Today the Pentagon announces the formal adoption of five ethical AI principles that will guide its artificial intelligence strategy for national defense. | Continue reading
What's the difference between Google and China? One is accused of intellectual property theft while the other has created an Orwellian surveillance program. | Continue reading
Governments are cracking down on journalists worldwide, charging them with cybercrimes, but evidence suggests that the cybercrime charges are a means to silence real journalism. | Continue reading
For the first time in NATO's history all 29-member states agree on one thing -- that China poses security challenges and opportunities that need to be addressed, according to the NATO secretary general. | Continue reading
"Space debris is the 'speed bump' on the path to the trillion-dollar space economy," according to testimony in the Senate from the director of the US Office of Space Commerce. | Continue reading
A US Department of Homeland Security official testifies that the DHS doesn't see false positives that misidentify people, but there are matching issues in the databases. | Continue reading
Know yourself before the Pavlovian puppet masters of big tech own your beliefs and decisions while you believe you are acting upon free will. | Continue reading
When human cyborgs are given superhuman data collection powers with their tiny sensors and implants, where will all that data go and who will own it? | Continue reading
While tech is giving humans godlike abilities to re-engineer life itself, humans are still hackable animals, and the threat of digital dictators lording over data colonies is a realistic threat, according to insights from the World Economic Forum. | Continue reading
The tech arms race between the US and China will soon give corporations and governments the ability to hack human beings, and the loser will be humanity itself, says noted historian Yuval Harari at the World Economic Forum. | Continue reading
An ex-Google ethicist warns Congress that tech products and culture are "designed intentionally for mass deception" and the entire digital space has become a "dark infrastructure." | Continue reading
China agrees to stop forcing foreign companies to transfer their technology to Chinese companies and agrees to "address" intellectual property theft concerns as part of the Phase One Trade Agreement with China. | Continue reading
Today the US Department of Energy announces that it is laying the foundation for a quantum internet, and it will be funding $625 million to establish Quantum Information Science Research Centers. | Continue reading
While the US Navy continues to push for unmanned fleets, DARPA moves ahead with the No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) program, following the successful development of the autonomous Sea Hunter vessel in 2016. | Continue reading