jakeofthefoliage (47)in #blockchain • 6 years agoFacebook is Now Officially Pursuing Blockchain....After a big shakeup in their executive circle, Facebook's head of Messenger will now lead a new group that studies the…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #blockchain • 6 years agoCould Blockchain-based Ads Save Digital Publishing?It was interesting to read that both Buzzfeed and Vice missed their revenue targets this year. Despite the massive…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 6 years agoMinority Report Is Here--Pre-Crime AI Surveillance Tech Will Study "Behavioral Anomalies"Nary a month goes by that I don't see an article somewhere pronouncing that Minority Report is coming to life--that…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #facebook • 6 years agoHere's an even more shocking revelation about Facebook...While we think of the social network as a revolutionary tool for connecting people, it was designed to be addictive…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 6 years agoScientists Say New 'Social Networking' Robot, Fribo, Will Make You Feel Less IsolatedA new robot called Fribo is being used to promote social connectivity and reduce isolation. The technology combines…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 6 years agoResisting the Predator Class of 'Surveillance Capitalism'--Anti-Media RadioOn the Thursday edition of Anti-Media Radio on UCY.TV, we discussed the continued fallout of the Facebook data…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #google • 6 years agoThink Facebook Is Bad? Google Has TEN Times More Data On You, Including Your Physical LocationsThe recent scandal involving Facebook's data harvesting operations being exploited by a third-party vulture…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #science • 6 years agoStephen Hawking's Final Paper Described How to Discover Parallel UniversesThe late great cosmologist Stephen Hawking spent his illustrious career battling the most enigmatic and vexing…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 6 years agoWalmart Has Patented Autonomous Robotic Bees To Replace Dying HoneybeesRetail giant Walmart has filed a patent for autonomous robotic bees who will be used to pollinate crops. Precipitated…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 7 years agoNew Pentagon Weapon Will Use Lasers to Make You Hear VoicesTechnological growth continues to lead us into a society stunningly similar to the world portrayed in the show Black…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 7 years agoLockheed Martin Has Obtained a Patent For A Potentially Revolutionary Fusion ReactorOne of the holy grails of science fiction is the idea of a fusion reactor--a form of power generation in which energy…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 7 years agoBosses Now Using AI to Determine Employee States of MindMany companies use surveys to gauge the mindsets of employees. Now, in the age of artificial intelligence, SPS…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #blockchain • 7 years agoGoogle to Use Blockchain System for New Cloud ServerWith the Big 5 tech companies--Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft--increasingly under fire about privacy…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #blockchain • 7 years agoIt's Time For Us To Escape the Control Grid of the Predator ClassLikely you’ve heard of the recent imbroglio involving Facebook, a ‘data breach,’ and a company called Cambridge…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #science • 7 years agoCould Aliens Hack Earth?Scientists now fear the human race faces the danger of being hacked...by aliens. In a new paper, astrophysicists…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #facebook • 7 years agoFincher Should Make a 'Social Network" Follow-Up About Zuckerberg Turning Into Big BrotherFinally, people are starting to wake up to the dangers of predatory data mining. Unsurprisingly, it required the…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #technology • 7 years agoFirst Decentralized Surveillance System Will Combine Artificial Intelligence and PRE-CRIMEWith 'smart' tools, blockchain, and surveillance technologies all evolving at hyperbolic speeds, it was inevitable…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 7 years agoThis Strip Club Lets You Pay Strippers Via Bitcoin QR TattoosOne of questions frequently asked of bitcoin investors is how will cryptocurrency actually find practical everyday…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #science • 7 years agoStartup Claims It Can Preserve Your Mind for Future Upload...But They Have To Kill You FirstThe new startup, Nectome, is developing a way to "backup" human consciousness and cheat death. They have developed a…jakeofthefoliage (47)in #news • 7 years agoAlexa's Creepy Laughter Isn't the Real Reason You Should be Scared of AmazonLast week, reports of Amazon’s virtual artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Alexa bursting into unprovoked, creepy…