Generation Nonsense: Over-Entertained, Under-Educated, and Distracted
By Kip Louder It is easy to statistically measure the effects of bad nutritional consumption, knowing one out of three children in the U.S. are…
Technology
Here’s the Newest Tool to Help You Fight the Surveillance State
By Derrick Broze Earlier this month, the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a new project designed to help educate communities about the growing list of surveillance…
Nearly 60% of Students Are Chasing Dying Careers
By Maggie Hill A new report from The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) has revealed young people will be the hardest hit under a new future…
Man Takes Down Drone With T-Shirt, Ends Up in Jail
By Joe Wright The small town of Deer Trail, Colorado made national news in 2013 when they announced the bold proposal of offering residents bounties…
Predictive Medicine Apps In Development to Judge Mental Health
By Nicholas West Updated research into predictive medicine combined with apps to achieve “mental health intervention.” Predictive technology is exploding. The arrival of Big Data…
Social Engineering 2.0 – Google Algorithm Poses “Serious Threat to Democratic System”
By Aaron Dykes Did democracy just get downgraded (yet again)? Social engineering is now a dated practice, that has undoubtedly influenced nearly all our lives…
Insane Hacking Revelations at This Year’s DefCon and Blackhat
By Luke Rudkowski In this video Luke Rudkowski and Journalist Tim Pool discuss all the insane world of revelations at Defcon and Blackhat in Las…
World’s Smallest Quadcopter Drone Now Available to the Public
By Joshua Krause Ever since drones were first made available to the public, the question of how these devices might affect privacy has been at…
What Does NASA Have in Common with Morgellons Disease?
By Catherine J. Frompovich Readers may be asking, “What’s Morgellons disease?” Well, it’s one of the new, technical age diseases, which may have its roots…
Mexico Government Gives Free TVs to Millions of Poor … With High Definition Social Programming
By Aaron Dykes For better or for worse, television has been how many see the world. It is a “mediated” experience that shows the viewer…
Government Wants RFID Tracking Chips Implanted in Welfare Recipients
By Mac Slavo Implantable RFID tracking chips. You know, to stop terrorism. And to keep tabs on all the welfare queens, in order to keep…
Director of Deep Web Explains How Ross Ulbricht Was Unfairly Punished
By Reason TV “Whether you like [the Silk Road] or not, whether you agree with it or not, it was a political engine,” says Alex…
Police Using Biometrics on Americans Without Consent in Unaccountable Database
By Aaron Dykes Facial recognition and biometric databases have been a reality in technology for decades, and have been used overseas by the military to…
Why You Need to Cover Your Webcam RIGHT NOW
By Claire Bernish Your computer’s built-in webcam is easy to take for granted if you don’t use if very often. But just because you don’t…