Ep. #735: PANDEMIC PACT – WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER w/ Janet Phelan
By Parabnormal Radio A new pandemic treaty is in the works that the World Health Organization hopes to adopt that would set the stage for…
Technology
Facebook Censors Gone Wild
By James Bovard Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg recently lamented how his company groveled to federal demands to censor any criticism of the Biden administration’s Covid…
Kuwait Warns Foreign Residents of Upcoming Deadline for Compulsory Biometric Registration
By Ayang Macdonald Kuwaiti authorities have called on foreign residents in the country to ensure that they complete an ongoing compulsory biometric registration exercise before…
Google Extending Digital Wallet to Kids for Contactless Payments
By Chris Burt Google plans to make its digital wallet available to children whose parents or guardians use the Family Link app so they can…
What Will The Future Bring For ID Demands?
By Edward Hasbrouck There are elections today in the USA. But we don’t need to know their outcome to predict many of the issues that…
Jeff Bezos Admits Legacy Media Is Dying
By Neenah Payne The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media is the October 28 op-ed by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner…
TSA Launches Smartphone-based Digital ID Scheme
By Edward Hasbrouck Brushing off objections from the Identity Project and others, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued regulations creating the framework for…
The Extremely Profitable Inner Workings of Digital Addiction
By Charles Hugh Smith Turn the crank of social media / search (SM/S) and you get highly profitable Digital Addiction and social destabilization leading to…
The Human Toll of ALPR Errors
This post was written by Gowri Nayar, an EFF legal intern. Imagine driving to get your nails done with your family and all of a…
Researchers Continue to Find New Uses for Silver That Seem Like Science Fiction
By Michael Maharrey Silver used in the industrial and technology sectors accounts for more than half of the demand, and the uses for silver continue…
Police Crack Down On Street Takeovers With High-Tech Surveillance As 4th Amendment Battles Loom
Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) LOS ANGELES—As police across California crack down on illegal street racing, takeovers, and sideshows, technology…
The Real Monsters of Street Level Surveillance
By Rory Mir Safe trick-or-treating this Halloween means being aware of the real monsters of street-level surveillance. You might not always see these menaces, but…
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects Are Foundering In Five-Eye Nations. What Gives?
Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com Canada and Australia shelve plans for retail CBDCs while the US could soon become the first country to explicitly…
Is Deepfake Detection Software Ready for Voice-enabled AI Agents?
By Joel R. McConvey OpenAI’s release of its real-time voice API has raised questions about how AI biometric voice technology might be used to supercharge…