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The New Paradyne of Algorithms : Slavery
More and more of modern life is steered by algorithms. But what are they exactly, and who is behind them? Tom Whipple follows the trail There are many reasons to believe that film stars earn too much. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie once hired an entire train to travel from London to Glasgow. Tom Cruise’s…
Whistleblowers: No More Secrets
Edward Snowden, the Washington Post & Whistleblowers By: Kevin Gosztola Monday June 10, 2013 Washington PostAfter Edward Snowden came forward and identified himself as the source of disclosures that had been published by The Guardian on top secret surveillance programs being operated by the National Security Agency, Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman posted…
Breakthrough In Medical Human Cloning: New Body Parts
Embryonic stem cells: Advance in medical human cloning By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News An embryo at the blastocyst stage Human cloning has been used to produce early embryos, marking a “significant step” for medicine, say US scientists. The cloned embryos were used as a source of stem cells, which can…
The First Brain Map: A guided tour inside your head
Scientists are set to release the first batch of data from a project designed to create the first map of the human brain. The project could help shed light on why some people are naturally scientific, musical or artistic. Some of the first images were shown at the American Association for the Advancement of…
Space station to get $18 million balloon-like room
Space station to get balloon room LAS VEGAS (AP) — NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome “metal cans” that now serve as astronauts’ homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap. A $17.8 million test project will send to the…
Religion may not survive the Internet
There’s a reason churches are struggling to maintain membership This article originally appeared on AlterNet…. As we head into a new year, the guardians of traditional religion are ramping up efforts to keep their flocks—or, in crass economic terms, to retain market share. Some Christians have turned to soul searching while others have…
This Online playground is called “Silk Road.” Mind you, it’s not easy to find. This eBay of Drugs appears not to exist
Background Like the Neapolitan neighborhood of Scampia where the mob openly runs the drugs trade, the Internet is rife with narcotics for sale. But there is one particular website that has far more to offer than what you could find in Scampia. It is a forum that is open 24/7, where thousands of drug…
Creativity and Intuition Enhanced by Hiking In Woods
New research reveals that we’re more focused and creative in the great outdoors By Kevin Charles Redmon, Have you been staring cow-eyed at a computer all morning? Fiddling with your iPhone in line at Starbucks? Checking Twitter and ESPN every four minutes on your tablet? Good. Here’s a little quiz. What one word…
Anons talks about their cyberactivist highlights of 2012: impact of arrests, who speaks for Anonymous
Anonymous reflects on a “frantic and historic” year By Natasha Lennard (Credit: Reuters/Fredy Builes) Perhaps no tech story was bigger this year than the growth of the crusading hacker collective Anonymous. In a Best of 2012 package, Andrew…