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‘Catastrophic cyber event likely in next two years’: WEF Annual Meeting in Davos

‘Most critical fragmentation’ is between those with ‘constructive spirit’ of Davos & those who criticize it: Klaus Schwab, WEF

IARPA wants AI to ‘identify crucial overlooked info, automatically generate comments’ for intel reporting

G20 ‘should harness social & economic activity data’ to advance Agenda 2030: India’s digital ID architect

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Hackable humans at WEF: ‘We can decode faces in your mind, your PIN number to your bank account’

January 19, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

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January 18, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

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Big Tech Government and Policy

Hackable humans at WEF: ‘We can decode faces in your mind, your PIN number to your bank account’

January 19, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

‘Catastrophic cyber event likely in next two years’: WEF Annual Meeting in Davos

January 18, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

‘Most critical fragmentation’ is between those with ‘constructive spirit’ of Davos & those who criticize it: Klaus Schwab, WEF

January 17, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

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Music to the Ears: Quickly Growing Music Platform Seeks to Bolster Emerging Musicians, Rather than Freeze Them Out

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IARPA wants AI to ‘identify crucial overlooked info, automatically generate comments’ for intel reporting

December 15, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

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Big Tech Government and Policy

Hackable humans at WEF: ‘We can decode faces in your mind, your PIN number to your bank account’

January 19, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

‘Catastrophic cyber event likely in next two years’: WEF Annual Meeting in Davos

January 18, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

‘Most critical fragmentation’ is between those with ‘constructive spirit’ of Davos & those who criticize it: Klaus Schwab, WEF

January 17, 2023 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Military Technology

IARPA wants AI to ‘identify crucial overlooked info, automatically generate comments’ for intel reporting

December 15, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

G20 ‘should harness social & economic activity data’ to advance Agenda 2030: India’s digital ID architect

December 13, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Military Technology

Government and Policy Military Technology

IARPA wants AI to ‘identify crucial overlooked info, automatically generate comments’ for intel reporting

December 15, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Military Technology

DARPA looks to ‘optimize emotional regulation & cognitive flexibility’ in brain

November 7, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Military Technology Social Media

A peek at the Pentagon’s irregular warfare, PSYOP tech in development

August 3, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Military Technology

Pentagon wants to see through concrete walls, deep underground chambers via DARPA Muons for Science & Security program

July 27, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Military Technology

DARPA SNAP program to analyze bodily fluids to evaluate physical & cognitive readiness with portable device

July 18, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government & Policy

Government and Policy

Nigeria’s push for CBDC via cash withdrawal limits further erodes anonymous transactions

By limiting cash withdrawals, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is further eroding the ability to...

December 7, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Technology

Central banks seek ‘universal access’ to CBDC via digital ID: BIS Africa report

Central banks are looking to digital ID schemes as a means to achieve universal access to CBDC,...

November 30, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Business Government and Policy

‘Embrace the fourth industrial revolution’, winners will take all: Klaus Schwab to APEC business leaders

WEF founder Klaus Schwab calls on business leaders at APEC 2022 to "embrace the fourth industrial...

November 22, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

G20 promotes vaccine passports for future pandemic response

The G20 promotes vaccine passports for future pandemic response following recommendations from the...

November 16, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

Over 300 global leaders to meet in Japan for Horasis Asia Meeting

Horasis, the global visions community founded in 2009 by Dr. Frank-Jürgen-Richter, has announced...

November 16, 2022 The Sociable

Business Government and Policy Technology

G20 should adopt WHO-standardized vaccine passports, digital identity schemes: B20 Summit

The B20 calls on the G20 to adopt vaccine passports using WHO standards and to promote digital...

November 14, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy Technology

‘Carbon is going to be very close to a currency,’ tokenizing nature is next: COP27

After moving carbon into a system where it will be "very close to a currency," the world's...

November 9, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

India explores programmable CBDC, digital rupee with expiry dates

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program...

October 25, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

Government and Policy

IMF exec touts CBDC programmability, Communist China style credit scoring

The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) touts how Central Bank...

October 17, 2022 Tim Hinchliffe

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Brains Byte Back

Brains Byte Back interviews startups, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. We explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity. If you’re interested in ideas that push the needle, and future-proofing yourself for the new information age, join us every other Friday. Brains Byte Back guests include founders, CEOs, and other influential individuals making a big difference in society, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.

In our modern world of fake news and misinformation, it can be hard to know whether the news story you are reading is real or propaganda designed to influence your opinion. However, thanks to AI we are now close to identifying how trustworthy the news in front of us really is.

To discuss this, we are joined by Garry Paxinos, CTO at NetTalk, an easy-to-setup and use, lowest cost voice over IP (VoIP) home phone service.

In addition to the work NetTALK is doing, Garry also discusses an app he has helped build called NOOZ.AI, an AI-driven news aggregator that analyzes the news using natural language processing and machine learning to empower readers to uncover bias.

In this episode, we cover: