‘Censorship destroys the very diversity it was meant to protect’: former NSA foreign surveillance agent
A former NSA foreign surveillance agent tells The Sociable how censorship destroys the very diversity of thought it was meant to...
US-China tech arms race will give us bases on the moon, more military operations in space
The technological arms race between China and the US will give us bases on the moon and more space-based military...
Businesses are turning to more secure communication tools to avoid govt overreach: encryption platform report
A new report from encryption platform Wickr infers that businesses operating in countries whose governments support contact tracing are turning...
Psychedelics reconnect the brain’s motherboard, help patients restore cognitive abilities: leading expert on mood disorders
One of world's leading experts on mood disorders tells The Sociable how psychedelic treatments act like software that helps patients...
DARPA chooses AI teams to hack video games like StarCraft II to advance Pentagon war game scenarios
DARPA is looking to the gaming industry for inspiration on different ways to leverage AI, with a specific focus on...
Air Force Hack-A-Sat challenge to go virtual as Pentagon preps for satellite network rollout
The United States Air Force announces it is moving its Hack-A-Sat challenge completely online as the Pentagon prepares to rollout...
‘Cease this malicious activity’: Pompeo tells China to stop stealing COVID-19 research
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issues a statement telling China to stop stealing COVID-19 research while condemning attempts...
‘Contact tracing apps should be strictly voluntary, no forced adoption’: Natl Security Commission on AI
A National Security Commission on AI white paper says that contact tracing apps can provide value in helping to control...
5 ways China’s use of technology threatens global infrastructures: Brookings Institution
The technological arms race between the US and China is a competition to see which country's values will become the...
Pentagon officials testify FCC-approved Ligado 5G plan will interfere with GPS
Pentagon officials testify that the FCC's recent approval of the Ligado 5G plan will cause harmful interference to GPS during...
Think for yourself? Facebook removes QAnon-related content as ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
Today, Facebook releases its Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior report for the month of April, saying it took down over 30 QAnon-related...
‘We must not let coronavirus response be a cover to restrict our human rights’: Committee to Protect Journalists advocacy director
Privacy, the freedom to access and share information, the freedom to peacefully assemble, and the freedom of expression are all...
Top innovators from Ghana, India and USA win World Bank, Draper U Agriculture Risk Innovation Challenge
The Agriculture Risk Innovation Challenge for Southern Africa announces its winners with top innovators coming from Ghana, India, and the...
Existence of UFOs confirms advanced technology that nobody admits to having
Disclosure on the very real existence of UFOs continues to drip from the US military, but nobody admits to having...
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Biotech startup wants to make new short-acting psychedelic drugs more scalable & accessible
As the mental health benefits of the magic mushroom-derived drug psilocybin become more mainstream, researchers and developers are looking for...
Big tech COVID-19 surveillance data & censorship threaten privacy & free speech: op-ed
Big tech companies are collecting enormous amounts of data on the movement of private citizens while censoring free speech and...
World Bank will live stream Agriculture Innovation Challenge on YouTube
The World Bank Group will be live streaming the Agriculture Innovation Challenge for Southern Africa on YouTube beginning April 21,...
COVID-19 data collection poses post 9/11 privacy abuse risks: CNAS, DataGovHub panel
Massive data surveillance, warrantless wiretapping, and the weaponization of intelligence agencies against private citizens were all conducted in the name...
Privacy advocates testify on preventing COVID-19 data from being exploited: Senate ‘Paper Hearing’
The amount of data being tracked and shared between tech companies, health organizations, and government bodies in response to COVID-19...
Pentagon wants commercial, space-based quantum sensors within 2 years
The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit is looking to the private sector to develop space-based quantum sensing prototypes within two years...
