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Technology

How Tech Companies are Combating Terrorist Propaganda

Sam Brake Guia3 years ago

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Roughly 850 people have left the UK to support ISIS, according to the BBC. One of the driving forces behind ISIS’...

Web

Humanitarian aid makes ‘no sense’ while fighting continues in Syria: UN

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The United Nations throws its proverbial hands in the air, citing it makes no sense to send humanitarian aid to Syria...

Web

How the Iraq war still isn’t over: The upcoming Battle for Mosul

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The Iraq war still isn't over as a US-led coalition plans to conduct a major military offensive five years after...

Web

US, Russia repeating same mistakes in Syria as in Afghanistan

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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With the US and Russia backing opposite military forces in Syria, they are creating the same mistakes as they did in...

Web

Lebanon in Israel’s crosshairs as Syria’s war bleeds westward

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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With the march of thousands of refugees flowing into Lebanon the war in Syria is moving westward as Israel prepares to battle...

Web

Big Banking & Oil: Which country do we invade next after Syria?

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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The war in Syria is in its 5th year, and it is all part of a global plan to invade...

Web

#PrayForSyria trending worldwide after ‘US-led airstrike kills 60 civilians’

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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#PrayForSyria is rising quickly on Twitter after a US-led airstrike reportedly kills at least 60 civilians in the north of...

Science

Bombs for bullets: Why are mass shooting suspects almost never taken alive?

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Why is it that mass shooting suspects are almost never taken alive? Here we analyze police training, psychological profiles, and...

Social Media

#StopIslam trending on Twitter, mostly condemning anti-Muslim rhetoric

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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While the smoke still hasn't cleared from the attacks in Brussels this morning, #StopIslam is already trending on Twitter, mostly condemning...

Social Media

Hackers ping Islamic State social media accounts to British Govt

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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A group of hackers report that three social media accounts allegedly belonging to Islamic State supporters have been traced to...

Social Media

Proposed social media legislation in terrorist backlash a major privacy concern

Emma Rosser4 years ago

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Lawmakers in the US have proposed legislation requiring social media platforms to report any online terrorist activity amid freedom of...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Suicide impacts us all. Whether it is from someone we know personally, to a well-loved celebrity, losing someone to suicide is never easy. According to Save.org, Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages, with one death occurring every 12 minutes.

In our society, we want to do all we can to help those suffering from suicidal thoughts to get the help they need, however, identifying symptoms before an attempt is made can be difficult. In this episode, we will look at how predictive AI us being used to stop suicide before it happens.

To discuss this topic I am joined by two guests. My first guest is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr.Colin Walsh. In addition to Dr.Walsh, I am also joined by the CEO of Behavioral Signals, a pioneer in emotion AI for speech recognition technology, Rana Gujral.

And for our Neuron to something piece, we will look at a recent study that analyzing emotions triggered by events such as losing a phone or someone else holding it.