“Full access to a person’s phone is the next best thing to full access to a person’s mind,” says cybersecurity expert Eva Galperin. In an urgent talk, she describes the emerging danger of stalkerware — software designed to spy on someone by gaining access to their devices without their knowledge — and calls on antivirus …[continue reading]
At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. EMBED A VIDEO (Optional):
THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESS FREEDOM CASE OF OUR LIFETIME Julian Assange is being subjected to extended psychological torture in the UK. Details the mass media is not telling you about the most important press freedom case of our lifetime. Where does the case stand now? He’s being held indefinitely on no charges as the …[continue reading]
Tribology: it’s a funny-sounding word you might not have heard before, but it could change how you see and interact with the physical world, says mechanical engineer Jennifer Vail. Offering lessons from tribology — the study of friction and wear — Vail describes the surprisingly varied ways it impacts everyday life and how it could …[continue reading]
Take a trip down the microworld as roboticists Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin explain how they design and mass-produce microrobots the size of a single cell, powered by atomically thin legs — and show how these machines could one day be “piloted” to battle crop diseases or study your brain at the level of individual …[continue reading]
ILIEN UPDATE; Web: https://ilien.io/ This update is to give you an opportunity to be part of the Ilien bonuses that will be distributed shortly. These bonuses will be distributed with everyone who has a Ilien wallet balance of at least one [1] Ilien. Our objective is to provide an alternative to the existing debt …[continue reading]
All Posts The Conservative win in the UK general election is a great victory fornational democracy in these islands and for genuine internationalismagainst EU supranationalism. It means that the UK will legally leave the EU at the end of nextmonth, taking Northern Ireland with it. This puts “Irexit” (IrelandExit) firmly on the Irish historical agenda, …[continue reading]
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of drug patents granted in the United States doubled — but not because there was an explosion in invention or innovation. Drug companies have learned how to game the system, accumulating patents not for new medicines but for small changes to existing ones, which allows them to build monopolies, …[continue reading]
Given the option, few would choose to buy products that harm the earth — yet it’s nearly impossible to know how most consumer goods are made or where they’re sourced from. That’s about to change, says supply chain innovator Markus Mutz. He shares how he used blockchain technology to track Patagonian toothfish on their journey …[continue reading]
A RARE AMERICAN LEADER In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today and his birth on January 15th, 1929, BrasscheckTV shares one of his greatest speeches, “The other America”. His life was taken too soon and under shady circumstances in 1968, a year after this speech was given, when he was shot and killed. …[continue reading]
