Billionaires gonna billionaire — and lick the boots of whoever will bring them more riches and impunity.
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More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean John Quiggin The federal opposition leader’s plan for nuclear…
The FBI is still touting the debunked idea that its agents could access communications without opening a door to foreign hackers.
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Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.
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A video went viral after an arrest in Brian Thompson’s killing. But a forensic review by The Intercept shows it’s a hoax.
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Much has been written in these pages about the AUKUS delusion: Of how it was haphazardly and secretly put together by Scott Morrison to wedge the then Labor Opposition, about the elasticity of its costings, the improbability of Australia ever acquiring any of the proposed submarines, the enormous cost of the project, the effectiveness of Continue reading »
Harvard and MIT humanist chaplain Greg M. Epstein on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Tech Agnostic.
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Search behemoth Google is under pressure in the US after three anti-trust trials concluded, with one of the remedies proposed being a call for it to be forced to sell off its web browser, Chrome, an app that dominates the browser space. There has also been a call for a break-up of Google’s advertising business. Continue reading »
Hannah Byrne joined Facebook to combat far-right extremism. She’s now convinced the tech giant can’t be trusted with such power.
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The Intercept asked companies that store personal data if they will help Trump conduct mass deportations. Few had anything to say.
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