Tech
American travelers will be fingerprinted after flights as new ‘border’ law hitting 29 countries comes into force
The new program means a traditional passport feature is being phased out AMERICANS heading to a raft of European destinations will have to comply with new border measures that are coming into force. And, it means travelers will be forced to have their fingerprints taken. This is because the European Union’s […]
Is AI a Magic Bullet or a a Doomsday Machine?
A Nobel Prize economist argues against extreme hype in both directions. The Real AI Risk While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility. Bloomberg reports The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys […]
Social Media Spies Exposed: Profiles Vanish After MintPress Report
After being exposed as former national security state agents by MintPress, large numbers of officials working in the highest levels of top social media platforms have deleted their profiles or wiped the incriminating evidence from the internet. A series of MintPress News investigations uncovered a network of hundreds of former […]
Flock Safety Expands Audio Surveillance, Deepening Its Network of Unlawful Data Collection
Flock Safety, the private surveillance company already operating tens of thousands of automated license plate readers across the United States, is quietly expanding its surveillance network to include audio monitoring. The company’s Raven acoustic sensors, originally marketed as gunshot detectors, are now being updated to analyze human voices and sounds […]
Digital labour ethics: Who’s accountable for the AI workforce?
Digital labour is becoming more common in the workplace. In Japan, the Henn-na Hotel is staffed almost entirely by robots – from check-in to concierge, while in the UK, talent company Adecco Group has used agentic AI for tasks such as pre-screening of candidates. Meanwhile, AI-powered robots deployed by police patrol public areas and interact […]
The SANDBOX Act
Ted Cruz’s Vision for AI Deregulation; a Trojan Horse for AI Tyranny and the Rise of Technocratic Governance? A New Era of AI Regulatory Minimalism On September 10, 2025, Senator Ted Cruz introduced the Strengthening Artificial intelligence Normalization and Diffusion By Oversight and eXperimentation (SANDBOX) Act, a comprehensive piece of legislation […]
Transhumanism, Psychotherapy and ChatBots
Strange times, indeed, folks. Strange times. Should we be concerned? I think so. In the end, I am sure it will work out, but there will likely be a lot of time between now and the end. So, we will have to endure some pretty radical changes during that time. […]
Millions Sign Petition to Dismantle UK Digital ID System
The people of the United Kingdom are fighting back against the government’s plan to roll out a digital ID system. The petition to counter the legislation quickly became the fastest-growing online petition in UK history, with over two million people signing in less than 48 hours. “We demand that the UK […]
Nearly one-third of EV charging attempts fail, report finds
High uptime masks real issues as only 71% of tries succeed, per ChargerHelp!’s 2025 EV reliability study Key Takeaways: A newly released report by ChargerHelp! shows that while 64% of Americans now live within two miles of an electric vehicle charging station, nearly one-third of charging attempts fail. Despite charging […]
[UPDATED] So, the Digtal ID narrative is falling apart….and yet I have doubts.
This post was updated on 03/10/25 to incorporate breaking news. And so the UK’s Digital ID is official. Not legal, no laws have been passed, not even real in the sense it exists at all. But it is official, with the full backing of the Labour Government. I have talked and written extensively […]
