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06/13/2018 / By JD Heyes

Police surveillance on steroids: Drones and AI systems MERGING to create flying spy robots

We’re fans of local police and we know how difficult it is getting for the thin blue line in cities and towns all across America to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic society. But sometimes technology can turn good things — and good people — into things that aren’t so good. As they’ve gotten cheaper, […]

06/08/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Department of Homeland Security developing tech to take down unmanned aerial systems in urban environments

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), or what are more popularly known today as drones, have made their way from the annals of military weapons arsenals into everyday civilian households, prompting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to initiate new protocols aimed at controlling how they’re used and even potentially taking them down. Recognizing that every […]

06/06/2018 / By David Williams

26 global experts on AI ring the alarm bells: Dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity in the next 10 years revealed

To date, humanity has been able to advance the field of artificial intelligence (AI) a great deal. The field may have been developed far too quickly, however. Soon, humans could end up being helpless in a fight against highly intelligent, well-connected, and possibly all-knowing robot beings. That’s just one of the many possible threats to […]

05/16/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Google worshipers applaud their own total enslavement as Google AI unveils near-perfect human voice mimicry tech

Artificial intelligence is merging with human thinking, providing mental shortcuts that allow your life to be more easily scheduled and laid out. Not surprisingly, the disillusioned masses continue to cheer on their own enslavement to this artificial intelligence. In early May, in front of a live audience, Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled a new Google […]

04/02/2018 / By David Williams

Security robot that can spot suspicious individuals now being used at Dubai airport

Airport security in most countries is already tight enough as it is, with multiple points of inspection often present beginning from the arrival area going inward. But there are some who think that security efforts can be increased even further. In Dubai, a new experimental robot is being tested, and its sole purpose is to […]

01/23/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Your car is a double agent: Internet connectivity allows it to monitor and report your location and driving habits

If you’re one of the tens of millions of drivers whose car is connected to the Internet, beware: Your car could be spying on you. This foreboding warning comes from various auto and privacy experts who’ve noticed disturbing trends among the majority of modern automobiles. According to the DailyMail.co.uk, there are a plethora of ways […]

09/14/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Watch out: Your gadgets are smarter than you are, and it’s moving you down the food chain

Watch out: Your gadgets are smarter than you are, and it may be endangering you. We human beings have always fancied ourselves as the apex organisms of this planet. Going by our accomplishments in technology, infrastructure, and the like, it certainly seemed to have been that way for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. We’ve […]

09/04/2017 / By JD Heyes

The end of privacy: Drone makers looking to expand into civilian law enforcement market as replacement for police helicopters

By 2025, it’s possible that the last vestiges of privacy that still remain — and there aren’t many — will have been completely eradicated. That’s because by that time, defense contractors who currently manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — for the military hope to be selling them to police departments, which will use them […]

08/03/2017 / By JD Heyes

BIG BROTHER ROBOTS: Roomba pursuing plan to share 3D maps of your private home with Google, Apple and Amazon

Everywhere you turn these days, new technology seeks to undermine both constitutional guarantees and basic assumptions of privacy, when you would normally and reasonably expect that you’re not being spied upon. After all, it’s one thing to put your entire life online in a series of social media posts; that happens by choice. But when […]

01/12/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Invasive Amazon.com now wants to monitor your refrigerator and track everything you eat

As part of a joint project with Amazon.com, LG Electronics is planning to unveil a new “smart” refrigerator equipped with cameras and other spying equipment designed to monitor what people eat and keep track of their food purchasing habits. The refrigerator will reportedly work in tandem with Amazon’s “Echo” device to listen to, watch and […]

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