5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (493+ words) There are now more than 120,000 Flock cameras in the U.S. and they have become a flashpoint for some concened about mass surveillance....

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (213+ words) Expanding past the Earth has an environmental cost Everyone wants to go to space, but at what cost? Companies that have been hoping to colonize the cosmos are not addressing the potential environmental and atmospheric impacts of that expansion. This…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (347+ words) These ‘pervert glasses’ can record people without their consent The smart-glasses backlash is here, again, said Anthony Cuthbertson in The Independent (U.K.) Twelve years after privacy concerns killed off Google Glass—whose wearers were labeled “glassholes”—Meta…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (449+ words) Landmark UK government-led trial hopes to slash the aviation sector’s impact on global warming The sight of a white cloud-like trail streaming behind a plane “set against a bright blue sky creates a romantic image of aviation”, said Aerospace Global…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (427+ words) The Facebook founder wants superintelligence for all Mark Zuckerberg believes that “the biggest risk of AI” is not rogue agents or mass unemployment, but corporate control, said Nilesh Christopher in the Los Angeles Times In a sweeping 6,500-word manifesto…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (462+ words) Changes are afoot at the tech giant...