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12/15/2023
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By Belle Carter
Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families
The 2023 “Trouble in Toyland” report, which focuses on safety hazards in traditional children’s toys and is annually produced by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), emphasized warning parents of new threats on smart toys that pose a privacy risk to children and families. According to the 38th yearly report, toys with microphones, cameras […]
10/22/2019
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By Arsenio Toledo
MIT professor claims we are likely living in “The Matrix” – quick, take the red pill
Are we living in a simulation? According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor and computer scientist Rizwan Virk, it’s very likely. Virk’s ideas develop upon those first theorized by Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom known as the simulation hypothesis. In this, he outlines three possibilities: That humanity, like many other human-like civilizations before it, will go […]
06/25/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Founder of Virtual Reality warns we should all DELETE all social media accounts to avoid “mass human behavioral engineering”
Does social media actually bring people closer together, or is it all an illusion with a much darker purpose? Jaron Lanier, one of the founding fathers of virtual reality, believes social media is a toxic space, serving only to leave people feeling sadder, angrier and more alone. In his new book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social […]
05/25/2018
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By David Williams
Researchers discover more than 3,300 Android apps used to track children improperly
In the hands of someone who knows how to use them, smartphones can be some of the most versatile kinds of devices ever created. Indeed, with their many different built-in features, and options for added functionality through downloadable and installable apps, smartphones can be used for a wide variety of uses. With that said, they […]
05/20/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Former DARPA exec to head shady Facebook project called “Building 8” centered around augmented reality and brain-scanning technology
As if things weren’t already bad enough for Mark Zuckerberg’s baby, Facebook (the world’s least trusted company at this point), now they are apparently working on a secret project behind the scenes that has nothing to do with social media, and everything to do with scanning people’s brains as part of a sinister artificial intelligence […]
01/15/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Augmented reality software has real privacy implications: New app scans faces in pictures and automatically connects to their social media accounts
Do we really need an app that makes it easier for complete strangers to identify us and access our social media profiles? Blippar, a firm based in London, has recently released an augmented reality (AR) app that instantly “scans faces and brings up a profile with information about the person including links to their social […]
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