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It’s the opposite of ‘Rise of the Machines.’ We’re saving money and safeguarding our future by employing more people. Ah yeah, we like that! Source: Mercedes is replacing robots with people on the … Continue reading Mercedes is replacing robots with people on the assembly line

President Obama signed a bill that bans goods produced by slaves Awesome! So that means all goods from China, correct? Source: Obama officially bans U.S. imports of slave-produced goods Continue reading Obama officially bans U.S. imports of slave-produced goods

Texas colleges are beginning to grapple with the ramifications of concealed carry laws on campus. This is VERY scary stuff for the professors and other students. What is the point of this … Continue reading Texas university faculty are freaked out that students will be able to carry guns

Comcast, which owns MSNBC, has lobbied for the TPP. Last year, host Ed Schultz, an outspoken opponent of the agreement, was fired. Source: MSNBC Cuts Away From Bernie Sanders as He Condemns … Continue reading MSNBC Cuts Away From Bernie Sanders as He Condemns TPP

And the fact that it’s collapsing in Wall Street’s estimation only reveals the utter perversion of the digital economy. It’s all about the obsession with rising quarterly profits and perpetual growth that … Continue reading Twitter’s Stock-Market “Failure” Is Evidence of a Broken System, Not Twitter’s Shortcomings

Coverage of the Syrian war is one of the most shameful episodes in history of the American press. Wow, another journalist who is willing to do his own investigation and not just … Continue reading The media are misleading the public on Syria – The Boston Globe

“Since the end of human action, as distinct from the end products of fabrication, can never be reliably predicted, the means used to achieve political goals are more … Continue reading The means used to achieve political goals – Hannah Arendt

Yes, everything you know about economics is wrong. Dead wrong. Everything. The conclusions of economists are based on a fiction that distorts everything else. As a result economics is as real as … Continue reading Myth of Perpetual Growth is killing America

Analysts and lawmakers warn FBI that ramifications over its demand that Apple unlock San Bernardino killer’s iPhone ‘could snowball around the world’ Currently Apple does NOT have the ability to grant access … Continue reading Apple encryption case risks influencing Russia and China, privacy experts say

If it sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. Paul Aker, 48, tells the New York Daily News and a local Fox broadcast affiliate that a coterie of heavily armed US Marshals showed … Continue reading The Feds Are Now Arresting People for Not Paying Their Student Loans

“Ridiculously optimistic” machine learning algorithm is “completely bullshit,” says expert. Thousands of innocent people in Pakistan may have been mislabelled as terrorists by that “scientifically unsound” algorithm, possibly resulting in their untimely … Continue reading The NSA’s SKYNET program may be killing thousands of innocent people | Ars Technica UK