International corporations that want to intimidate countries have access to a private legal system designed just for them. And to unlock its power, sometimes all it takes is a threat. Why would … Continue reading The Secret Threat That Makes Corporations More Powerful Than Countries

A marijuana wave, a bisexual governor, the first state carbon tax, and other small revolutions Nov. 8 could bring. 1. Medical marijuana will probably be legal in a majority of states—and the … Continue reading 33 Things This Election Will Decide That Have Nothing to Do With Trump or Clinton

What happened at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year was no whodunit. Yet the government’s case was more challenging than it seemed. Defense attorneys in the case say that prosecutors … Continue reading How the government lost its case against the Oregon occupiers

Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. That’s according to an artificial intelligence system that accurately predicted the last two presidential elections and the Republican primary, reports CNBC. … Continue reading AI Predicts Trump Will Win the Election | The Daily Dot

A group of armed protesters who led a takeover of a remote wildlife refuge in the western US state of Oregon were acquitted by a jury of felony charges on Thursday. How … Continue reading Armed occupiers of Oregon wildlife refuge acquitted

Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads. This is troubling because it’s massively illegal! The ad we purchased was targeted to Facebook members who … Continue reading Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

The deputy director also explains what would make for a bad day on the job. In the interview the deputy director tries to imply that Snowden’s motives were bad (but top secret, … Continue reading The NSA deputy chief on Edward Snowden’s true motivations

In its quest to create a state where every person is monitored all the time, the UAE is hiring some of the world’s best cyberwarriors. Not all of these recruits know what … Continue reading Spies for Hire

The Communist Party wants to harness vast troves of online data to score people and companies on their behavior. Straight out of the amazing series “Black Mirror,” imagine your government keeping a … Continue reading China’s plan to organize its society relies on ‘big data’ to rate everyone

Users of Twitter, Netflix and other sites reported failures after a company managing crucial parts of the internet infrastructure said it was under attack. This is why you don’t just indescriminiantly blame … Continue reading Hackers Used New Weapons to Disrupt Major Websites Across U.S.

CNN has the patina of objectivity and is more likely to draw those without a clear agenda — but increasingly it has a subtle point of view too, and it is allowing … Continue reading Gavin Polone: Yes, the Media Is Biased — And It’s Helping Donald Trump

What actually is government debt? How does it work? Should we really be frightened of it? Will I ever get out of this swamp alive? “The expression ‘national debt’ is really 100 … Continue reading Government debt, translated by a comedian