A “smart” drinking glass embedded with a microchip gathers data on drinker preferences for beverage companies, while the customer is offered perks and promotions in exchange. Roselle Chen reports. Is this cool? … Continue reading Smart glass taps into beer drinker’s data 

We didn’t forget about you – and for those who have been refreshing our blog page every minute since our last one, we’re glad you finally have something to read. We miss … Continue reading Launching in T-?? Days

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

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, according to a biodiversity report. “The figures suggest that animals living in lakes, rivers and wetlands are suffering the biggest losses.” Is this … Continue reading World wildlife ‘falls by 58% in 40 years’ – BBC News

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

The DNC accused Republicans in a court filing of violating a longstanding consent decree, which restricts Republicans’ ability to question voters at the polls and prevent those people from casting a ballot. … Continue reading Democrats ask judge to sanction Republicans over Trump | Reuters

“Even though breaking a hole on the Great Wall may not be a problem as long as it is part of a worldwide phenomenon, it is actually unnecessary because it will not … Continue reading How Sony sanitized the new Adam Sandler movie “Pixels” to please China

While the US political-media establishment has uncritically stated the allegation as fact, a MIT expert, professor Theodore Postol, has written that there is “no technical way that the US intelligence community could … Continue reading Did the White House Declare War on Russia? | The Nation

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