August 6, 2013 Steven Aftergood Intelligence, Secrecy Updated belowThe U.S. military has been investigating the use of sophisticated data mining tools to probe social media and other open sources in order to support military operations against money laundering, drug trafficking,… Read More ›
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XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’
• XKeyscore gives ‘widest-reaching’ collection of online data • NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches • Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history • NSA’s XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations Glenn Greenwald… Read More ›
US spent $630,000 to ‘buy’ Facebook fans
Wednesday Jul 03, 2013 | Agence France Presse he US State Department has embraced the wide outreach made possible through social media, but requires guidelines Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/File The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over… Read More ›
Health Research Weekly Video Report 30 NOV 2012
Topics: Potentially Toxic Flame Retardants found in Many U.S. Couches More Facebook Friends means more Stress, says report 4 Common Antipsychotic Drugs found to lack safety and effectiveness in older adults Bothered by Negative, Unwanted Thoughts? Just throw them away
More Facebook friends means more stress, says report
Contact: Edd McCracken edd.mccracken@ed.ac.uk 44-013-165-14400 University of Edinburgh A large number of friends on Facebook may appear impressive but, according to a new report, the more social circles a person is linked to online the more likely social media will… Read More ›
Navy Awards Contracts for Effort to Attack Enemy Networks
Nov. 9, 2012 – 03:57PM | By ARAM ROSTON | The Navy appears to be ramping up its cyber war capabilities with a contract award that includes support for offensive cyber technology that could “destroy” enemy computer networks and… Read More ›
The Military Is Building Integrated Hybrid Living-Nonliving Robotic Organisms
Geoffrey Ingersoll|Oct. 16, 2012, 12:41 PM|1,624|7 In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for “Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing” — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic “sensing” robots. But… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 