The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites – and especially Twitter – “has lost… Read More ›
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Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm
Exclusive: Raytheon’s Riot program mines social network data like a ‘Google for spies’, drawing ire from civil rights groups Ryan Gallagher The Guardian, Sunday 10 February 2013 10.20 EST Link to video: How Raytheon software tracks you online A multinational… Read More ›
Insulting Facebook post by Seagate employee under investigation
EEV: ??? AsiaOne Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 SINGAPORE – Seagate has posted a statement on its Facebook page saying that it will investigate a Facebook posting by one of its employees which allegedly labelled Singaporeans as ‘rotten’. The statement read:… Read More ›
Chilling freedom of speech, one poppy picture arrest at a time
In the latest of a series of frankly bizarre and unwarranted arrests, Kent Police yesterday took a 19 year old into custody. His crime? “This follows a posting on a social network site of a burning poppy,”said the police statement…. 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 ›
Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study
Technology Oct. 07, 2012 – 06:40AM JST( 7 ) SAN FRANCISCO — A study arousing interest online has found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles. The week-long poll conducted in… Read More ›
Is not joining Facebook a sign you’re a psychopath? Some employers and psychologists say staying away from social media is ‘suspicious’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:16:44 EST, 6 August 2012 | UPDATED:17:00 EST, 6 August 2012 Facebook has become such a pervasive force in modern society that increasing numbers of employers, and even some psychologists, believe people who aren’t on social… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 