"I Share Therefore I Am"

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Internet freedom has won the day in Sweden as the religion, The Missionary Church of Kopimism has been officially recognized by the government. (more)

Brains in a Vat

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A new scientific development conjures up sci-fi images of Rutger Hauer’s android in Blade Runner – lab-cultured eyes, brain parts, and glands. (more)

New Particle Discovered

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Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider still can't find the elusive Higgs boson or "God particle" but have settled for a newly dubbed "Chi" particle. (more)

Spy Files Leaked

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WikiLeaks reveals a growing worldwide network of surveillance. (more)

And Now, Faster-Than-Light Culture

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The recent discovery at CERN of neutrinos traveling faster than light has physics forums buzzing about the possibility that this is "solid" evidence of long-hypothesized additional dimensions.  And we seem to be on the verge of confronting this new reality, this encounter with the transcendent unknown, on a mass cultural level. (more)

CIA "Ninja-Librarians" Track Twitter

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The CIA is mining social media websites like Twitter and Facebook in an attempt to track everything from common public opinion to revolutions in the making. (more)

Sinking Leaks

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Recently, WikiLeaks announced that it was suspending publication in order to “aggressively fundraise” due to a financial blockade by Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Western Union. (more)

Not So Fast

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A recent discovery claiming the discovery of particles traveling faster-than-light is coming under scrutiny. (more)

Virtual Panopticon

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The FBI announces its plan to implement iris scans as part of a new nationwide facial recognition service set to launch in January 2012. (more)

Digital Dead Sea

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The famed Dead Sea Scrolls, described by some as the most important archeological discovery of the 20th century, are now available online for digital viewing. (more)

Hacking The Future: The Technology Spore

Technology_Spore_ImageThumb.jpgThis month, join Evolvers from 40+ Spores to explore the benefits and pitfalls of modern technology. (more)

Trending Dissent

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Nearly four years since the Bush Administration, many Americans are expressing their disgust with their government via a hashtag meme on Twitter. [Video] (more)

Singularities and Nightmares

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Let me offer a few possibilities about the days lie ahead -- changes that may occur within the next twenty or so years, roughly a single human generation, possibilities that are taken seriously by some of today's best minds, potential transformations of life on Earth and, perhaps, even what it means to be human. (more)

Has Google's Search Gone Sentient?

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A TED talk explores the relationship between social media, plant consciousness and revolution. (Video) (more)

Cyborg Kitsch

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The latest in cyber self- augmentation features electronic novelty cat ears that are manipulated by the emotional state of the wearer. (Video) (more)

Electrical Cold Turkey

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As the Sun begins to go through a cycle of increased solar storm activity, the US and the UK look to the possibility of scheduling controlled power cuts. (more)

PS The Screen Snag

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Multi-tasking makes a mess of our focus and sacred attention, but I want to believe it's somehow serving us, because it's happening. Perhaps all this technology we're using to "relate" is brain-sculpting boot camp, prepping us for a different way of engaging each other and the world altogether. Or, total extinction. And then there's dating and sex. (more)

A Farewell to Advertising

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Digital advertisers track your online behavior, creating a detailed personal profile that is owned by the company that constructs it, which can do whatever it pleases with that information, including sell it. Emerging technologies could support a different model that respects our privacy, acknowledges our intelligence, and responds to actual needs, not manufactured desires. (more)

In the World After Abundance

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In the future, our current extravagant habits will no longer be an option. An unwillingness to take a hard look at the assumptions underlying our notion of a normal lifestyle has driven a certain amount of wishful thinking, and roughly the same amount of unnecessary dread, among those who have begun to grapple with the challenges ahead of us. (more)

Facebook Purges UK Pages

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In the UK, dozens of activists' Facebook pages have been suspiciously deleted from the network. (more)

God Particle Leak?

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According to a leaked memo, the Large Hadron Collider may have detected the elusive Higgs boson, a.k.a the God Particle. (more)

They Know Where You've Been

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Big Brother may not be so far away: Apple and Google have been tracking your movements for months.  (more)

Password Protected Genes

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DARPA's most recent quest is to design a genetic security system built into the genome that can monitor for and report on any modifications made to an organism’s genetic makeup. (more)

The Trouble With Vaporware

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Since the Fukushima disaster began, proponents of nuclear power have tried to spin the situation with claims that go back to the Eisenhower administration -- that nukes will be clean, safe, and cheap, if we just go with the new technology that's not yet off the drawing board. Computer geeks have a term for this kind of song and dance: vaporware. (more)

Master of Internet Puppets

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A leaked email from HB Gary Federal, a U.S. defense contractor, details a plan to use “persona management“ software to create a virtual gang. (more)