Science and Technology

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Popular QAnon Website Shuts Down After Citigroup Employee And Webmaster Doxxed And Stalked

By ZERO HEDGE The world’s most popular QAnon post aggregator has been taken offline, after its webmaster – a Citigroup employee named Jason Gelinas – was doxxed by Logically.com and later stalked by Read More

2 US Astronauts Return From International Space Station (VIDEO)

An opened hatch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley is seen as one of them exits it on a ship in the Gulf Read More

A plan to redesign the internet could make apps that no one controls

MS TECH | ALINA GRUBNYAK VIA UNSPLASH By MIT Technology ReviewDfinity wants to allow the creation of apps that can run on the network itself rather than on servers owned by Read More

NEW WORLD ORDER: Bill Gates’ mass surveillance rolls out in 15 countries

Mass-Tracking COVI-PASS Immunity Passports Slated to Roll Out in 15 CountriesBy Raul Diego, Global Research, June 29, 2020 COVI-PASS will determine whether you can go to a restaurant, if you need a Read More

Automation, labor market institutions, and the middle class

Welcome & Presentation: Automation – A guide for policymakers Presentation: A tale of two workers – The macroeconomics of automation Presentation: Automation, organized labor, and the employment trajectories of workers Read More

EDUCATION: 8 reasons to get kids into STEM subjects early

It’s no news that kids need to be learning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills early, but why is it important? And how do you get started? We’ve rounded Read More

Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren

Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse. Instead of never-ending progress, today’s kids face a world on the edge of collapse. What next? By MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW The Read More

Soupy Study: Minestrone Could Be A Secret Weapon Against Malaria

It could be that malaria-carrying parasites are rendered less potent by minestrone.hmproudlove/Getty Images By NPR Bring in some soup. The unusual homework assignment at London’s Eden Primary School was for Read More

Anonymous fake social media profiles set to die in China

China due to introduce face scans for mobile users By BBC AFP Image China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does Read More

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm, accusing it of hacking activists’ phones

WhatsApp said it believes the technology sold by NSO was used to target the mobile phones of more than 1,400 of its users. Photograph: Hayoung Jeon/EPA NSO Group’s spyware allegedly Read More