silicon valley’s tax-avoiding, job-killing, soul-sucking machine 1984, gafam https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a15895746/bust-big-tech-silicon-valley/
darpa is building a $10 million open source secure voting system 1984, dystopia, privacy, surveillance, technology https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/yw84q7/darpa-is-building-a-dollar10-million-open-source-secure-voting-system
will machines be able to tell when patients are about to die? 1984, dystopia, medical, technology https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-machine-learning-medicine-predictions/
the first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads 1984, dystopia, human guinea pig, psychology, wtf https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612212/the-first-social-network-of-brains-lets-three-people-transmit-thoughts-to-each-others-heads/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=facebook
crypto mining consumes more energy than mineral mining 1984, dystopia, earth, fail https://cointelegraph.com/news/study-crypto-mining-consumes-more-energy-than-mineral-mining
mark zuckerberg’s vision for facebook sounds a lot like china, where I couldn’t buy a cup of coffee without the app that dominates people’s lives there 1984, dystopia, facebook, know, surveillance, technology https://www.businessinsider.com.au/future-of-facebook-looks-like-china-wechat-2019-3
evolutionary algorithm outperforms deep-learning machines at video games 1984, dystopia, technology https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611568/evolutionary-algorithm-outperforms-deep-learning-machines-at-video-games/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=owned_social
chinese cities wanting peace and quiet are using acoustic cameras to catch honking drivers 1984, surveillance, technology https://www.businessinsider.fr/us/china-using-acoustic-cameras-to-catch-car-honking-2018-4
‘the goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism 1984, dystopia, know, technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/20/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-google-facebook