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In April 2020, an unnamed Chinese government entity attempted to queitly join TikTok in order to share propaganda with Western audiences. According to internal TikTok messages seen by Bloomberg(Opens in a new window), the request to open a stealth account was shared with Elizabeth Kanter, TikTok’s head of
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Widely circulated reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating $20 billion crypto exchange Coinbase are just the tip of the iceberg, according to a staffer from U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis’ (R-Wy) office. The staffer says every U.S. crypto exchange—and the largest crypto
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Newly unearthed documents obtained by America First Legal Foundation reveal that top U.S. health officials worked hand-in-hand with big tech companies to moderate content related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The documents released Wednesday were obtained after America First Legal sued the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after
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Joe Rogan expressed concerns Tuesday that TikTok, one of the most used social media apps in the world, poses a unique threat to Americans' data privacy and safety. TikTok is owned by Bytedance, a Chinese company. China's Civil Military Fusion Policy and 2017 National Intelligence Law requires
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi husband, Paul Pelosi, has sold all of his stock in NVIDIA on Tuesday as Congress is set to pass the "CHIPS-plus" bill. Paul Pelosi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of NVIDIA stock, or 25,000 shares, at an average
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Amazon handed Ring video doorbell footage to police without owners’ permission at least 11 times so far this year — a figure that highlights the unfettered access the company is giving police to doorsteps across the country. The revelation came in a letter Amazon sent to Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on
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There's interesting evidence that sheds light on the future of AI, but it's been found to make some people behave less ethically. A scientist even argued that the evidence should be hidden. Thanks for visiting Our Secret House. Create your free account by signing up or
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The Pentagon’s plan to defend the U.S. homeland from cruise missiles is starting to take shape after a prolonged period of development because until recently, the threat was perceived as a more distant regional one, a senior Air Force official said. North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a much larger scale than previously known, according to new documents unearthed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location
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In an announcement that had to come from a big tech company sometime this decade, Samsung says it wants to “copy and paste” the human brain onto “neuromorphic” computer chips. The attempt at taking our precious wetware and transferring it to hardware seems to have an unspecified timeline. But if
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Did you know that our atmosphere is filled with more than 11,000 objects that have been launched since the journey into space began. The Space Race first began during the Cold War, and at first the Soviet Union seemed to dominate when it came to the numerous amount of
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In the Pentagon’s latest report, they reveal numerous vulnerabilities on the blockchain, focusing on Ethereum and Bitcoin. The research highlights the threat posed to large-scale institutions intertwined with blockchain technologies. What Happened: The Pentagon has released a report titled “Are Blockchains Decentralized, Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers.” The report