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Data Centers Are Doing Your Dirty Work for You

From “reason.com” Their few defenders often misunderstand their benefits. When data center opponents seek to hype the environmental strains caused by these facilities, they often describe their water and electricity usage in terms of household or community equivalents. This data center will consume as much electricity as a small town. That data center’s water usage is the

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Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It’s Still Growing.

From “reason.com” The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them. “Mom, why did he take your picture?” my preschooler asked. We were making our way through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint for a family trip. “It’s to compare my face with the picture

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Big Tech in “Frantic” Push to Contain AI Backlash, Report Says

This article comes from “naturalnews.com” Big technology companies are deploying advocacy campaigns and policy arguments to counter a widening public and regulatory backlash against artificial intelligence, according to industry reporting and opinion surveys. The push comes as Americans express rising unease about the technology. Pew Research found that 52% of respondents are “more concerned than

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Flock Safety Cuts Data Retention to 7 Days After Jurisdictions, Lawmakers Push Back

This article comes from “naturalnews.com” Flock Safety, one of the largest providers of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the nation, announced on Aug. 13 that it will reduce default data retention from 30 days to seven days, require police to attach case numbers to searches, and make automated audits mandatory for all law enforcement

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AI-Generated Political Ads Spread Across Races, Raising Misinformation Concerns

This article comes from “naturalnews.com” Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being used to produce political advertisements in campaigns across the United States, a development that has prompted warnings from researchers and election officials about the risk of voter deception. The Associated Press reported in a May investigation that AI “can not only rapidly produce targeted campaign emails,

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“We Have Cameras Everywhere In That Town”: The Rising Epidemic Of Flock Camera False Arrests

From “The Free Thought Project” All these wrongful arrests based on faulty Flock camera evidence is another illustration of the way people are making themselves dumber by outsourcing their thinking to machines.Today in dystopia, police have been wrongfully arresting people based on faulty information from AI-assisted Flock surveillance footage instead of actually investigating the evidence

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Podcast – Larken Rose – Unbound: Breaking Mental Chains & Ending The Age of Masters

From “The Free Thought Project” Larken Rose on Flock Cameras, “Candles in the Dark,” and the Paradigm Shift to Voluntaryism. Matt, Jason, and Don sat down with author, speaker, and longtime voice of principled anarchism Larken Rose. Renowned for his groundbreaking works like The Most Dangerous Superstition and The Jones Plantation, Larken has spent decades dismantling the psychological illusion

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