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Other Countries Hold Firm on Net Neutrality Rules Despite US Ruling
With the US Federal Communications Commission overturning net neutrality protection rules recently, many consumers fear that it will cause a ripple effect. The fear is that there will be calls for deregulation in their countries as well from telecoms. However, many countries are holding firm and restating a commitment to…
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FCC Voted to Kill Net Neutrality–Releases Video Mocking Advocates
Right before the FCC votes to kill off US Net Neutrality rules, Chairman Ajit Pai released a “comedy” video, supposedly explaining the effects of the repeal. In a short minute and a half cringe goldmine, Pai explains that nothing will change and insists that this “Restoring Internet Freedom” act is…
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Saudi Arabia is the First Country to Grant Citizenship to a Robot
Saudi Arabia just became the world’s first country to grant official citizenship to a robot named Sophia. This is the same Sophia from Hanson robotics who has been making the rounds on many media outlets since last year, including The Tonight Show. Sophia is modeled after Audrey Hepburn and is…
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Apple Moving iTunes Headquarters to Ireland – One Tax Haven to Another!
Starting February 4, all of the non-US side of Apple’s business which includes the iTunes Store, Apple Music, the App Store and iBooks will be based in Cork, Ireland. Apple is also moving all developer contracts to Apple Distribution International, also based in Ireland. Apple is essentially moving from one…
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Top London University Admits to Monitoring Student E-mails
King’s College London has posted a notice on their e-mail login page warning members that emails can be “monitored and recorded”, apparently under the UK Government’s controversial anti-terror strategy Prevent. Students are also given the notice that anyone using the system automatically “expressly consents” to their e-mail correspondence being monitored…
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New US Defense Bill Could Spur New Space-based Arms Race
Incumbent US President Barack Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization act, a year-end policy defense bill that covers all aspects of the United States Military and the notable omission of one word has many concerned: “limited”. The provisions hint that the United States will seek defense technology that will…
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French Man Sentenced to Two-Years in Prison for Visiting Pro-ISIS Website
The French government is not taking any threats of terrorism lightly, sentencing an 18-year old teen several weeks ago for naming his Wi-Fi SSID “Daesh21”, but now have also has sentenced another man for visiting Pro-ISIS websites. The man was convicted on Tuesday and was not known previously to the…
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iPhone Gun Case?
Hands up! This is an armed robbery, well not armed, more like an iphonee heist; I would like to see the spell checker correct that. Anyway, a new product which has briefly been shot onto the market had aimed to have a unique selling point by turning your iPhone into…
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War Robots Put Humankind at Risk, AI Experts Warn
An artificial intelligence expert has warned the development of killer robots, or Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), capable of engaging targets without human intervention puts the principles of human dignity at risk. “LAWS could violate fundamental principles of human dignity by allowing machines to choose whom to kill,” Stuart Russell,…
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Worldwide Bitcoin Regulations Still Unclear, Law Library of Congress Survey Reports
There were many questions on how can the Bitcoin be taxed, having more and more countries coming up with different ways on how the cryptocurrency could be treated. While countries such as Germany do not consider Bitcoin a legal tender and cannot be considered as taxable income, Canada was pro-taxing…
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