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Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media | Technology
Gen David Petraeus has previously said US online psychological operations are aimed at 'countering extremist ideology and propaganda'.
July 8, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. In the early morning of May 17, longtime anti-war and immigrant rights activist Carlos Montes awoke to the startling sound of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department SWAT Team breaking down his door.
Being Anti-War Is Not a Crime -- But That's Not Stopping the FBI From Raiding Activists' Homes | Activism & Vision
No matter how strict Facebook users may be with their settings, their bid for privacy can be compromised by third-party software developers who make those annoying apps that let users play games with each other—and, apparently, share their personal information with advertisers.
Personal Data Farmed Out by Facebook Apps
Cultural genome project mines Google Books for the secret history of humanity
When I came across the title only, the first thought that came to my mind was Isaac Asimov's "Psychohistory" that was central to his "Foundation" novels, and after having read the article, it seems eerily similar in those regards. I'm assuming this, of course, but like what another commenter said previously, it seems the holy grail of this type of research would be to not only categorize trends of different cultures, but to predict the evolution of cultures as well. Much in the same fashion of Asimov's "Psychohistory."
WikiLeaks Being Used to Justify "Patriot Act" Legislation For Internet
Eric Blair Activist Post Senator Mitch McConnell called Assange a "high-tech terrorist" on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday and said, "if it‘s found that Assange hasn’t violated the law, then the law should be changed."Stop worrying about when the hard drive in your computer will die. Google wants to kill it permanently anyway. The new Google Chrome operating system, which was unveiled Tuesday, as well as hints and suggestions from Apple and Microsoft, offers us a preview of the PC of the future.
The Death of the Hard Drive - FoxNews.com
Greece has become the most recent country to enter the running for the Best Violent Protest prize, amid French criticism that the UK unfairly disadvantaged nations without a monarchy by poking the Duchess of Cornwall with a stick. The Greek mob opened its protest against austerity measures yesterday with the expected strategy of petrol bombing and vandalism outside the parliament building in Athens, which police countered with a solid tear-gas defence. However, in later rounds the quick-thinking rioters showed their true class and initiative by chasing and beating a government minister who happened to pop out for a souvlaki.
Quality of Greek protests fail to impress British rioters
Students across the country are set to learn an important life lesson today when the government completely ignores all of their protests to vote in a significant rise in tuition fees. There have been a large number of angry protests across the country, as the student body mobilised for an important lesson in futility. Psychologist William Morris told us, “Learning about the futility of our rebellious actions in the face of authority is something many of us never truly understand until we get a job or a career.” ”
Students set to find out just how effective violent protest is
Harold Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
US physics professor: 'Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I have seen in my long life'
Scientists, authors and education experts are meeting this weekend at Cambridge University to investigate how the teenage brain is affected or altered by reading the "Twilight" saga, the "Harry Potter" series and other books that invite fear and anxious emotional responses.
The Answer Sheet - How 'Twilight,' other dark fiction affect teen brains
Queen tried to get UK poverty fund to heat palace
published online: 9/25/2010 LONDON - Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time - especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year.The planet's northern magnetic pole is drifting slowly but steadily towards Russia -- and it's throwing off planes in Florida. Tampa International Airport was forced to readjust its runways Thursday to account for the movement of the Earth's magnetic fields, information that pilots rely upon to navigate planes. Thanks to the fluctuations in the force, the airport has closed its primary runway until Jan. 13 to change taxiway signs to account for the shift, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The poles are generated by movements within the Earth's inner and outer cores, though the exact process isn't exactly understood. They're also constantly in flux, moving a few degrees every year, but the changes are almost never of such a magnitude that runways require adjusting, said Paul Takemoto, a spokesman for the FAA.
Magnetic North Pole Shifts, Forces Runway Closures at Florida Airport - FoxNews.com
NTEB: Did HAARP Kill Thousands Of Birds And Fish Simultaneously Across Country?
Did HAARP Kill Thousands Of Birds And Fish Simultaneously Across Country?It was almost an afterthought. On March 1, 2003, the War On Terror had finally served up the alleged paymaster of 9/11 - a shadowy Saudi by the name of Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi. Yet his arrest just happened to coincide with the capture of a much bigger fish - the reported 9/11 mastermind himself, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed - thus relegating Mustafa Ahmed to the footnote section of the "official" 9/11 Legend.