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The FBI’s Not-So-Little List

If we are to believe the FBI, apparently nearly two million Americans are “terrorists”. To put it another way, in an average NFL crowd, the FBI would have us believe that there’s a good 400 terrorists. Back in July, cybersecurity researcher Bob Diachenko found what seemed to be a

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Personal Responsibility Needed for Scanning

Personal Responsibility Needed for Scanning

David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is pleased to see mandatory scanning being put in place by the Government but the onus shouldn’t be on businesses to enforce it. Businesses have been through enough with multiple lockdowns, as well as a raft of other costs placed on them

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How Older People Are Mastering Technology to Stay Connected after Lockdown

How Older People Are Mastering Technology to Stay Connected after Lockdown

Carolyn Wilson-Nash Julie Tinson University of Stirling Carolyn Wilson-Nash completed her PhD from Durham University in 2014 before undertaking a KTP in Digital Health and a Research Associate position for an Innovate UK funded product on FMCG. Julie‘s research considers consumption behaviour associated with consumer socialisation and periods of

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How Big Tech Is Helping the Taliban

How Big Tech Is Helping the Taliban

Donald Trump is banned from Twitter — the Taliban is not. Think on that: since a famously “progressive” Big Tech company refuses a platform to an American president, but happily plays host to one of America’s most deadly enemies. A prescribed terrorist organisation notorious for its violently non-“progressive” stance

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China’s Communist Regime Takes Financial Stake in Tiktok

China’s Communist Regime Takes Financial Stake in Tiktok

Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. The Chinese Communist government has taken a stake and board seat in ByteDance, TikTok’

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Digital Genius?

John Redwood johnredwoodsdiary.com The digital revolution sweeps on. Much  of it is miracle technology that makes lives easier and better. It is transforming shopping, entertainment, media and much else. Parts of the public sector though are making technology into a  misery machine to spy on us , infuriate us and

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A Response to Dan Bongino

A Response to Dan Bongino

Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Jesus is King Friday I was flooded with messages about Dan Bongino’s ten minute meltdown on his show calling me a “fraud” and a “clown.” I watched the clip and was amused by Dan’s highly emotional outburst attacking me for simply stating a

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China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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What Is the Metaverse? A High-Tech Plan to Facebookify the World

Nick Kelly Queensland University of Technology Dr Nick Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design in the School of Design at QUT. His research addresses design cognition (how designers think), interaction design (how we design interactions within a sociocultural context), and teacher education (how we can better support high

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Turn Facebook into a ‘Metaverse Company’ – What Does That Mean?

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Turn Facebook into a ‘Metaverse Company’ – What Does That Mean?

Daniel Broby University of Strathclyde Daniel Broby is a leading academic in the field of Financial Technology (Fintech). His research interests focus on crypto-currencies, market operational efficiency and the timestamping of blockchain financial instructions Mark Zuckerberg wants to reinvent Facebook. He has been telling analysts and journalists that he wants

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An Alternative to PayPal Waits in the Wings

An Alternative to PayPal Waits in the Wings

The second beast was given power to[…]cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy

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Why Big Tech Is Deplatforming Sky News

Why Big Tech Is Deplatforming Sky News

As you may know, The BFD and its loyal readership have put a tremendous effort into making New Zealand’s leading source of centre-right news and opinion cancel-proof. As MediaBiasNZ shows, of 15 major media sites in NZ, only The BFD and Kiwiblog provide a centre or right-of-centre perspective. The

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Censored: Sky News Australia Temporarily Banned from YouTube

Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. Sky News Australia is banned from uploading content to YouTube for seven days after

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Gamers Know the Power of ‘Flow’ — What If Learners Could Harness It Too?

Simon McCallum Edward Schofield Stephen Dobson Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Simon has been teaching Computer Science since 1999 with Game specific courses from 2004. Edward is currently a professional staff member at Victoria University in Wellington, although he has a small Academic Background and completed postgraduate studies

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