WARS N RUMORS OF WARS: ( DEVELOPING ) North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests

North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and anuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its “enemy”. The… Read More →

Norway will “tag” people with Alzheimer and “others”

How do you find a “missing” person with Alzheimer? Just tag that person with a GPS. Than the health authorities do no longer have to take good care of them, but let the robot… Read More →

Paul Ehrlich: ‘Nobody Has The Right to Have 12 Children – Or Even 3’

Paul Ehrlich, the doomsday biologist who coined the term “The Population Bomb” more than 40 years ago with a book of the same name, says the world now faces “dangerous trends” of global… Read More →

Oxford Professor Says Genetically Altering Unborn Babies Personalities A Moral Obligation

Genetically screening our offspring to make them better people is just “responsible parenting”, claims an eminent Oxford academic, The Telegraph reports. Professor Julian Savulescu, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Ethics, said that creating so-called designer babies… Read More →

Are passwords on the way out? EyeVerify uses ‘eyeprint’ security

Today people rely on passwords to protect digital information. For years, these strings of code have been the “keys” to access digital property. As 2013 arrives, will passwords be enough to protect valuable… Read More →

Foil face-recognition cameras with Privacy Visor

Worried about all those security cameras tracking your every move? Try rocking one of these visors and enjoy anonymity once again. At least that’s what Isao Echizen from Japan’s National Institute of Informatics is trying to… Read More →

Japan’s money-printing plan

Japan will embark on a “bold”, unlimited money-printing programme next year, the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said today. The “monetary regime change” sees the Bank of Japan adopt the same strategy as the US… Read More →

DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT: Egypt’s gays fear government crackdown

Maha remembers going to Tahrir Square on Jan. 25, 2011. The 27-year-old office worker only wanted to look around the Cairo intersection filled with thousands of protesters. But seeing Egypt’s revolution unfold before… Read More →

DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT: Gay Californians take heart in Obama’s call for equality

In San Francisco, George Roehm got the chills and reached for his smartphone to text an out-of-state friend. In Long Beach, Stan Mallard thought about how far this struggling country has come —… Read More →

DHS Looks To Install Microphones In “Urban Areas” That Can Listen to Conversations

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to install “gunshot detector” microphones that are capable of listening to conversations throughout “urban areas” of Washington, DC. According to a Request for Information (RFI) posted… Read More →