Technology
continues to grow exponentially, with Moore's law in quantum overdrive:
"Transform"
is a term that could be good…or bad: http://tinyurl.com/lmfqpvj
Tiny
camera could go anywhere: http://tinyurl.com/yc382ty8
DARPA
+ Transhumanism = terrifying: http://tinyurl.com/ya3h5pbo
Why
does the sun look so weird? http://tinyurl.com/y6ukxuw9
Sentient
World Simulation: http://tinyurl.com/y7mfo2k5
Number
9…number 9…number 9…and number 6: http://tinyurl.com/y8qaucer
Project
Blue Beam: http://tinyurl.com/ybm4kkg2
Alexa
AI is growing up fast: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/03/amazons-alexa-passes-15000-skills-up-from-10000-in-february/
NextDoor – using
technology to force "community" rather than letting it grow
organically, as it did before technology started chipping away at our humanity:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/technology/nextdoor-a-start-up-social-network-digs-deep-into-neighborhoods.html
Facebook
- you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave: Facebook
building new campus that includes 1,500 apartments and a grocery store: http://tinyurl.com/y99juyrw
Not
to be outdone, Google is funding a new software project that will (get this)
automate writing local news: http://tinyurl.com/yak6uhzq
Google
also has its own geothermal energy startup: http://tinyurl.com/yb9wcavm
TR-3B
Manta, the Government's most secret "UFO" plane: http://tinyurl.com/y9wtyx7h
A
whole new military arm: the Space Corps (the Space Cadets!) and Project Blue
Beam: http://tinyurl.com/y7wyyfcr
Oh
goodie more government secrets (albeit a little old):