News & Articles By Olivia Cook
05/27/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Neuralink receives FDA approval to implant brain chip in second patient
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implant its experimental brain chip Telepathy in a second patient. Neuralink, the brain-chip startup founded by Elon Musk, has been given the green light by the FDA to proceed with implanting a brain chip in a second patient. This decision follows complications […]
04/22/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Ex-TikTok employee claims he was INSTRUCTED to send American users’ data to Beijing-based parent company
A former employee at video sharing app TikTok has revealed that he was instructed to send the data of American users to the company’s Beijing-based parent ByteDance. Citing an April 15 piece by Fortune magazine, the Washington Free Beacon reported that former TikTok data scientist Evan Turner was mandated to send U.S. user data to […]
02/26/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Manhattan DA warns of MOBILE PAYMENT FRAUD: Two taps and someone’s life savings could be gone
Concerned by a surge in mobile payment fraud draining bank accounts through the use of popular and widely-used mobile payment apps like Cash App, Venmo and Zelle, Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg has sent letters to the CEOs of the companies that own these peer-to-peer payment services. Reportedly now handling an estimated $1 trillion […]
02/14/2024
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By Olivia Cook
U.K. schools are now installing spying software in RESTROOMS
Some educational institutions in the United Kingdom have started installing sensors with “spying” software that “actively listen” to pupils as part of an attempt to crack down on vaping, bullying and rowdiness in school restrooms and other areas. This measure has created a significant rift in the debate over privacy rights. Schools Week reported that the […]
02/12/2024
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By Olivia Cook
LAYOFF season continues: PayPal cuts off 9% of its global workforce – roughly 2,500 jobs
PayPal has begun a series of company-wide layoffs that will cut about nine percent of its global workforce – or roughly 2,500 jobs. These job cuts came after new CEO Alex Chriss took over, and came on top of a prior round of dismissals of seven percent last year. In a letter sent to employees, Chriss noted that […]
01/30/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Job cuts in mainstream media outlets could lead to AI TAKEOVER of news industry
Thousands of journalists are facing a stark, scary “new reality” as mainstream news outlets are slashing jobs to stay afloat in the struggling industry. Questions about the future of U.S. journalism have been raised following the news industry’s bad start this year. In January alone, several publishers laid off their employees in a continuation of the […]
01/15/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Morrisons supermarket chain launches ROBOCOP CCTV CAMERAS, making customers “feel like criminals”
Morrisons, one of the largest supermarkets in the U.K., has come under fire for launching “Robocop” CCTV cameras. Customers and shoppers accuse the supermarket giant of making them “feel like criminals.” A Morrisons spokesperson said the four-legged remote control devices called Safer Pod S1s are equipped with 360-degree HD (high density) cameras and a state-of-the-art […]
12/29/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Google and YouTube enhance CENSORSHIP TACTICS ahead of 2024 elections
Google and YouTube have confirmed plans to censor content they deem to be “harmful” in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election. Google noted that it is already censoring content deemed to be “manipulated media” or “hate and harassment.” “These are two broad, subjective terms that have been used by tech giants to justify mass censorship,” journalist […]
12/21/2023
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By Olivia Cook
British government mulling SOCIAL MEDIA BAN for teenagers 16 and younger
The British government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering a crackdown on social media use for teenagers aged 16 and younger – with a ban said to be one of the options on the table. Despite bringing new controls with the Online Safety Act (OSA) which received Parliament approval in October, ministers are considering […]
11/14/2023
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By Olivia Cook
“Confused” industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea
A 40-year-old man working at a produce-sorting facility in South Korea was accidentally crushed to death by a robot that somehow got “confused,” mistaking the worker for a box of vegetables. The automaton reportedly took hold of the technician’s arm using its arm and tongs – crushing his face and chest. Officials believe the robot’s system […]
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