China’s Social Credit System

by Daisy Luther Just in case we havent provided you with enough creepy dystopian news lately, the nations leader in Creepy Dystopia, California, has a brand new program. The Cradle to Career Data System will study and document everything about a child born i…

By Daisy Luther Just in case we havent provided you with enough creepy dystopian news lately, the nations leader in Creepy Dystopia, California, has a brand new program. The Cradle to Career Data System will study and document everything about a child born i…

Facebook is leaning on fears of China exporting its authoritarian social values to counter arguments that it should be broken up or slowed down. Its top executives have each claimed that if the U.S. limits its size, blocks its acquisitions, or bans its crypto…

How to survive in a world run by machines

Local councils in the UK spent £2 million last year on contracts with the credit scoring company Experian as part of an effort to categorise, assess and profile segments of the population, the New Statesman has learned. According to a paper published this we…

HONG KONG - It is still the world’s “freest” economy, one of the biggest global financial centers and a scenic haven for tycoons and tourists, but the waves of protests rocking Hong Kong are exposing strains unlikely to dissipate as communist-ruled Beijing’s …

In this July 7, 2019, photo, riot police prevent people, some are mainland Chinese tourists, from crossing a street during a face-off with protesters at the Mongkok, a popular place with mainland Chinese tourists in Hong Kong. It’s still the world’s “freest” …

It's still the world's "freest" economy, one of the biggest global financial centers and a scenic haven for tycoons and tourists, but the waves of protests rocking Hong Kong are exposing strains unlikely to dissipate as communist-ruled Beijing's influence gro…

HONG KONG (AP) It's still the world's "freest" economy, one of the biggest global financial centers and a scenic haven for tycoons and tourists, but the waves of protests rocking Hong Kong are exposing strains unlikely to dissipate as communist-ruled Beijing'…

The fear that China might use DNA data to devise biological weapons is one of the reasons why security services in the US have concerns about it getting access to its genetic information. While it sounds like something out of a Netflix spy thriller, the Fede…