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India: Spyware Use Violates Supreme Court Privacy Ruling

(New York) – Indian authorities should immediately, independently, and credibly investigate the government’s alleged use of advanced spyware to target activists and apparent opponents, Access Now, International Commission of Jurists, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Electronic Frontier Foundation, PEN America, Center for Democracy and Technology, Civicus, and Human Rights Watch said

Misconfigured Microsoft Apps Expose 38 Million Sensitive Records Including Contact Tracing

Over one thousand web apps using Microsoft Power Apps have mistakenly exposed 38 million records online, including sensitive data relating to a number of coronavirus contact tracing platforms, vaccination registrations, job application portals, and employee databases. Wired reports that a thousand web apps have accidentally exposed 38 million records online,

Hackers Steal Almost $100 Million in Cryptocurrency from Japanese Exchange

Hackers have reportedly stolen $97 million worth of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies from the Japanese exchange Liquid in a major hack.

According EU and US, Microsoft Exchange email hack came from China

The European Union and United States on Monday blamed China for the hacking of the Microsoft Exchange email server that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year.

How Social Media Giants Took Over World Power and We Didn’t Notice

Back in 2008, Facebook seemed so new and fun – you could chat with your friends, upload photos, and meet new people.

A Symbiosis of Humans & Technology – Changing The Conversation

Have you ever noticed that discussions about transhumanism tend to focus on technology more than humanism?

What Decentralization Requires

Decentralization. It’s not just a hip happenin’ buzzword. And it’s not just for blockchain. It has been important, and it always has been

Computer Science Prof & Edward Snowden Explain How Easily Voting Machines Can Be Hacked

Edward Snowden & J.Alex Halderman, a computer science and engineering professor at the University of Michigan both share how easy it is to hack voting machines and change votes.

Consciousness, free energy and cognitive algorithms

Consciousness studies: from the Bayesian brain to the field of consciousness Different theoretical approaches have tried to model consciousness and subjective experience, from phenomenology (Husserl, 1913), cognitive psychology and neuroscience (Baars, 2005; Dehaene, 2014), artificial intelligence and cybernetics (Baars Franklin, 2009; Rudrauf Debbané, 2018), statistical physics and probabilistic models (Solms