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Pope Francis, who more than a billion Catholics believe is God’s representative on Earth, will meet with powerful Silicon Valley Google executive and philanthropist Eric Schmidt for 15 minutes at the Vatican in Rome....
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Terminator Genisys is a real-time message from the New World Order, and it's "coming soon to a theater near you", as the old saying goes. Terminator Genisys is a warning to a sleeping world, daring us to wake up and address it....
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First spotted by open source developers, the Chromium browser – the open source basis for Google’s Chrome – began remotely installing audio-snooping code that was capable of listening to users....
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Simon Legrand and a friend were walking past Google's London office building on Friday night when they say they felt a “strong electric field” and decided to film their experience....
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Google has purchased satellite start-up Skybox Imaging in it's quest to extend their all-seeing eye into every aspect of our lives. On the surface, Google says that they plan on using the new technology as a way to keep their Google Maps up to date, but those who are...
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Chances are you’re carrying a couple of RFID microchips now. And if you are, they’re sending out a 15-digit number that identifies you. That number can be picked up by what’s called an ISO compliant scanner. And they’re everywhere, too....
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Google has bought a company that develops military-style drones in a controversial $60 million dollar deal. Titan Aerospace makes unmanned aircraft that run on solar power and can remain airborne for five years at a time....
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The New York City Police Department’s massive and controversial intelligence and analytics unit is evaluating whether Google Glass is a decent fit for investigating terrorists and helping cops lock up bad guys, Venture Beat has learned. ...
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The "real-time facial recognition" software "can detect a face using the Google Glass camera, send it wirelessly to a server, compare it to millions of records, and in seconds return a match complete with a name, additional photos and social media profiles."...
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Google has just acquired Nest for $3.2 billion. Nest had built a thermostat “that adjusts to your living patterns.” It also developed a fire alarm that links to the thermostat. Basically, observers think getting the Nest technology allows Google to learn what we are doing when we are not...
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Google CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor. Google recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a robotics pioneer that produces amazing humanoid robots for the U.S. Defense Department....
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The ultimate goal is to increase the “persistence, protection, and endurance” of military robots, which will in turn “decrease physical and cognitive workloads on our warfighters, while increasing their combat capabilities,” the Pentagon report notes. ...
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Google-owned Motorola Mobility has filed for a patent, published last week, for a system "that comprises an electronic skin tattoo capable of being applied to a throat region of a body."...
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A second mystery barge has been discovered - this one docked in Maine, thousands of miles away from the ship spotted in San Francisco Bay that has set the tech world abuzz....
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President Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Google computer scientist Vint Cerf and other tech executives and civil liberties leaders on Thursday for a closed-door meeting about government surveillance, sources tell POLITICO. The session, which Obama attended himself, followed a similar gathering earlier this...
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Google’s real goal seems to be singularity The power of computing, and the thrill of its apparently infinite possibilities, has also long been a source of fear. Going into a San Francisco second-hand book shop, shortly before a visit to Google’s headquarters in California, I happened upon a copy...
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The person next to you isn’t just a commuter any more, they’re a Google agent...
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California has become the third state to welcome driverless cars with open arms. Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law today that officially legalized self-driving vehicles, following in the footsteps of Nevada and Florida....
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Google Ideas, Google's think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime.
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On Wednesday, Google gave people a clearer picture of its secret initiative called Project Glass. The glasses are the company’s first venture into wearable computing. The glasses are not yet for sale. Google will, however, be testing them in public....