Technology

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Facebook is not exactly the champion of user privacy, but at least in one case, the company did go to bat for its users. Facebook took New York law enforcement to court over secret warrants that allowed authorities to collect user data.

Unfortunately, Facebook just lost their case in the New York courts. The court ruled that only users themselves, not facebook, can challenge law enforcement demands for their data.

"You get a red line, you get a red line, everyone gets a red line..."

Source: Townhall.com

One week ago, when shares of the UK-based Imagination Technology crashed 70% overnight after Apple announced it would cease using the tech company's graphics technology for new products, including phones, tablets, and watches, in a push to insource key R&D as well as preserve capital, Neil Campling, head of technology research at Northern Trust Securities, said that "this is what we would describe as a black swan moment for the company and investors in Imagination."

In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin and the blockchain. For the first time in history, his invention made it possible to send money around the globe without banks, governments or any other intermediaries. The concept of the blockchain isn’t very intuitive. But still, many people believe it is a game changer.

The first 40 years of the Internet brought e-mail, social media, mobile applications, online shopping, Big Data, Open Data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things.

 

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The government isn’t quite ready to force microchip injections on citizens. But if you want to do it on your own, it just makes tracking you and your data that much easier!

You can be just like the cool kids who are having microchips injected in their hands in order to open locked doors and store payment information. A wave of the hand is all it will take to start your car, buy a latte, or share all your data with governments and corporations.