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Mar 14, 2019

On this episode, a couple of Flippy updates, Stellar Lumens throws back to 1988, Mark Zuckerberg wants to read your mind, and meet Q the genderless AI voice assistant. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!

 

AGG for the WEEK of MARCH 7th-MARCH 13th

FLIPPY’S FAM!

Robotic leg leans on animal evolution to teach itself to walk

Watching this soft robotic hand move is strangely hypnotic – BGR

 

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

Find Out If Your Photo Is In This AI Training Dataset

Non-profit AI org founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman to pursue profits - Business Insider

Google Is Trying to Clean Up Internet Comments With an AI Chrome Extension, Isn't That Cute

US Army clarifies its killer robot plans – Naked Security

California man learned he was dying from doctor on robot’s video screen

 

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!

Fake Melania? Trump’s Alabama tornado visit ignites conspiracy theories of Melania body double

Trump signs executive order to stop reporting civilian drone deaths - Business Insider

 

SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs

Scientists found moving water on the Moon – BGR

 

CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THE B-B-B-BLOCK CHAIN

Experts finally tracked down the digital wallets of the crypto CEO who died with sole access to millions. They say the money's gone | Markets Insider

Bitcoin trader brutally tortured with drill in cryptocurrency robbery | The Independent

Facebook's cryptocurrency could be $19B revenue opportunity: Barclays

 

SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON

Facebook suffers the most severe outage in its history - BBC News

Facebook's Private Social Network Is a Bad Fit - The Atlantic

Ukrainian Hackers Used Quizzes to Access Private Data, Facebook Says | KTLA

Google’s new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if you have a Pixel) | TechCrunch

Report: Amazon Warehouses Called 911 for Mental Health Crises At Least 189 Times in Five Years

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECHNOCALYPSE

Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Build a Mind-Reading Machine | WIRED

Elon Musk to SEC: You Can't Make Me Never Tweet

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

CRISPR doc 'Human Nature' embraces the hope and peril of gene editing

Phenylketonuria Treatment Using Modified E. Coli. Gets Tested : Shots - Health News : NPR

FDA allows genetically engineered ‘Frankenfish’ salmon to be imported to US | WPMT FOX43

 

BECAUSE SCIENCE!!!!

Physicists reverse time using quantum computer

Scientists: Maybe If We Only Dim the Sun a Little It Won’t Backfire Horribly

Woolly mammoth cells brought back to life in shocking scientific achievement | Fox News