Jun 26, 2019
As Basil continues to traverse on a distant timeline from our own, Gonz is joined by guest co-host Mel from Truthstream Media. They discuss Jeff Bezos’ new video of using his robot arms, a quick update on the scam that is the LIBRA project, and a Bloomberg article on how robots are decoding the cryptic language of central bankers! 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 June 20th-June 26th
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!
How to make money off Facebook’s Libra — Quartz
FLIPPY AND FAM!
Robots Can Now Decode the Cryptic Language of Central Bankers - Bloomberg
Watch Jeff Bezos playing with giant remote-controlled robot hands - Business Insider
First-of-its-kind robotic arm works without brain implant
McDonalds Is Trialing Kitchen Robots And Voice-Automated Drive-Thrus
Toyota Basketball Bot Earns Guinness Record With 2,020 Perfect Throws | Digital Trends
Trash-Picking Robots? Park Bench Monitors? Toronto Debates Tech Giant’s Waterfront Plans
TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!
This AI Uses Echolocation to Follow Your Every Move
AI services startup Hypergiant brings on Bill Nye as an advisor | TechCrunch
How Conversational Artificial Intelligence Is Providing Companionship To The Elderly
Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Our Faces | WIRED
This terrifying AI generates fake articles from any news site
Thanks to AI, we know we can teleport qubits in the real | Cosmos
Artificial intelligence can't solve online extremism issue, experts tell House panel | TheHill
How Facebook's New 'Mirror World' Will Help Train AI
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, says he'd start an AI company today
Hackers are turning our AI security systems against us — but they can be stopped
Can Space Robots Save Humanity?
MIT's new robot can identify things by sight and by touch
Wearable robot 'WalkON Suit' off to Cybathlon 2020
Self-Assembling Microrobots Can Be Programmed To Form A Tiny Car | Digital Trends
Bike and Snake: Meet the robots that will keep Norway's gas flowing
Robotic Vending Machines Want To Feed You Frozen Yogurt
Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children
BECAUSE SCIENCE!
Physicists develop new method to prove quantum entanglement
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!
First clinical trail for male contraceptive gel starts in UK - Business Insider
Trump accidentally debunks his own “deep state” FBI conspiracy theory - Vox
A brief history of the politics of UFOs - CNNPolitics
Moon landing 50th anniversary: why people like Steph Curry have supported conspiracy theories - Vox
UFO sighting: ‘Alien craft’ spotted during NASA Apollo 12 moon walk | Weird | News | Express.co.uk
Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Evades Crackdown On Social Media Sites
Arizona Board of Education backs off changes to sex ed curriculum amid uproar | Fox News
YouTube Star Etika Is Found Dead in NYC
Dementia risk tied to anticholinergic drugs in a new study - CNN
Smartphones aren’t making millennials grow horns. Here’s how to spot a bad study | PBS NewsHour
CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA
Here’s how AI can help fight climate change according to the field’s top thinkers - The Verge
SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs
NASA Wants Robots to Sniff Out Moon Pits for Astronaut Homes | Space
Astronauts, not robots, essential to getting answers on the moon - UPI.com
Nasa Mars rover discovers gas that suggests recent alien life | The Independent
Mississippi town dedicates historical marker at site of 'alien abduction' | Fox News
Alien life on Mars may have emerged earlier than life on Earth, study says - CNET
BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM
Genetic Adam is 340,000 Years Old - Neatorama
Russia Will Genetically Test Soldiers To Identify The Best Fighters And Thinkers
Genetics research gets help from social media - Reuters
Experts warn consumers about genetic DNA screening scams
Transhumanism Is Tempting—Until You Remember Inspector Gadget | WIRED
Transhumanism and genetically altering people, today's great ethical challenge | ROME REPORTS
What is biohacking? The new “science” of optimizing your brain and body. - Vox
Scientist develops novel algorithm to aid search for exoplanets
Non-addictive CRISPR-edited tobacco could help eliminate smoking | New Scientist
"This is crazy!"—Top Scientists Condemn Russian's Plan for CRISPR Babies | BioSpace
The Art of Gene-editing Butterflies (Painting With CRISPR) Video | Technology Networks
CRISPR in Russia: The World's Next Gene-Edited Babies May Not Be Far Away
Using CRISPR to resurrect the dead - CNET
THE NEW AGE AND OCCULT IN THE NEWS
The Modern Witch – XPRESS MAGAZINE
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECHNOCALYPSE
Elon Musk's 'Moon Mix-Up' Was Actually an Epic Bezos Troll
Elon Musk: Here’s Why World Population Will Start To Collapse Soon | Daily Wire
Elon Musk bewilders Twitter users with tweet about Mars
Tesla close to quarterly delivery record, Elon Musk says in email - Business Insider
Washington town where Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates live is having a budget crisis | Fox Business
Jeff Bezos says going to the moon is harder now than it was for JFK – GeekWire
Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates Worth $100 Billion Each - Bloomberg
Even Bill Gates pronounces ‘Bezos’ wrong — here’s how to say the Amazon CEO’s name – GeekWire
Mark Zuckerberg to speak at Aspen Ideas conference - CNN
Mark Zuckerberg deepfake video: Why Facebook hasn't taken it down yet - Business Insider
CRYPTOCURRENCY & THE B-B-B-BLOCKCHAIN
Salesforce Explores Blockchain To Stop Biased Robots From Ruining $1 Trillion Opportunity
SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON
Designers built an AI penis detector to protest Google’s prudish doodles - The Verge
Senator Markey Asks FTC to Force Google to Delete Data on Minors - Bloomberg
Google Chrome now lets you flag sketchy websites - CNN
Thune Wants Google and Facebook to Have Algorithm-Free Options - Bloomberg
Google Responds to Claims That Maps Has Millions of Fake Business Listings
Google's new curriculum teaches kids how to spot fake news and URLs - TechSpot
How Google searches might be able to predict the 2020 Democratic race - CNNPolitics
Amazon overtakes Google and Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand | TechRadar
Google warns its employees that Pride protests are against the company’s code of conduct
Amazon is leasing more planes so it can deliver packages on its own - CNN
Amazon receives US patent for surveillance as a service — Quartz
32 Mind-Blowing Amazon Statistics for 2019
Walmart and Amazon want to see inside your house. Should you let them? - Los Angeles Times
How to stop Amazon ads, Alexa from tracking you
Brazil court slashes fine for Facebook's refusal to share WhatsApp data - Reuters
Facebook is building a dedicated news tab for publishers - Business Insider
Why the Lonely Stand to Lose the Most from Facebook | Psychology Today