The End Days? World War, Tech Takeover, and Global Warming
Industrial plant, Longview, Washington. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. One can be excused for worrying over what tomorrow might bring as expanded battle lines are redrawn across the globe, the world’s…
Artificial Intelligence: Our Days (Probably) Aren’t Numbered
Robot foot soldier of Skynet, the apocalyptic artificial superintelligence of the Terminator film franchise. Maybe it’s a law of history: every innovation faces opposition. The early nineteenth-century Luddites wrecked textile…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Released From French Custody Days After Paris Airport Arrest
Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, was released from police custody in France on Wednesday, Aug. 28, a few days after he was arrested at an…