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AGG for the WEEK OF Aug 8- Aug 14
TECHNOLOGY/AI
Screens are killing your eyeballs, and now we know how | Popular Science
The Meg's giant shark is an AI-powered marvel
DeepMind’s AI can detect over 50 eye diseases as accurately as a doctor - The Verge
Organisers Of 'NIPS' AI Conference Ask Whether They Should Change Name
Cross-Pollinating Technologies Is the Way of the Future
AI is proving fibromyalgia is a real disease — Quartz
Why We Should Never Expect to Discover Sentient Ice Cubes - The New York Times
FLIPPY’S FAM! (The gang’s all here!)
Robolab Launches ICO to Fund Project Yanu, an AI-powered Robot to Replace Bartenders
Your vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you think | TechCrunch
This robot will make you a burger for just $6
Pizza Hut's New Slice-Serving Robot Waiter Can't Be Topped | Digital Trends
Robot-staffed frozen yogurt machines coming to Cincinnati
Bizarre dishes-scrubbing robot looks like an Alien facehugger - CNET
CRYPTOCURRENCY AND B-B-B-BLOCK CHAIN
22-year-old crypto millionaire scammed out of 5,500 bitcoins
ROBOTS THAT DO THINGS!
A Where's Waldo-Finding Robot Is Here to Steal Your Toddler's Only Job
Learning to Work With Robots – Foreign Policy
Robot that ties shoes / Boing Boing
The new Anki Vector robot is smart enough to just hang out - The Verge
The Robot Invasion Of Las Vegas Might Be Horrifying -- Or No Big Deal
Electronic robot skin out-senses the real thing
Everything You Need To Know About Sophia's Robot Love
Ibuki is the 10-year-old robot child that will haunt your dreams | TechCrunch
BIG CLAPPER Japanese Clapping Robot » Gadget Flow
This robot maintains tender, unnerving eye contact | TechCrunch
I'm pretty sure this DIY karaoke robot wants to devour my soul
This $600 Shoe-Tying Robot is Proof That the Future is Already Here | Digital Trends
Video: UkuRobot, the ukulele-playing robot, can play all of your favourite tunes
BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM
We Are Merging With Robots. That’s a Good Thing. - The New York Times
Scientists Just Successfully Reversed Ageing in Lab Grown Human Cells
Unexpected outcomes sound warning for treatment of genetic diseases using gene editing in embryos
Illumina: Lower Sequencing Costs Are Unleashing A Genetics Mega-Trend
Effort to Diversify Medical Research Raises Thorny Questions of Race - Scientific American
The Scientist Who Scrambled Darwin’s Tree of Life - The New York Times
Gene-editing startups ignite the next 'Frankenfood' fight | Reuters
Godfather of GMOs Wants Consumers to Be Less Afraid of His Food - Bloomberg
COMMERCIAL DNA TESTING
Online genealogy has created an unregulated forensic database for police - Science News - ABC News
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!
Facebook Has Removed Alex Jones And Infowars Pages From Its Platform
Twitter suspends conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week
Voodoo Doughnut: New Pizzagate-like Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
The Strange Conspiracy Theory Behind Jaden Smith's New Album - Noisey
How Donald Trump drained the fun out of conspiracy theories
Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform
The Man Arrested For Allegedly Starting A Massive Wildfire Pushed Rightwing Conspiracy Theories
MH370 Conspiracy Theories: Stowaway Hijacked Missing Plane, Aviation Expert Claims
Does Trump Weaponize Conspiracy Theories? | HuffPost
Conspiracy theories are more rampant than ever. Can they be stopped? | US news | The Guardian
Almost 10,000 Diagnosed With Cancer Caused By 9/11 - Media Blackout
Q-ANON
The dark conspiracy theory that helped create QAnon – ThinkProgress
Who are QAnon supporters? The QAnon subreddit, analyzed with data. - Vox
Bill Maher Mocks QAnon, Trump Supporters, Says He is ‘Q’ in ‘Real Time’ Segment
SPACE/ALIEN/ETs/UFOs
Astronaut claims he witnessed an 'organic, alien-like' creature but NASA is denying it | Fox News
9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven't Found Aliens Yet
Area 51 is real, and they are hiring!
Finding Meaning in a Galaxy Without Aliens - The Atlantic
Mysterious 'Alien' Radio Signal: Here's What You Need to Know
UFO sighting: HUGE alien space ship spotted above Philippines | News | Express.co.uk
Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory | Quanta Magazine
Is Humanity About To Accidentally Declare Interstellar War On Alien Civilizations?
Alien hunter claims he has found ET spaceship under Bermuda Triangle | Express.co.uk
Ohio candidate Joe Manchik, who claims he comes from aliens, got hundreds of votes
ALIENS blamed for MUTILATING cows in Argentina | Express.co.uk
Man says he was abducted by UFO before aliens drugged and examined him | Metro News
Atlantis, Aliens, and Time Warps: The Enduring Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle - Motherboard
SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON
Google tracks users who turn off location history - BBC News
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face India ecommerce crackdown - Business Insider
Google Assistant is smarter than Siri, Alexa and Cortana, new study finds | Deseret News
How to give your Google account to a trusted person when you die - Business Insider
Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they created
CHINA! AND N. KOREA!
North Korea news: Scientists attempt to clone humans | Daily Star
From laboratory in far west, China's surveillance state spreads quietly | Reuters
China Banning Baptisms, Forcing Removal of 'Last Supper' Art in Ongoing Crackdown on Churches
“THE FOUR HORSEMEN of the TECHNOCALYPSE!”
Members of Tesla's board of directors are lawyering up as crisis around Elon Musk deepens
Elon Musk is a 'Train Wreck' as a Public Company CEO | ETF Trends
Grimes Is Taking Elon Musk To Burning Man | Music News | Consequence of Sound
Elon Musk Responds to Azealia Banks' Claims of Ghosting, Tweeting, and LSD: I Don't Know Her
Elon Musk’s mystery Tesla buyout funder is Saudi Arabia – Ars Technica
Tesla sinks after Elon Musk offers details about his 'funding secured' tweet (TSLA)
Look out Apple! Amazon may soon be worth $1 trillion too
Facebook denies Campbell Brown said Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers