FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2017 CONTACT: Evan Swarztrauber (917) 744-0387 media@techfreedom.org FCC Hits Pause on Broadband Privacy Order WASHINGTON, D.C. — Media reports indicate that that the FCC will stay the Broadband Privacy Order voted on by the …
Online privacy tool Access My Info Empowers Canadians to learn how dating and fitness apps use their data
Toronto, ON – June 21, 2016 – Do you ever wonder if your cell phone provider is logging your location? Or if your online dating app is sharing your sexual preferences with marketers? Does your fitness tracker know more about …
The Global Health Impact of Climate Change is More Frightening than Any Horror Movie
Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events. Read More Read More at BigThink.com
Is a Dystopian World Closer Than We Think? Thoughts from Hiroshima
The A-Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Bestselling dystopian young-adult (YA) literature has inspired some of the biggest films of recent years. Many of these books, including The Hunger Games, the Divergent series, and the more modestly performing …
Historical Understanding versus Moral Appraisal
To understand history, we must, as it were, enter into the minds of people in the past—a task that we can never accomplish except in a very incomplete way. We must try to understand how they viewed the choices they …
In Uber-less Austin, People Are Using Facebook to Find Rides Something unsurprising but very interesting is happening in Austin, Texas.
Last month, voters in Austin voted against Proposition 1, which would have repealed regulations mandating that wannabe rideshare drivers include fingerprints as part of their applications. Uber and Lyft left the city in the wake of the vote. Predictably, drivers …
Think Again Podcast #45 – James McBride – Fear Sells Many a Car/James Brown is a Noun
Subscribe on Google Play, Stitcher, or iTunes Come talk to us on Twitter: @bigthinkagain In this episode: Fear, says National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author James McBride, was the most powerful force in the life of James Brown, the Godfather …
Reducing the Prison Population Doesn’t Increase Crime
Many were afraid of California’s Public Safety Realignment policy, but research shows that reductions in the prison population haven’t increased crime. Here’s how perceptions play a big role in what we think about criminal justice.Read More Read More at BigThink.com
A Robot Just Got Hired at a Bankruptcy Law Firm
Robots have reached the field of law in an age where jobs are disappearing to technology advances every year.Read More Read More at BigThink.com
A Neuroscientist Says It’s Our Stories That Make Sense of Our World
Our collective story is what makes sense of what we perceive.Read More Read More at BigThink.com
The Bionic Age is Almost Upon Us
We are entering a new generation of prostheses. In years to come bionic limbs will become a reality. Soon the paralyzed and amputees will have limbs that they can use as if they were their real arms and legs. Learn …
New Report Claims GMOs are Safe, But Not Magical
The National Academy of Sciences ruled GMOs safe to eat, but with a lot of caveats about their social and economic impact. Plus, how do we define a GMO anyway?Read More Read More at BigThink.com
