Science & Technology – Week of 08.20.17

Harvey Slams Ashore in Texas; Catastrophic Flood Threat Still to Come
Wunderground | 26 August 2017
Hit repeatedly by several smaller scale vortices within…
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Hurricane Harvey Cat. 4 Smacks Texas: What we Know Now
USA Today | 26 August 2017
First classified as Category 3 or above to hit the U.S. since 2005…

Facebook Figured Out My Family Secrets, And It Won’t Tell Me How
Gizmodo | 25 August 2017
Would not tell…

Walmart, Google team up with eye on Amazon
Instore | 24 August 2017
Fulfillment network to create…

AI Uses Bitcoin Trail to Find and Help Sex-trafficking Victims
USA Today | 24 August 2017
Digital trail…

List of Bitcoin Heists
Bitcoin Talk | 24 August 2017
Theft list and link to scam…

The 5G Core Network: 3GPP Standards Progress
Computer World | 25 August 2017
Progress…

Mathematical Secrets of Ancient Tablet Unlocked after Nearly a Century of Study
Guardian | 24 August 2017
Before Pythagoras’s theorem, the Babylonian…

What is Blockchain: Citi Innovation Lab

YouTube | 08 June 2016
(2016) Shai Rubin…

New Climate Study Throws A Wrench In The Global Warming Debate: “Our New Technical Paper… Will Likely Be Ignored”
SHTF Plan | 23 August 2017
Scientists published a paper that explains…

What Dallas, Houston, Louisville & Rochester Can Teach Us about Widening Freeways: Don’t!
Strong Towns | 24 August 2017
Will reduce congestion has been thoroughly…

Walmart’s Food Safety Solution Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform

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YouTube | 22 August 2017
Track…

Amazon’s New Bellevue Bookstore Shows Brick-and-mortar Ramp-up
Seattle Times | 23 August 2017
Stores provide a glimpse into…

Blockchains Don’t Scale. Not Today, at least. But there’s Hope.
Hacker Noon | 23 August 2017
Trustless systems…

How the US Government is Using Blockchain to Fight Fraud | Kathryn Haun | TEDx San Francisco

YouTube | 16 October 2016
(2016) Federal agents…

Former Federal Agents Charged With Bitcoin Money Laundering and Wire Fraud
Justice |30 March 2015
Relates to video above…

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cast a 2-Year Shroud of Darkness Over Earth
Live Science | 23 August 2017
After the earthquakes and…

Industrial Hack Can Turn Powerful Machines into Killer Robots
Tech Crunch | 22 August 2017
Risks include…

GPS Hacking was Already a Concern; is it Causing U.S. Navy Ships to Crash?
Bob Sullivan | 22 August 2017
Inside and outside the military about the potential for…

Identity Thieves Hack Cell Phone Accounts To Go After Virtual Currency
NY Times | 22 August 2017
Lost control of…

1 Dead as 3.6 Earthquake Shatters Buildings Near Naples, Italy
RT | 21 August 2017
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Must Read Article on How Our Lives Will Change Dramatically in 20 Years
Linked In | 20 August 2017
Stop immediately. There will be 90% less…

Harvard Physicist: “Climate Science In Serious Trouble”…”Really Dirty People Doing Bad Stuff”
No Tricks Zone | 20 August 2017

YouTube | 20 October 2012
Public he says, is being confused by…

Why I Believe in UFOs, and You Should Too… | Ben Mezrich | TEDx BeaconStreet

YouTube | 19 December 2016
Over ten thousand cattle mutilations, state governments, FBI…

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Consumer Reports 20-Day Challenge for Consumer Safety — $125,000 Goal
Consumer Reports | August 2017
Before August 31st…

Scientists Remotely Hacked a Brain, Controlling Body Movements
BGR | 18 August 2017
Nightmare for real…

This Is What The Global Water Crisis Looks Like
Huffington Post | 16 August 2017
Affect entire…

How a Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day | Tristan Harris
YouTube | 28 July2017

YouTube | 28 July2017
Only so much of…

Qwant, the European Search Engine that Respects Your Privacy
Qwant | August 2017
First search engine which protects its users…