Life In 2026: War, Fires, Famines, Pestilences and Natural Disasters
World War III is playing out in front of our eyes; this has been the worst year for wildfires the western half of the country has had; severe hunger is on the rise globally; the Ebola outbreak is now the 2nd largest of all time, and we’re getting hammered by one natural disaster after another. This is what a “perfect storm” looks like, and it keeps intensifying.
Comcast Turns Millions of Routers Into Motion Sensors – the Same WiFi Signals Can ID You with 99.5% Accuracy
Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It’s free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What’s more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room.
12 Gigantic Red Flag Warning Signs for the Economy
We’re facing a global energy crisis, global debt crisis, and global inflation crisis at the same time. Diesel fuel prices are going into the stratosphere; we’re caught in a global debt spiral that is out of control; and inflation has become a major issue everywhere. Anyone who thinks there’s an easy answer to these problems is delusional.
Sadiq Khan is planning to install permanent live facial recognition surveillance on Oxford Street
Sadiq Khan and the Metropolitan Police are planning to install live facial recognition technology on Britain’s busiest shopping street. It will be among the first areas in the country to have permanent LFR infrastructure scanning faces of people passing and comparing them with a watchlist of wanted suspects.
Humanoid War Robots Could Soon Patrol US Southern Border to Combat Weaponized Migrant Flows
Building on our February theme that physical AI and humanoid robots would move beyond factory floors and folding laundry in homes into conflict zones and other high-risk environments, US-based Foundation Robotics is now discussing potential national-security deployments of its Phantom humanoid robot along the southern border.
Blasphemy Law Is Back: Retired British Police Officer Fined For Islam Joke
A retired British police officer has been handed a criminal conviction and more than £1,000 in fines for resharing a satirical Facebook meme poking fun at Islam. The case has sparked fresh warnings that blasphemy laws, abolished in England in 2008, are being revived by the back door – but only for one religion.
New Tactic of Gov’t Education: Parents Are the ‘Oppressors,’ and Children Must Be ‘Liberated’
In the ongoing war for the hearts and minds of America’s children, the left has unveiled its newest and most brazen weapon yet: Parents are the “oppressors,” and children must be “liberated” from the “oppression.”
Trump says no talks planned with Iran, Tehran says Strait of Hormuz still shut
U.S. President Trump said on Tuesday no talks were taking place with Iran and insisted the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting Iran’s assertion that the critical waterway remained shut to shipping. The receding prospects of a deal to end the nearly six-month conflict drove up oil prices again on Tuesday.
Philippines: 430 areas hit by flooding; Southwest Monsoon death toll rises to 26
The death toll from the combined effects of the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones “Luis” and “Maymay” has climbed to 26 as flooding spread to 430 areas amid recent rains. 5,146,748 individuals or 1,468,226 families in 10 regions have been affected by the weather disturbances.