The recent NSA leaks from whistleblower Ed Snowden have publicly confirmed that digital privacy does not exist. The federal government and intelligence agencies have direct server access to the world’s most popular sites and services including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple,…
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Stuff in general that we think you should be aware of or for fun..
World’s 100 Richest Earned Enough In 2012 To End Global Poverty 4 Times Over.
The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end global poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich.
Nikola Tesla’s Lab Saved After 18 Years of Activism.
A campaign issued by the well-known comic creator of The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, was established to raise enough money to purchase Nikola Tesla’s lab. It ended with incredible success.
Farmers Begin Planting Hemp Under New Colorado Hemp Legalization.
Many farmers in Colorado will be expanding their list of planted crops this Spring after groundbreaking legalization was passed last November that allowed not only for the hemp legalization , but marijuana as well. Now in case you’re not familiar, hemp…
Hacker-Activist Aaron Swartz Committed Suicide.
The programmer, activist, and early Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz committed suicide on January 11, 2013 in New York City. He was 26. Swartz’s death is reported confirmed by both Swartz’s uncle and his attorney to The Tech, the campus newspaper of the Massachusetts Institute of…
Aaron Swartz: A Fighter Against the Privatization of Knowledge.
Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist against privatization of knowledge. Two colleagues and friends of Aaron Swartz talk about his activism and vision of technology…