Call center company used by Apple, Amazon & Uber wants to force workers to install AI-powered cameras in their BEDROOMS — Damned Report
August 11, 2021
Wednesday August 11, 2021
BEDROOM CAMERAS
Call center company used by Apple, Amazon & Uber wants to force workers to install AI-powered cameras in their BEDROOMS – reports
Remote workers at one of the world’s largest call center firms are reportedly being pressured to allow AI-powered camera surveillance to monitor their workspaces at home – even in bedrooms.
By RT
PACCINE VASSPORTS
Vaccine passports hit The Vatican
Starting Friday, even visitors to the Vatican Museums must show a so-called Green Pass, a vaccine passport digital certificate that shows they have been vaccinated, tested negative, or recovered from COVID-19.
By Rick Findlay, Reclaim the Net
French cafés sit EMPTY as police RAID outdoor diners, after Macron extends vaccine pass to restaurants
Police in France have begun enforcing the vaccination pass mandate to enter cafés and restaurants, leading to many of their tables being empty during the usually busy lunchtime, as the French lunched on public benches instead.
By RT
They should give us “a truncheon and a pistol” says French restaurant owner asked to enforce vaccine passports
In Macron’s France, waiters are acting as law enforcement over vaccine passports.
By Ken Macon, Reclaim the Net
‘No Nazi pass!’: New Yorkers gather outside city hall to protest mayor’s Covid-19 vaccine-cert order
Protesters gathered outside New York City Hall on Monday to make clear their objections to a recently announced mandate from Mayor Bill De Blasio requiring proof of a Covid-19 vaccination to enter a restaurant or gym.
By RT
Italy to introduce vaccine passports for public transport
In the midst of continuous demonstrations over the new Health ID, Italy has made vax passes mandatory for public transport passengers. As outrage over the introduction of the new health pass overflows onto city streets across the country, Italy has increased the list of routine activities that will now require a vaccine passport.
By Ken Macon, Reclaim the Net
Judge issues injunction against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vaccine passport ban
Norwegian Cruise Line can require passengers to show a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport before boarding any of its ships in Florida, a federal judge has ruled, granting an injunction on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ law to protect citizens’ civil liberties and protect them from being subjected to vaccine passports.
By Ken Macon, Reclaim the Net
NSA-AMAZON
NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon
Much of the NSA’s most prized intelligence data may be moving to the cloud.
By Frank Konkel, Next Gov
TWITTER
Twitter bans former Major League Baseball star Aubrey Huff
The offending tweet is not known.
By Christina Maas, Reclaim the Net
Twitter locks out Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for seven days
For medical “misinformation.”
By Christina Maas, Reclaim the Net
FACEBOOK-US GOVERNMENT
White House meets with Facebook about “misinformation,” warned that FB would be the “No. 1” pandemic story
In recent weeks, the White House has singled out Facebook in its frustration over the spread of vaccine skepticism online. The Biden administration believes vaccine skepticism spread through online platforms, especially Facebook, is the reason for the slowdown in the COVID-19 vaccination program.
By Dan Frieth, Reclaim the Net
VACCINES
World’s Most Vaccinated Nations are Also Some of the Highest at Risk for Covid Surges: What Happened?
Most of the countries ranked high on the Johns Hopkins list of the most vaccinated continue to be categorised by the CDC as “high” or “very high” in association with the risk of travel due to Covid
By TrialSite
Vaccines Don’t Stop Transmission and Won’t Give Us Herd Immunity, So Let’s Stop Mass Testing, Experts Tell MPs
A panel of experts has told MPs that there is no way of stopping Covid from spreading through the entire population because the vaccines don’t prevent infection and transmission, especially given the Delta variant, adding that we should stop worrying about community testing. “What matters is the burden of patient hospitalisation and critical care,” says a Consultant Paediatrician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. “And actually there hasn’t been as much with this Delta variant.”
By Michael Curzon, The Daily Skeptic
Germany to abolish free Covid testing in bid to get more people vaccinated
New regulations are part of German Government efforts to incentivise those without jabs amid a rising case rate
By The Guardian.
One Covid vaccination or screening center vandalized in France per day on average since mid-July – reports
France’s Ministry of the Interior found that one Covid vaccination or screening center has been vandalized per day on average since mid-July, with around 20 such sites across the country attacked, local media reported on Tuesday.
By RT
HEART PROBLEMS
Hundreds may be dying from heart problems at home because of NHS backlog
Warning over ‘time bomb’ of unidentified and untreated cardiac disease as data show weekly heart deaths in excess of usual levels
By Sarah Knapton, Telegraph
Boys are 14 times more likely to have heart problem from Pfizer’s jab
Boys are much more likely to suffer from myocarditis after a Pfizer Covid jab, according to data from Boston Children’s Hospital
By MailOnline
GOV VACCINE MANDATES
Pentagon chief says Covid-19 vaccines will be MANDATORY for US military by September 15 – or sooner if they get FDA approval
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will seek White House permission to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations for all members of the military by mid-September or when the jabs get regulatory approval, whichever comes first.
By RT
Fauci says he supports mandates requiring teachers to be vaccinated
Anthony Fauci says that he would support any local government that institutes vaccine mandates for teachers ahead of the new school year
By MailOnline
Feds Could Be Fired, Imprisoned for Lying About Vaccination Status
Unions may have to bargain over vaccination policy implementation after the fact.
By Eric Katz and Erich Wagner, Next Gov
CVD-19 (GENERAL)
Sydney police ramp up lockdown enforcement after Australia’s New South Wales sees record daily increase of Covid infections
Authorities have vowed to strengthen the enforcement of the lockdown in the Greater Sydney area, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), after new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record.
By RT
HHS’ ‘Frequent and Significant Changes’ to COVID Data Reporting Left Hospitals Behind
Multiple updates to the rules and avenues for reporting critical pandemic-related capacity information left hospitals confused, overwhelmed and unable to comply.
By Aaron Boyd, Next Gov
Mob Morality and the Unvaxxed
Sure, we still engage in scapegoating and figuratively sacrifice people on the altar of public opinion, but we don’t actually kill people in hope of placating the gods and restoring order. Or do we?
By Charles Eisenstein
PROMO
Podcasting 2.0 for August 6th 2021 Episode 49: BOTG
Adam & Dave discuss the week's developments on podcastindex.org live from Podcast Movement in Nashville Tennessee and we're joined by Renowned Industry Expert Daniel J Lewis
W/ Adam Curry and Dave Jones
WAR ON CARBON!
Australian environmental activists vandalize parliament and set fire to pram in climate protest
A handful of activists defaced the Australian parliament in Canberra, demanding the government improve its climate policy, with some setting fire to a baby stroller to symbolize the impact of global warming on future generations.
By RT
What the IPCC climate report doesn’t tell you
Humans have never been more safe from the impact of extreme weather than they are today.
By Ben Pile, Spiked
The climate class war
Eco warriors claim to care about inequality. But they are attacking the world’s poorest.
By Fraser Myers, Spiked
Government climate tsar’s dirty secret: he still drives a diesel car
Alok Sharma, the Tory cabinet minister and Cop26 Chief, says he drives a diesel car and vows his next vehicle will be electric
By the Telegraph
What’s the truth about the U.N.’s ‘code red’ climate warning?
It is “code red for humanity”, according to U.N. General-Secretary Antonio Guterres. But is the United Nations’ report on climate change anything to worry about
By Ross Clark, Spectator
COVID-19 (DOCTORS)
Doctors warned that they could lose their license for contradicting CDC info on COVID treatments and vaccines
The Federation of State Medical Boards issued the warning in an attempt to crush what they say is online misinformation.
By Cindy Harper, Reclaim the Net
Healthcare professionals app Doximity promises crackdown after doctors are accused of sharing “misinformation”
Even doctors who are verified, fully licensed medical professionals, can’t escape the content police.
By Cindy Harper, Reclaim the Net
The social network for doctors is full of vaccine disinformation
Dr. Paul Malarik, a retired psychiatrist, now spends about 50 hours a month helping to administer Covid-19 vaccines at pop-up clinics near his home in San Luis Obispo, California. So he’s particularly troubled when he logs onto Doximity, a site used by doctors, and reads anti-vaccine comments.
By Ari Levy, MSNBC
MASKS
Dallas school district defies Texas gov’s mask mandate ban, says face coverings required as schools reopen
The Dallas Independent School District has announced that masks will be required for students and staff, in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning such Covid-19 mandates.
By RT
THAILAND
Thai police deploy tear gas, rubber bullets against demonstrators protesting govt
Police and protesters clashed in the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday, the latest in a string of demonstrations over the government and its handling of the pandemic, with riot cops using tear gas and rubber bullets on the crowd.
By RT
ALGERIA
Algerian officials launch probe to find arsonists behind 50 ‘horror’ fires as firefighters battle blazes
Algeria’s government has announced an investigation to identify the “criminal hands” responsible for 50 “horror” fires that destroyed swathes of forest to the east of the country’s capital city and killed more than 20 people.
By RT
CRYPTO
Odeon owner AMC to accept payment in Bitcoin
Cinemagoers will be able to buy tickets and popcorn using the cryptocurrency, says the U.S. chain
By BBC News
AI
Tiny 'maniac' robots could deliver drugs directly to central nervous system
Would you let a tiny MANiAC travel around your nervous system to treat you with drugs? You may be inclined to say no, but in the future, "magnetically aligned nanorods in alginate capsules" (MANiACs) may be part of an advanced arsenal of drug delivery technologies at doctors' disposal. A recent study in Frontiers in Robotics and AI is the first to investigate how such tiny robots might perform as drug delivery vehicles in neural tissue.
By Frontiers
5 ways AI can help mitigate the global shipping crisis
AI is not a magic wand that will right all the world’s wrongs. But it can help businesses plan for problems in advance and respond to them appropriately if they happen.
By Genevieve Klien, Lifeboat
Researchers develop real-time lyric generation technology to inspire song writing
LyricJam, a real-time system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate lyric lines for live instrumental music, was created by members of the University's Natural Language Processing Lab.
By University of Waterloo
NIST Prioritizes External Input in Development of AI Risk Management Framework
The agency is engaging stakeholders in the process through multiple venues.
By Brandi Vincent, Next Gov
END OF THE WORLD?!
Apocalypse porn
The green movement is a doomsday cult. Progressives should have nothing to do with it.
By Brendan O’Neill
Doom, gloom and the end of time – the apocalypse is always at hand
Television news has become a gigantic on-air equivalent of the fire and brimstone prophet damning us all for our sins
By Philip Johnston, Telegraph
US GOV
How to Lessen the Burden of Freedom of Information Act Requests
It is essential to lessen the FOIA burden on government agencies.
By Tom Jacobs and James Jones, Next Gov
Critical Update: How Federal Agencies Can Help Avert Quantum Catastrophe
The White House is working on plans to roll out new cryptographic systems that will require epic levels of funding from Congress and coordination, both within the government and in partnership with industry.
By Mariam Baksh, Next Gov
SUNSCREEN CONCERNS
Sunscreen Concerns Escalate as Another Potential Carcinogen Found
Researchers asked U.S. regulators to pull some sunscreens from the market, including brands such as Coppertone, Banana Boat and Neutrogena, saying they’ve found evidence of a potential carcinogen.
By Jason Blain, Lifeboat
NEUROSCIENCE
Artificial neural networks modeled on real brains can perform cognitive tasks
A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can perform cognitive tasks efficiently.
By McGill University
GOOGLE
Following the money behind Google’s funding on European policy groups
By Didi Rankovic, Reclaim the Net
SPACE
Space Travel for Billionaires Is the Surprise Topic with Bipartisan American Support – But Not from Gen Z
“Space travel and research are important for the future development of humanity,” one respondent said.
By Joseph Cabosky, The Conversation
ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts
ABL Space Systems Corp, Astra Space and Relativity Space will join a pool of launch providers that are eligible to compete for missions awarded under the U.S. Space Force Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4.
By Sandra Erwin, Space News
China is working on a lander for human moon missions
China’s main spacecraft maker is developing a human landing system for lunar missions as part of a national strategy, according to a report.
By Andrew Jones, Space News
SpaceX to acquire Swarm Technologies
SpaceX has quietly agreed to acquire Swarm Technologies, a company that operates a smallsat constellation providing internet-of-things services.
By Jeff Foust, Space News
NASA can’t find the Mars rock sample that the Perseverance rover drilled — it mysteriously disappeared
Last week, Perseverance was finally ready to collect the first sample in its search for ancient Martian life. But something went awry.
By Quinn Sena, Lifeboat
CANADA-CHINA
Ottawa condemns Beijing after court upholds death penalty for Canadian drug trafficker
The Canadian government has blasted China over the “cruel and inhumane” capital punishment faced by a Canadian citizen, whose death sentence for drug trafficking was upheld by a Chinese court.
By RT
GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN
Uproar after German parliament committee head suggests preparing for INTERVENTION in Afghanistan...again
Germany should make its military forces “available” for another operation in Afghanistan to stop the Taliban from conquering it, the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee head said. His fellow MPs did not share the sentiment.
By RT