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• Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Bear Of Global Transformation

  12-03-2020 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Yes, this is a play on words from the title of my 2014 book, Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation, but it fits perfectly.
  With the coronavirus as a trigger, the entirety of global equity markets have now entered a bear market, down 20% from their very recent peaks. The financial shock of peeling off up to $30 trillion of dollars in equity has barely been felt yet, but analysts are already warning of major structural faults that could turn out to be existential to th
  
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• ‘Geofence’ Warrant Traps Innocent Bike Rider At Scene Of Crime

  12-03-2020 15:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Police can now get warrants to demand that Google give up ‘geofence’ records of everyone who was near the scene of a crime. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time can get you busted as a suspect and possible arrest. ⁃ TN EditorThe email arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in January, startling Zachary McCoy as he prepared to leave for his job at a restaurant in Gainesville, Florida.
  It was from Google’s legal investigations support team, writing to let him know that local
  
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• T-Mobile: IoT And ‘The Transformative Promise Of 5G’

  12-03-2020 15:22 via technocracy.news
  
  T-Mobile paid to have this article appear on the CNBC website, and you can read for yourself that 5G is all about the IoT and tracking things that move. T-Mobile’s 5G network will operate at the ultra-high frequency of 600MHz. ⁃ TN EditorThe 5G future of networking promises high speeds, low latency and plenty of bandwidth to support concurrent connections, all of which will be transformative. But the excitement over this next-gen tech is about more than a speed or capacity bump.
  
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