Tuesday 7th January, 2020 #
- Chinese Skiers Training In Norway Ask Local Library To Remove 'Controversial' Books - It’s worth remembering that either side could be lying (there is also the possibility that both are lying), but none the less the concept of the whole thing is weird because even if you put aside the free speech stuff, essentially it’s forced labour justified because of the possibility of forced labour
- CES Gadget Show 2020 - Surveillance is in - and in a big way
- Climate Change Stole the Show at the Golden Globes
- Impossible Now Makes Pork From Plants - I’d like to taste their products, presumably they are a lot cheaper than actual pork and beef?
- NextMind is building a real-time brain computer interface, unveils Dev Kit - Reminder that one of the best features of soon to be primitive keyboards, when you press one of the keys, you can be pretty certain it was you that pressed it, best feature ever
- Linksys Wellness Pods track elderly with wi-fi signals - A few years ago I would have thought this was a hoax advert but looks real, creepy products are the new normal
- SpaceX launches third batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites, reviving concerns - I’m worried about the space garbage race, we can’t even do a clean planet yet, what are the chances the skies are going to turn into an orbiting garbage nightmare? How many companies worldwide like Amazon and SpaceX are going to decide to send 1000s of satellites into space?