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Binance is delisting privacy tokens in France, Spain, Poland and Italy

June 04, 2023 -

Starting June 26, Binance users in Spain, France, Poland and Italy will no longer be permitted to buy and sell enhanced anonymity crypto assets (CAE). The platform identified 12 coins that will be affected: Dash, Firo, XMR, Monero, Beam, Horizen, ZEC, Decred, Verge, Secret, MobileCoin, and PIVX.

These tokens are designed to hide information about their transactions to give users a greater level of privacy. Although cryptocurrencies are generally considered pseudonymous, ...

Binance cryptocurrency exchange pleads guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws

November 29, 2023 -

Binance submitted its plea before a federal court in Seattle, Washington on Nov. 21. As part of its guilty plea, the cryptocurrency company has agreed to pay a $50 million fine to the federal government – a fine that, interestingly enough, is separate from the $4.3 billion investigation resolution Binance has with the Department of Justice. (Related: 47 Nations combine forces to require automated tax authority monitoring of crypto trading data.)

As part of the guilty ...

Chilling report: Smart toys pose privacy risk to children and families

December 15, 2023 -

"The riskiest features of smart toys are those that can collect information, especially without our knowledge or used in a way that parents didn't agree to," Teresa Murray, Consumer Watchdog at the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and author of the report said via a press release. "It's chilling to learn what some of these toys can do." She told Defender they are also watching for developments with artificial intelligence (AI) built into toys. PIRG added that smart toys include stuffed ...

AI anxiety is on the rise as computers get super smart

November 07, 2023 -

Although there are many benefits, AI's dramatic changes are causing a growing number of people to have significant anxiety, discomfort and fear about the uncertainty of its implications and potential risks.

AI is developing at a dizzying pace. For instance, ChatGPT-3.5 has a very wide range of abilities – including writing code for video games, Excel formulas, essays, movie scripts and poems; helping you build a cover letter or a curriculum vitae; researching topics ...

California discount chain 99 Cents Only announces permanent closure, begins liquidation

8 days ago -

The company headquartered in Commerce, California announced its permanent shutdown in an April 4 press release. According to the statement, 99CO partnered with financial services firm Hilco Global to "liquidate all merchandise owned by the Company and dispose of certain fixtures, furnishings, and equipment" at the discount retailer's 371 stores across California, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. "Sales under this agreement are expected to begin April 5," it added.

99CO was founded ...

Here’s how your smart home technology spies on you day and night

November 06, 2023 -

There are some incredible and practical advantages to this kind of home automation, including home safety and security, improved appliance functionality and efficient use of energy. (Related: If you are surrounding yourself with appliances, robots and gadgets that depend on the cloud, you are begging for disaster.)

But while they improve your life in so many ways, security experts are warning that your smart gadgets could be spying on you and your family 24/7.

Here ...

Morrisons supermarket chain launches ROBOCOP CCTV CAMERAS, making customers “feel like criminals”

January 15, 2024 -

A Morrisons spokesperson said the four-legged remote control devices called Safer Pod S1s are equipped with 360-degree HD (high density) cameras and a state-of-the-art 120 dB siren system to alert against thieves. (Related: Major retailers cite RETAIL THEFT as justification for using AI-powered surveillance in stores.)

These solar panel battery-powered safety devices are operated by a control room via an app and can be moved around the supermarket’s high-risk areas, ...

Supply chain collapsing as some workers quit, others die from COVID “vaccines”

May 12, 2023 -

Whatever the case may be, there are now far fewer people working post-"pandemic" than there were pre-"pandemic" – and the supply chains are collapsing because of it.

Caroline Chumakov, the keynote speaker at this year's Gartner Supply Chain Symposium, delivered the bad news during a packed opening session, which saw in attendance more than 3,200 people.

"Will we leave a supply chain that lights up careers, feeds global economics, and sustains our planet?" Chumakov ...

Panama Canal traffic nearly HALTED due to “drought,” global supply chain NIGHTMARE to unfold

September 15, 2023 -

The worst backlog right now is in the "super" category, which includes shipping vessels carrying between 4,000 and 5,000 units that are 20 feet in length each. The ACP's reservation system does not currently allow vessels this large to make reservations, so they are having to travel through one by one on a first-come, first-served basis.

In an announcement, the ACP confirmed that there are now 116 vessels waiting to traverse the Panama Canal, 66 of which have no appointment....

Mind over matter: Mind-controlled “smart brain” devices may become common by 2040, says expert

December 18, 2023 -

Mohit Shivdasani, a biomedical engineering specialist at the University of New South Wales in Australia, predicts that mind-controlled devices with smart brain technology may become common by 2040.

A wearable or implanted gadget, also called a "smart brain" or Brain-Machine Interface, connects the human brain directly to smart devices such as computers, smartphones and robotic limbs. Technology like a smart brain could blur the line between humans and machines by enabling ...

U.S. government to launch “SMART ePANTS” and other computerized clothing to SPY on Americans’ bodies

September 11, 2023 -

Computerized clothing is the latest effort by the United States intelligence community (IC) to biometrically surveil every person with precise detail by looking under their clothes and down their pants – for "national security," of course.

The perverts over at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced on August 22 that IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity), the advanced research and development arm of the IC, will be developing ...

Amazon shuts down man’s “smart” home after automated doorbell allegedly committed an act of “racism”

June 16, 2023 -

The Amazon Ring doorbell device locked Jackson out of his own home after the Amazon device, and possibly several others, caught him saying something that the company found to be "offensive" and "politically incorrect." Jackson wrote the following in a piece for Medium:

"On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, I finally regained access to my Amazon account after an unexpected and unwarranted lockout that lasted nearly a week, from Thursday, May 25. This wasn't just a simple inconvenience, ...

Moscow questions Washington leadership’s health and ability to control the U.S. nuclear chain of command

February 16, 2024 -

According to Izvestiya newspaper, Popov warned of President Joe Biden's political instability and "cognitive disabilities" and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's recent cancer diagnosis, two factors that could trigger an accidental nuclear escalation. "In the overall difficult and nervous internal political situation in the U.S. that has emerged recently, the price of a management mistake, committed by the national leaders, either deliberately or involuntarily, has increased ...

SUPPLY CHAIN CHAOS: Key global electrical products supplier announces 20-week DELAY for many components

December 17, 2023 -

Schneider Electric produces electrical products that are absolutely critical for daily life: things like electrical infrastructure, industrial automation, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and so much more rely on parts made by Schneider Electric – without them, the world as we currently know it will cease to exist.

ETO projects are essential to both public and private infrastructure. The power grid, for one, requires them. Any kind of delay in their production ...

CHAIN REACTION: 22 DEVASTATING things that will happen if Israel launches full assault against Gaza

October 25, 2023 -

At the same time, NSC spokesman John Kirby -- the same one who still insists the US Navy didn't sabotage the Nordstream pipelines -- admits that "innocent civilians" are going to be killed as the U.S. and Israel wage war against Gaza. "This is war. It is combat. It is bloody. It is ugly, and it's going to be messy. And innocent civilians are going to be hurt going forward," he said in a press briefing today.

Clearly, Israel and the United States intend to wage an all-out ...

Government developing AI-powered surveillance program that can keep an eye on people in smart cities

2 months ago -

Established in 2006, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The information that it gathers is supposedly meant to help the work of the United States' intelligence community.

IARPA specializes in "high-risk, high-payoff research that delivers innovative technology for future overwhelming intelligence advantage."

In early February, the organization published a technical ...

Was the Maui wildfire a pretext to reclaim Lahaina and turn it into a smart city?

August 30, 2023 -

A smart city – a term sometimes interchangeably used with the "15-minute city" – is a modern, technologically advanced municipality wherein municipal services like traffic control, energy distribution, water services, waste collection and even elections are handled, at least to some extent, in an automated and "intelligent" manner. This can be done using sensors, connected smart devices, communications technologies and artificial intelligence. (Related: Lawfare with Tom Renz: ...

Drug shortages reported at 96% of U.S. pharmacies as Big Pharma’s supply chain begins to fail

September 26, 2023 -

Everything from chemotherapy and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs to weight loss medications and everything in between is currently in short supply due to lingering supply chain problems stemming from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic."

"Drug shortages are affecting many areas of pharmacy practice, such as retail, compounding and hospitals," said Anthony Longo, a doctor of pharmacy and director of pharmacy at Northwell Long Island Jewish ...

EV supply chain problems drive GM to build “green” battery packs for electric cars BY HAND

August 04, 2023 -

General Motors (GM) is reportedly struggling with costs as it feverishly works to unleash more EVs while still maintaining some kind of profit.

According to reports, GM's adjusted pre-tax profit and margins in its key North American market fell from the first quarter despite an increase in revenue and per-vehicle transaction prices, resulting in shares declining by 1.7 percent in early trading.

GM's promise to shareholders and customers is that it will invest an ...

Anti-cop ice cream chain sues Seattle over ‘significant losses’ from BLM autonomous zone they promoted

June 14, 2023 -

(Article by Ari Hoffman republished from ThePostMillennial.com)

According to the federal lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday, the chain claimed that its constitutional rights were “overrun” when officials decided to “abandon” the 6-square block area of Capitol Hill to BLM and Antifa rioters. Molly Moon’s is accusing the city of supporting and encouraging “a hostile occupation of that neighborhood.”

“This lawsuit ...