140 CCNT “We Tried To Tell Ya!” - 05.22.2019

One Forty starts with the birth of Punchy, a fork race of Flippy, Joe Rogan’s creepy AI voice means doom for all podcasters, DNA scam alert, man is fined for avoiding UK face scan, and China plans to clone an army of police dogs. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!

 

AGG for the WEEK of May 16th-May 22nd

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!

Washington becomes first state to legalize human composting – The Seattle Times

This AI-generated Joe Rogan fake has to be heard to be believed - The Verge

Office worker launches UK's first police facial recognition legal action | Technology | The Guardian

Philip Nitschke's 3D-printed Sarco "death pod" lets users die

 

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

Schrödinger's Art: Spooky physics paints microscopic artworks on "quantum canvas"

The Potential New World Of The Electric and Robotic RV

Stanford University’s newest robot is Doggo, a cute four-legged open-source bot - The Verge

This walking robot could soon be delivering your packages

'Spidey senses' could help autonomous machines see better

DARPA Wants Soldiers to Control Drones With Their Thoughts

 

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIME S FACTS!

12 Million Americans Believe Lizard People Run Our Country - The Atlantic

MMS: Jim Humble, YouTube hyped bleach as autism cure, reached millions

QAnon Teams Up With Alleged Cult Leader J.Z. Knight

 

SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs

NASA and Virgin Orbit have 3D-printed a working rocket engine part - MIT Technology Review

In 2020, NASA Will Send Living Things to Deep Space for First Time Since Apollo | Space

Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84 - The New York Times

 

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

World's First Telescopic Lens Capable of Zooming Your Vision Three Times

China awaits third genetically modified baby amid questions of CRISPR's ethics

China Clones Top Police Dog, With Goal of “Mass Production”

Airbnb Partners With 23andMe to Make It Easier for People to Get In Touch With Their Roots or Something

 

BECAUSE SCIENCE!

Raytheon Says Laser Weapon Will Blast Nuclear Missiles From Sky

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECHNOCALYPSE

Tesla Autopilot suggests lane change into oncoming traffic - Electrek

Tesla hires the 'absolute unit' meme guy to run its social media

Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet Could Be Online Before 2021 | Digital Trends

SpaceX Delays Launch of Starlink Internet Satellites (Again), Bitcoin Blockchain Already in Space - BeInCrypto

Jeff Bezos finally gets .Amazon after DNS overlord ICANN runs out of excuses to delay decision any further • The Register

Jeff Bezos to employees: 'very excited' about auto industry

 

SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON

Google stored some passwords in plain text for fourteen years - The Verge

Silicon Valley: Living In A Van In Google's Backyard? Some Employees Make It Work

Amazon Is Teaching Alexa to Analyze Your Emotions

Ice-T calls out Amazon after he 'almost shot' one of the company's delivery drivers | Fox News