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Category: Science
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 80: How US Spies Secured the Hiroshima Uranium
A dark secret behind the Hiroshima bomb is where the uranium came from, a spy-vs.-spy race to secure naturally enriched uranium from Congo to fuel the Manhattan Project and keep the rare mineral out of Nazi hands, reports Joe Lauria.
AI & the End of Thinking?
Wolfgang Messner explores the risks that mediocrity and conformity will accompany an AI-powered cognitive revolution.
Google’s Wiz Purchase Strengthens Ties to Israel
The Silicon Valley giant’s deal with the U.S.-Israeli cybersecurity company deepens its links with former members of Unit 8200, Israel’s elite signals intelligence group, Alan MacLeod reports.
Chris Hedges Report: The Military History of the Internet
The internet, from its inception, was created as a tool of mass surveillance. Yasha Levine traces the origins of the web in his book and how its roots in counter insurgency shape its function today.
The New Age Militarists
The high-tech oligarchs surrounding Trump are set on using artificial intelligence and new technologies for the sake of uniting us around perpetual war, says William Hartung.
Vijay Prashad: China’s Advanced Technics & the West
Will the U.S.’s geopolitical chess moves from Greenland to Ukraine to Russia be enough to eclipse China’s rapid advancement in critical technologies?
78 Years From Hiroshima
The film Oppenheimer has reignited discussion of the political and moral circumstances surrounding the U.S. atomic attack 78 years ago today on Hiroshima. Here are 10 articles CN ran on the 75th anniversary exploring the debate over the bomb.
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JOHN KIRIAKOU: Havana Syndrome — Paranoia or Reality?
Gang-stalking. Extremely low frequency radiation. Voice to Skull (V2K) technology. None of these were terms the author had ever heard of during his 15 years at the C.I.A.