Nationwide Bomb Threats Look Like New Spin on an Old Bitcoin Scam  WIRED

The New York Police Department said in its initial warning on Twitter that the threats did not appear to be credible and told WIRED that though they were …

Mind-reading tech is here (and more useful than you think!)  Computerworld

Reading brain waves was useless until A.I. got involved. Now mind reading has real-world, practical applications.

Repay dogs for their military service. Stop the deadly VA canine experiments.  USA TODAY

Lethal VA experiments on dogs betray a species that has served us since ancient times. They need to be stopped once and for all.

Finally, a Machine That Can Finish Your Sentence  The New York Times

Completing someone else’s thought is not an easy trick for A.I. But new systems are starting to crack the code of natural language.

Human experiments – the good, the bad, and the ugly  The Conversation UK

The first part of our series On Human Experiments looks at the parameters of human research and its ethical bounds.

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects – The Daily Universe  Universe.byu.edu

WASHINGTON — Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information …

The ethics of experimenting with human brain tissue  Nature.com

Difficult questions will be raised as models of the human brain get closer to replicating its functions, explain Nita A. Farahany, Henry T. Greely and 15 colleagues …

Terry Glavin: Torture, ‘kidnappings’ and Huawei reveal the recklessness of Trudeau’s China policy  National Post

Trump transformed the U.S.’s evidence-rich case against Meng and fairly textbook extradition request into something more like a stack of high-stakes poker …

The Neuroscience of Mind-Control Gaming  Variety

Neurable received $2 million to develop software that make it possible for users to control virtual and augmented reality with their mind.

Monkeys? Humans? The ethics of testing diesel fumes  BBC News

German car manufacturer Volkswagen is under fire following revelations that it part-funded tests in which humans and monkeys inhaled diesel fumes for hours.