Operation mind control, by Manlio Dinucci  Voltaire Network

The sense of sacrifice moves us. War can become admirable. Recipe: (1) find a young and likeable hero (2) praise his commitment and his altruistic death (3) …

Watchdog: Communication breakdown delayed review of Cuba health ‘attacks’  NBCNews.com

A communications breakdown in the State Department delayed creation of a special panel to assess the response to mysterious health “attacks” on U.S. …

‘Mind reading’ technology poses ethical questions  Financial Times

Advertisers or employers could exploit individuals’ neural signals for own gain.

Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter  MIT Technology Review

A quest to understand how human intelligence evolved raises some ethical questions.

Can the Government See Which Websites I Visit?  HowStuffWorks

HowStuffWorks looks at the extent to which the U.S. government conducts surveillance on its citizens.

Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Give Us All Superpowers  WIRED

The new documentary ‘I Am Human’ chronicles how neurotechnology could restore sight, retrain the body, and treat diseases—then make us all more than …

White House has signaled it may seek permanent renewal of controversial surveillance power  The Washington Post

The Trump administration has signaled in recent weeks that it may seek the permanent renewal of a surveillance law that has, among other things, enabled the …

DoD Warns China to Develop Electromagnetic Railguns, Directed Energy Weapons  Sputnik International

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – China has been developing a number of potentially disruptive technologies, including electromagnetic railguns and directed energy …

Researchers are looking into giving AI the power of reading soldiers’ minds — to help them in battle  ZME Science

The US Army is planning to equip its soldiers with an AI helper. A mind-reading, behavior-predicting AI helper that should make operational teams run more …

‘Mind-Reading’ AI Turns Thoughts Into Spoken Words  WebMD

By Alan Mozes. HealthDay Reporter. TUESDAY, Jan. 29, 2019 (HealthDay News) — In a breakthrough straight out of the world of science fiction, a team of …