GRENOBLE, France (PNN) - December 31, 2022 - When Paul Tafforeau saw his first experimental scans of a COVID-19 victim’s lung, he thought he h ad failed. A paleontologist by training, Tafforeau had been laboring with a team strewn across Europe for months to turn a particle accelerator in the French Alps into a revolutionary medical scanning tool.
The world’s brightest x-rays reveal COVID-19 damage to the body
New phase of matter called time crystals has been discovered
Physics Girl discusses the newfound discovery of the existence of time crystals. Fascinating video. Dianna Cowern reports.
PayPal will still fine you $2,500 for hate speech
PayPal had reportedly withdrawn its policy to take $2,500 from user accounts that violated its terms and conditions. Now it turns out that PayPal has not withdrawn that policy. Tim Pool, Luke Rudkowski, and Ian Crossland report.
Meta’s VR headset harvests personal data right off your face
MENLO PARK, Kalifornia (PNN) - October 13, 2022 - Cameras inside Meta’s VR headset that track eye and face movements can make an avatar’s expressions more realistic, but they raise
new privacy questions.
How to resist tethering your life to Google
Everything we do on the Internet is tied to our Google ID. I explain the true reach of Google in your life, after which we examine approaches to limit what Google can see. Without taking action, you may be risking the loss of your freedom forever. Rob Braxman reports.
Virtual Teslasuit could make sex in the Metaverse possible
LONDON, England (PNN) - September 7, 2022 - Virtual reality suit maker "Teslasuit" has a human-to-digital interface full-body suit with 90 electrodes designed to trick the body into feeling anything from a hug to raindrops to even the impact of a gunshot. The suit user can strap on VR goggles to “touch” objects in the metaverse.
National Enquirer spoke with Teslasuit VP Paul Nickeas earlier this year about the suit's "wide range of realistic sensations from the feeling of a raindrop to the impact of a gunshot."
Saudis use Orwellian app to identify dissidents and imprison some for decades
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (PNN) - September 3, 2022- Saudi Arabians are using a mobile app sold by both Apple and Google to snitch on their fellow citizens for dissenting against government authorities. As a result, activists and others are going to prison for more than 30 years in some
cases, Business Insider reported on Friday.
They really are deleting the Internet
Jimmy Corsetti of Bright Insight tried an experiment on multiple search engine browsers and what he found is unbelievably disturbing. Share this with others.
Swedish study finds Pfizer mRNA vaccine goes into liver and changes into DNA
MALMO, Sweden (PNN) - March 2, 2022 - A new Swedish study published in MDPI found that the Pfizer vaccine goes into liver cells and converts to DNA, challenging claims so far that the mRNA COVID-19 “vaccines” do not change or interact with your DNA in any way.
It’s the first time that researchers have shown in vitro - or inside a petri dish - how an mRNA “vaccine” is converted into DNA on a human liver cell line.
It’s precisely what health experts and fact-checkers said for more than a year could not occur.
How to beat Google at its tracking game
Google is watching you. But is there a way to continue using Google platforms and services (like YouTube) without endangering your privacy? This is a practical guide that gives a compromise solution. It does not aim for privacy perfection but provides a solution that can blunt the tracking and spying while still allowing use of some Google services. Rob Braxman reports.