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Gov. Jerry Brown

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed bills that recognize the legal use of Bitcoins and other digital currencies in California, repeal a requirement for food handlers to use gloves, and keep minor truants out of lockup facilities, his aides announced Saturday.

In all, the governor signed 15 pieces of legislation into law, including one that reflects the changing way that technology has Californians doing business.

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By: Jason Dorrier — Singularity Hub
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Headlines recently exploded with news that a computer program called Eugene Goostman had become the first to pass the Turing test, a method devised by computing pioneer Alan Turing to objectively prove a computer can think.

The program fooled 33% of 30 judges into thinking it was a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy in a five-minute conversation. How impressive is the result? In a very brief encounter, judges interacted with a program that could be forgiven for not knowing much or speaking very eloquently—in the grand scheme, it’s a fairly low bar.

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8 Ways The Internet Of Things Will Change Everyday Life https://blogs.sap.com/innovation/innovation/8-ways-the-internet-of-things-will-change-everyday-life-01253438?source=social-Ariba-LinkedIn-NetworkedEconomy-Blog-IoT&campaigncode=CRM-XH14-GRO-NTECLPLIS

Billions To Soon Be Invested In 3D Printing Research and Development http://3dprint.com/7599/billions-rd-3d-printing/

Iraq Says Russian Experts Have Arrived to Help Prepare Jets for Fighting http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/world/middleeast/iraq.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Encouraging News Headlines on the Renewable Energy Front http://www.21stcentech.com/encouraging-news-headlines-renewable-energy-front/

Facebook tinkered with users’ feeds for a massive psychology experiment http://www.avclub.com/article/facebook-tinkered-users-feeds-massive-psychology-e-206324

GERMANY AND CHINA DOING MORE TRADE AND COMMERCE AND SOFT POWER. President Xi calls on China, Germany to build Silk Road economic belt http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/851528.shtml

The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% — ex CIA spy http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy

MORE FINANCIAL-SECTOR CORRUPTION: BNP Paribas to be ‘punished severely’, says boss http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28078636

Nasa’s out-of-this-world plan to rescue a Space Shuttle http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140624-nasas-bold-shuttle-rescue-plan

“Four Scientists in the Non-‘Black Swans’ to Expect!” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140629225512-34427457-four-scientists-in-the-non-black-swans-to-expect

Corporate Boards Race to Shore Up Cybersecurity http://online.wsj.com/articles/boards-race-to-bolster-cybersecurity-1404086146

Drone Dogfight: Big Defense Firms vs. Techies http://online.wsj.com/articles/drone-dogfight-big-defense-firms-versus-techies-1403891039?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_tech

China’s ‘New Silk Road’ Vision Revealed http://thediplomat.com/2014/05/chinas-new-silk-road-vision-revealed/

History Lessons for China and Japan http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/history-lessons-for-china-and-japan/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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The quantum cryptography arms race has begun http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-quantum-cryptography-arms-race-has-begun-244907

A 36-core chip design with an Internet-style communication network http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-36-core-chip-design-with-an-internet-style-communication-network

Wearable computing gloves can teach Braille, even if you’re not paying attention http://www.kurzweilai.net/wearable-computing-gloves-can-teach-braille-even-if-youre-not-paying-attention

Ultrasonic waves allow for precision micro- and nano-manufacturing of thin-film chips http://www.kurzweilai.net/ultrasonic-waves-allow-for-precision-micro-and-nano-manufacturing-of-thin-film-chips

Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/technology/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html?_r=0

Nuclear-Leak Investigators Shift Sights to Los Alamos Lab http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/nuclear-leak-investigators-shift-sights-los-alamos-lab/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Beating Tornadoes – Great Wall Proposed Across American Midwest http://www.21stcentech.com/beting-tornadoes-great-wall-proposed/

The Internet Of Things Will Radically Change Your Big Data Strategy http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikekavis/2014/06/26/the-internet-of-things-will-radically-change-your-big-data-strategy/

Ukraine Signs Trade Agreement With European Union http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/world/europe/ukraine-signs-trade-agreement-with-european-union.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Can Netanyahu find Israel’s three kidnapped teenagers without destroying his own government and tearing the West Bank apart? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/bibi_and_the_lost_boys_netanyahu_israel_kidnapped_teenagers_abbas?utm_content=buffer3716b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#trending

If Japan Wanted to Build a Nuclear Bomb It’d Be Awesome at It http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/japan_isn_t_going_to_build_nuclear_weapons_but_it_could

It’s time for NATO to get involved in Syria and Iraq, perhaps even putting limited Special Forces troops on the ground. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/wake_up_and_smell_the_turkish_coffee_nato_isis_syria_iraq

Why we should be worried about the Japanese prime minister’s move to amend the constitution. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/24/dishonest_abe_article_nine_japan_constitution

WHILE FORD MOTORS AND GM ARE LOOSING THE SHIRT: New Hyundai Sonatas rolling out of super-busy Alabama plant http://fortune.com/2014/06/26/new-hyundai-sonatas-rolling-out-of-super-busy-alabama-plant/

Government watchdog: U.S. slipping in nuclear energy innovation http://fortune.com/2014/06/27/government-watchdog-u-s-slipping-in-nuclear-energy-innovation/

The Space-Based Quantum Cryptography Race. Europe and China are gaining the upper hand in the race to bounce perfectly secure messages off satellites in low Earth orbit. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/528671/the-space-based-quantum-cryptography-race/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

Elon Musk Is Opening A New Front In His Lawsuit Against The Air Force
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-russian-joint-venture-in-new-complaint-2014-6#ixzz35spcYUal

A Mexican Military Helicopter Entered The US And Fired On Two Border Patrol Agents Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-helicopter-fires-border-patrol-arizona-2014-6#ixzz35sq9W9Rq

Higgs Boson Looks “Standard,” but Upgraded LHC May Tell a Different Tale http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/higgs-boson-looks-standard-but-upgraded-lhc-may-tell-a-different-tale1/

Beating human hearts grown in a lab: Tiny organs are being infected with disease to test pioneering drugs http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669350/Beating-human-hearts-grown-lab-Tiny-organs-infected-disease-test-pioneering-drugs.html

Higgs Boson Looks “Standard,” but Upgraded LHC May Tell a Different Tale http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/higgs-boson-looks-standard-but-upgraded-lhc-may-tell-a-different-tale1/

These Cute Little Drones Could 3-D Print a House http://www.wired.com/2014/06/these-drones-could-3-d-print-your-next-house/

What our descendants will deplore about us http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140627-how-our-descendants-will-hate-us

8 Star Trek Technologies Moving From Science Fiction To Science Fact http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2014/06/24/8-star-trek-technologies/

Ray Kurzweil Says He’s Breathing Intelligence into Google Search http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528656/ray-kurzweil-says-hes-breathing-intelligence-into-google-search/#comments

Carlos Slim Buys Out AT&T’s Stake in América Móvil http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/carlos-slim-buys-out-atts-stake-in-america-movil/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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A self-powered cardiac pacemaker http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-self-powered-cardiac-pacemaker

Google innovations at Google I/O http://www.kurzweilai.net/google-innovations-at-google-io

Ray Kurzweil — Biologically inspired models of intelligence http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/ray-kurzweil-biologically-inspired-models-intelligence

Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so… www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil-terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence

Michio Kaku (2014) “The Future of the Mind” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVw6Pn6GTg

Five Ways IBM Watson is Revolutionizing Health http://bionicly.com/2014/06/five-ways-ibm-watson-is-revolutionizing-health/

NASA Preparing Satellite to Monitor How the Planet Breathes http://www.21stcentech.com/nasa-preparing-satellite-monitor-planet-breathes/

As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/upshot/danger-robots-working.html?_r=1

How 21st Century Technology is Changing Education http://www.21stcentech.com/technology-21st-century-changing-education/

Breakthrough in neuroscience as paralysed man becomes first to use power of thought to move hand http://www.tumotech.com/2014/06/25/breakthrough-in-neuroscience-as-paralysed-man-becomes-first-to-use-power-of-thought-to-move-hand/

Future Soldiers May Wear Bulletproof Spider Silk http://m.livescience.com/46519-spider-silk-bulletproof-clothing.html

The Controlled Chaos of Creativity http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2014/06/25/the-controlled-chaos-of-creativity/

Japan Could Lose 561 Plant Species by the Next Century http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/06/26/japan-plant-extinction-crisis/

New technique allows decayed tooth to repair itself http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2014/06/20.htm#.U6x9FbEbErh

Google’s Grand Plans: A Conversation With Google’s Larry Page and Sundar Pichai http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/googles-grand-plans-a-conversation-with-googles-larry-page-and-sundar-pichai/

Daily Report: Google’s Far-Reaching Agenda http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/daily-report-is-googles-new-technology-more-creepy-than-helpful/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Technology&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Meet The Real Hackers Of Silicon Valley (And NYC, LA, And London) http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/26/meet-the-real-hackers-of-silicon-valley-and-nyc-la-and-london/

Israel Is Building a Futuristic Transit System of Magnetic Pods http://www.wired.com/2014/06/israel-pod-transport/

The promise, peril and real payback of Big Data http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/governance-risk-compliance-consulting-services/resilience/publications/promise-peril-real-payback-big-data.jhtml

China finds $15 billion of loans tied to falsified gold deals http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-china-gold-financing-idUSKBN0F10Q920140626

REUTERS: German government cancels Verizon contract in wake of U.S. spying row http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-germany-security-verizon-idUSKBN0F11WJ20140626

Yahoo looking to buy YouTube content provider for $250 million: Sky News http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-yahoo-fullscreen-idUSKBN0F12JU20140626

8 Internet Things That Are Not IoT http://www.cio.com/article/754810/8_Internet_Things_That_Are_Not_IoT?source=sflowtweet&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sflow_tweet

LG to Make a Consumer Version of Google’s 3-D Tablet http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/06/26/lg-to-make-a-consumer-version-of-googles-3-d-tablet/?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_tech

GM CEO Says Recalls Likely to Continue http://online.wsj.com/articles/gm-ceo-says-recalls-likely-to-continue-1403785852?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business

THE NATIONAL INTEREST: History’s Warning: A U.S.-China War Is Terrifyingly Possible http://nationalinterest.org/feature/historys-warning-us-china-war-terrifyingly-possible-10754

Google’s Ray Kurzweil: The Business Of Extending Human Life Is Going Into “High Gear” http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032405/futurist-forum/googles-ray-kurzweil-the-business-of-extending-human-life-is-going-into-high–

NOT WAY, JOELIE! Should Google Be Allowed to Mine Your Health Care Data? http://gizmodo.com/should-google-be-allowed-to-mine-your-health-care-data-1596432124?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

There Are ‘Tens Of Billions’ Of Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy, Astronomer Seth Shostak Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/habitable-planets-seth-shostak_n_5527116.html?ir=Weird+News&utm_content=bufferc9d0d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Your Doctor Knows You’re Killing Yourself. The Data Brokers Told Her http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/hospitals-soon-see-donuts-to-cigarette-charges-for-health.html

DARPA Wearable Tech Suit Could Help Soldiers Run a 4-Minute Mile http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/05/darpa-wearable-tech-suit-could-help-soldiers-run-4-minute-mile

The CIA Prepares to Launch Cloud Services http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2014/06/cia-prepares-launch-cloud-services

Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/20/massive-military-funded-project-will-attempt-to-re-set-ailing-brains/

IN THE WORLDWIDE AGE OF THIS INDIGNANT, THIS WILL BE UNIVERSALLY USED: Metropolitan Police buys first water cannon http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-28037395

Track Air Pollution With This Smart Umbrella http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032344/track-air-pollution-with-this-smart-umbrella

BBC: Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki: Russian jets will turn tide http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28042302

BRICK-AND-MORTAR PUBLISHERS WILL GO UNDER. Amazon accused of ‘bullying’ smaller UK publishers http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27994314

We can send humans back to space … if we fund Elon Musk instead of Nasa http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/26/space-nasa-into-elon-musk-vc-fund-private-space-industry

What should a 20-year vision for science and mathematics education look like? www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/jun/26/what-should-20-year-vision-for-science-mathematics-education-look-like

U.S. Will Disband Terrorism Task Force in Philippines http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/world/asia/us-will-disband-terrorism-task-force-in-philippines.html?smid=tw-share

U.S. Navy Air Warfare Center Seeking 3D Metal Printer http://3dprint.com/7420/navy-metal-3d-printer/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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Watch this: prototype NASA robot prowls the underside of frozen lakes, oceans http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/24/5839902/watch-this-prototype-nasa-robot-prowls-the-underside-of-frozen-lakes

Limb regeneration: do salamanders hold the key? http://www.kurzweilai.net/limb-regeneration-do-salamanders-hold-the-key

A super-stretchable yarn made of graphene http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-super-stretchable-yarn-made-of-graphene

Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together-to-perform-movements-not-as-random-as-we-thought

Woman or machine? New robots look creepily human http://news.yahoo.com/woman-machine-robots-look-creepily-human-091317930–finance.html

Russian billionaire initiative to create hybrid replicas of humans in order to obtain immortality http://altereddimensions.net/2013/russian-billionaire-2045-initiative-create-hybrid-bio-electronic-avatars-humans-immortality

Delivering Capsules of Stem Cells Helps Repair Injured Bones http://singularityhub.com/2014/06/23/delivering-capsules-of-stem-cells-helps-repair-injured-bones/

“Why Isn’t the Milky Way Crawling With Mechanical or Biological Life?” –Stephen Hawking’s Answer http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/06/why-isnt-the-milky-way-crawling-with-mechanical-or-biological-life-stephen-hawkings-answer-todays-mo.html

Driverless Cars – Impact on the Insurance Industry and just about eveything else http://groundtoground.org/2014/06/19/driverless-cars-impact-insurance-industry/

Google’s Nest Moves To Become Master Of The Smart Home, By Talking To Other Devices http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/24/google-nest-smart-home-internet-of-things/

How to Reconcile Big Data and Privacy http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/03/06/how-to-reconcile-big-data-and-privacy/

Brainomics: Hacking the Brain (and Autism) with Gene Machines http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2014/06/24/brainomics-hacking-the-brain-and-autism-with-gene-machines/

Perovskite Is the New Black in the Solar World http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/perovskite-is-the-new-black-in-the-solar-world?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook

AIs Have Mastered Chess. Will Go Be Next? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ais-have-mastered-chess-will-go-be-next

We Will End Disability by Becoming Cyborgs http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/we-will-end-disability-by-becoming-cyborgs

Robots Will Pave the Way to Mars http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/robots-will-pave-the-way-to-mars

Wearable Computers Will Transform Language http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/wearable-computers-will-transform-language

THE ONLY SERVANT TO YOUR ROBOT IS YOU AND YOU ALONE. So, Where Are My Robot Servants? http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/home-robots/so-where-are-my-robot-servants

Chris Harrison’s Time Machine http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/chris-harrisons-time-machine

USC Scientists Create New Battery That’s Cheap, Clean, Rechargeable… and Organic http://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-scientists-create-new-battery-thats-cheap-clean-rechargeable-and-organic/

MASHABLE: U.S. Economy Experiences Sharpest Drop in 5 Years http://mashable.com/2014/06/25/u-s-economy-drop/

Google sets sights on TVs, cars and watches, beyond mere smartphones http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-google-conference-idUSKBN0F00OU20140625

MORE UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION, BOTH IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC OFFICE: U.S. charges two more in IBM insider trading case http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-insidertrading-ibm-idUSKBN0F023V20140625

REUTERS: North Korean troops take aim at targets depicting U.S. soldiers http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/06/25/north-korean-troops-take-aim-at-targets?videoId=316542513&videoChannel=1

This Smart Yarn Makes Gadget Interactions Magical http://www.wired.com/2014/06/these-knit-sensors-change-the-way-you-interact-with-your-gadgets/

Take a Closer Look at the Brain http://www.geglobalresearch.com/innovation/take-closer-look-brain

A Simple Way to Combat Heat Waves in Farm Country http://www.21stcentech.com/simple-combat-heat-waves-farm-country/

“Today Everything Is Relationship-Driven” http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/heidi-roizen-today-everything-is-relationship-driven#.U5kMUqTm3Qs.facebook

Microsoft Teams With American Family Insurance To Launch A Home Automation Accelerator In Redmond http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/microsoft-teams-with-american-family-insurance-to-launch-a-home-automation-accelerator-in-redmond/

TECHCRUNCH: NSA Denies Any Record Of Snowden Emailing Superiors About Concerns http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/25/nsa-denies-any-record-of-snowden-emailing-superiors-about-concerns/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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Global Ocean Commission Tells Us What We Don’t Want to Hear http://www.21stcentech.com/global-ocean-commissions-latest-report-hear/

Gallup Examines the State of the American Consumer http://thegallupblog.gallup.com/2014/06/gallup-examines-state-of-american.html

This Band Of Small Robots Could Build Entire Skyscrapers Without Human Help http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032003/this-band-of-small-robots-could-build-entire-skyscrapers-without-human-help#2

15 Ways The World Will Be Awesome In 2050 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-world-in-2050-2014-6

These Beautiful Charts Show The Emerging Technologies That Will Change The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/emerging-technologies-that-will-change-the-world-2014-4#ixzz35ayyRrA5

Cruise RP-1 Turns Even Your Car into an Autonomously Driven Vehicle http://www.21stcentech.com/cruise-rp-1-turns-car-autonomously-driven-vehicle/

What the detection of gravitational waves means for our understanding of the universe. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/july-august-2014-vol-48-no-4/making-waves-cosmos

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7233713&snapshotID=&authType=name&authToken=N-Zv&ref=NUS&trk=NUS-body-member-name

Gartner Highlights Top Technologies for Information Security in 2014 http://blogs.gartner.com/security-summit/announcements/gartner-highlights-top-technologies-for-information-security-in-2014/?nicam=smsec20

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Cubesat Initiative http://www.spacemart.com/reports/NASAs_Science_Mission_Directorate_Cubesat_Initiative_999.html

Photographer Documents The Eerie World Of Japanese Robotics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/japanese-humanoid-robotics_n_5404970.html

THE CATO INSTITUTE: Instead of Meddling Endlessly in the Mideast, Washington Should Stop Trying to Fix Iraq and Everywhere Else http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/instead-of-meddling-endle_b_5524356.html

Australian researchers simulate a time-traveling photon www.gizmag.com/time-traveling-photons/32673

Proposal: Dynamic Brain Switching As a Method to Maintain Consciousness During Mind Uploading http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/06/23/proposal-dynamic-brain-switching-as-a-method-to-maintain-consciousness-during-mind-uploading/

You Won’t Believe It: DARPA Future Research Into Advanced Computers http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/darpa-future-research-advanced-computers/

The Revolutionary Quantum Computer That May Not Be Quantum at All http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing/

Boost Your Ears To Superhuman Levels With These Cyborg Ears http://www.fastcoexist.com/3032226/healthware/boost-your-ears-to-superhuman-levels-with-these-hearing-aids-for-people-who-can-h

Can A Fitness Tracker Disguised As A Swiss Watch Solve The Problem Of Wearables? http://www.fastcodesign.com/3032223/can-a-fitness-tracker-disguised-as-a-swiss-watch-solve-the-problem-of-wearables

Tally of Cyber Extortion Attacks on Tech Companies Grows http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/tally-of-cyber-extortion-attacks-on-tech-companies-grows/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Security&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Canadian Judge Says Google Must Remove Links Worldwide http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/canadian-judge-says-google-must-remove-links-worldwide/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Policy&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

Hedge-Fund Hack Is Part of Bigger Siege, Cyber-Experts Warn http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-23/hedge-fund-hack-part-of-bigger-siege-cyber-experts.html

Pesticides linked to honeybee decline are affecting other species, scientists say http://rt.com/news/168108-pesticides-harm-bees-birds-fish/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Kurzweil AI

Washington State University researchers have used a super-cold cloud of atoms that behaves like a single atom, opening a new experimental path to potentially powerful quantum computing.

Physicist Peter Engels and his colleagues cooled about one million atoms of rubidium to 100 billionths of a degree above absolute zero.

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Jersey: Bitcoin Island

A campaign has been launched to make Jersey a world leader in digital currencies.

Bitcoin payments are already accepted in a handful of places but an industry expert says, if the States allow banks to accept and trade with it, Jersey could become a magnet for new business.

Robbie Andrews, of bit.coin.je, an industry body set up to promote and campaign for the currency, wants to create a “Bitcoin Isle”.

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