The data from smart meters reveal far more than you might think — and could even be used against you to control your individual energy use or, one day, to help ensure “net zero” compliance.

In a paper published Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers from Google and Cambridge University in the U.K. teamed up to conduct experiments aimed at “inoculating people against manipulation techniques commonly used in misinformation.”

Within state boundaries the Constitution grants no authority to retain acreage for unenumerated purposes, such as land for grazing, mineral development, agriculture, forests, or parks.

There is a new CDC program called "Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child."... [It was discussed in] the [Mark and Amber] Archer's documentary film, "The Mind Polluters."...[The Archer's were first introduced to it] through [their] research into what became "The Mind Polluters."

U.S. government officials are adding data from as many as 10,000 electronic devices each year to a massive database they’ve compiled from cellphones, iPads and computers seized from travelers at the country’s airports, seaports and border crossings, leaders of Customs and Border Protection told congressional staff in a briefing this summer. The rapid expansion of the database and the ability of 2,700 CBP officers to access it without a warrant — two details not previously known about the database — have raised alarms in Congress about what use the government has made of the information, much of which is captured from people not suspected of any crime. CBP officials told congressional staff the data is maintained for 15 years.

Increasing concerns and regulations surrounding consumer privacy have led both Safari and Firefox to block third-party cookies, and they’re set to disappear in Chrome by next year. While this might be considered a big win for consumers, it represents a major roadblock for digital advertising… While advertisers and publishers have long relied on third-party cookies, there are several effective alternatives that they should begin to explore before third-party cookies disappear.

"Hopefully this will influence a new form of capitalism that doesn't end up with a few rich people and a bunch of poor people," said Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.