Myanmar (also known as Burma) has a long history of violent coups and military conflicts. For every piece of information, there is disinformation. The military uses and abuses its power over the internet to spread propaganda and lies while censoring and spying on dissenters. As the conflict continues, the internet seems to play a major role with both the protesters and the oppressive military regime.
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Seraphine, a new “virtual influencer” and League of Legends character, seems like it could be based on someone else’s likeness. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a cartoonified version of yourself splashed all over the internet. It’s not a photograph, but it’s close enough that even your mother would take another glance and ask if you’ve taken a second job as a model.
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It’s no secret that huge chasms in equity exist at all levels of society, especially in the USA. If scientific research and academic theory is the way forward in all areas of progress, then what do these disparities tell us?
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I started this article with an open mind about Gab.com. I didn’t set out to find the worst of humanity, It was just… unavoidable. I had never directly experienced the people of Gab and knew nothing about the Dissenter browser beyond it being a really cool idea. I really really wanted to be able to say something positive about either. That’s impossible. There really are no redeeming features.
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Cyberpunk involves many elements we wouldn’t necessarily want to experience in real life. As audiences, we cheer when we see Neo in The Matrix wearing his trench coat and gunning down agents. As genre enthusiasts, we look skeptically at Star Trek and wonder if maybe the future will have a little more misery and oppression than that.
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NOOO! Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed!!! CD Projekt Red ripped the band-aid off immediately in their announcement via Twitter on Thursday, June 18, 2020. We can expect the Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date to be November 19, 2020.
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As civil unrest sweeps the United States in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, hacktivist group Anonymous has emerged from a years-long hiatus. On Thursday, a video addressing the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) was posted to the Anonymous Facebook page.
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American Internet Privacy Threatened as Key Section of Patriot Act Nears Reauthorization
by Laura HerbekThe Senate has voted to restore broad government surveillance powers instilled by the Patriot Act, post-9/11 legislation written to help law enforcement detect and prevent terrorism. The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act reauthorizes expired programs from Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the section previously used to support large-scale collection of American phone records.
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What a time to be alive. No literally, people around the world are dying from COVID-19, so if we are alive right now, we are lucky. Although honestly, life is a gift, so any day we are alive should be counted as lucky. But something truly remarkable is happening right now. All around the world, we are experiencing a collective feeling and thought process while practicing self-quarantine.
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Aside from the fact that a global pandemic is happening in real time, there are more implications to the cyberpunk genre than us chanting “Cyberpunk Is Now” at the top of our lungs. We may (or may not) be doing that anyways. . . Unfortunately, we can’t afford to wear one of hiroto ikeuchi’s designer cyberpunk masks, as seen in the featured image, so instead, let’s take a look at what’s happening with Cyberpunk 2077 and The Matrix 4.