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News & Articles By Willow Tohi
07/18/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Covert influence unveiled: U.K. government funds YouTube stars to shape global narratives
The U.K. government secretly funds international YouTube influencers to promote foreign policy messages under non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Zinc Network, a London-based firm, manages covert campaigns in 22 countries, including allegations of election interference in Slovakia. Influencers are barred from disclosing ties to the U.K. Foreign Office, sparking accusations of modern-day propaganda. Tactics mirror Cold War-era […]
07/12/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat pioneers peer-to-peer messaging beyond the internet
Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging app developed under Jack Dorsey’s Block, enables secure offline communication without internet or centralized servers. The decentralized platform uses mesh networking to create autonomous chat clusters, encrypting messages for privacy and resisting censorship. Unlike Meta’s WhatsApp or Signal, Bitchat avoids data collection and operates registration-free, focusing on resilience for crisis scenarios. […]
07/11/2025
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By Willow Tohi
NVIDIA surpasses $4 trillion market cap amid AI boom and geopolitical strains
NVIDIA touched $4 trillion in market value for the first time on July 10, cementing its position as the world’s most valuable company. The AI hardware boom, driven by generative AI models like ChatGPT, has propelled NVIDIA’s stock 1,400% over five years. Geopolitical tensions and U.S. export restrictions have blocked NVIDIA from a $50 billion […]
07/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
A new era in predictive AI: Centaur’s cognitive breakthrough
Centaur AI achieves 64% accuracy predicting human behavior across diverse psychological experiments. Trained on 10M decisions from 60,000 participants via Psych-101, the world’s largest human-behavior dataset. Model generalizes predictions to new scenarios, far exceeding traditional specialized cognitive models. Potential applications in education, healthcare and ethics, but raises serious privacy and misuse concerns. Open-source system emphasizes […]
07/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google’s AI overviews spark EU antitrust clash: Publishers accuse search giant of undermining journalism
Google’s AI Overviews, top search summaries, reduce publisher traffic and revenue. Independent Publishers Alliance files EU antitrust complaint citing abuse of dominance. “No-click” searches rose to 69% in May 2025 (vs. 56% in 2024). Claims AI tools boost discovery of original content and cites algorithmic updates. Similar lawsuits in the U.S. and U.K., invoking antitrust […]
07/07/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Chinese AI gains global traction as U.S. tech dominance faces challenges
Major Western firms like HSBC and Saudi Aramco are adopting Chinese AI models, challenging U.S. tech leadership. DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen offer performance comparable to U.S. giants like ChatGPT at lower costs. Chinese firms’ open-source models allow customization and offline use, attracting institutions globally. Congress drafts legislation to block federal Chinese AI use as Pentagon […]
07/02/2025
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By Willow Tohi
The high cost of digital dollars: How cashless payments exact a toll on budgets, privacy and freedom
Cashless payments boost spending but erode financial discipline, studies show. Digital transactions enable surveillance, risking privacy through corporate/state tracking. China’s Social Credit System exemplifies broader societal control via payment data. Vulnerable populations face exclusion as cash options dwindle. Infrastructure failures like the 2024 global outage highlight cash’s enduring resilience. As digital payments surge globally, the quiet […]
06/20/2025
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By Willow Tohi
OpenAI’s $200M military AI pact sparks ethical crossfire
OpenAI secures $200M DoD contract to develop AI for military and cybersecurity needs, reversing prior restrictions on defense work. The deal signals Silicon Valley’s deepening ties with the Pentagon, exemplified by Palantir’s Peter Thiel and Meta executives joining Army Reserve tech units. Critics raise concerns over AI’s role in warfare, transparency deficits and ethical risks, […]
06/12/2025
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By Willow Tohi
IBM unveils landmark quantum computing roadmap, targeting 2029 for fault-tolerant breakthrough
IBM plans to launch a 10,000-physical-qubit “Starling” quantum computer by 2029, using error-correcting LDPC codes to achieve fault tolerance. Starling will execute 100 million quantum operations on 200 logical qubits, surpassing today’s systems by 20,000x in computing power. IBM’s modular architecture reduces physical qubit needs by 90% through LDPC and paves the way for scalable […]
06/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
U.K.’s digital ID push exploits immigration crisis, critics warn
U.K. Labour government ties immigration enforcement to a new digital ID system amid record migrant crossings. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper promotes tracking migrants via Gov.uk Wallet app by 2027, sparking surveillance fears. Privacy advocates warn of systemic overreach, echoing Heritage Party leader David Kurten’s vaccine passport comparisons. Historical context reveals globalization debates entangling migration policies […]
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