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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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George Orwell's '1984' Coming To Life In China's Xinjiang: Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday likened China's treatment of more than one million Uighur Muslims to George Orwell's "1984" novel, saying the Communist Party was detaining and abusing them in internment camps.
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Mementos Received By PM Modi Put On Display At Bihar's Motihari Town
Travellers visiting this north Bihar town to catch glimpses of historical spots, such as writer George Orwells place of birth or places associated with Mahatma Gandhi's first civil disobedience movement on the Indian soil, may now have an added attraction.
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Arun Jaitley Defends "Big Brother" Order As He Praises NIA's Terror Arrests
Senior minister Arun Jaitley today defended a recent government order on monitoring all computers as he congratulated the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the arrest yesterday of 10 members of an ISIS-inspired group allegedly planning a terror attack.
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Israeli Cartoonist Draws Benjamin Netanyahu As A Pig, Fired
An Israeli news publisher said Thursday it had fired a cartoonist who depicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of the pigs in George Orwell's political satire "Animal Farm".
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Life Imitating Art: George Orwell's 1984 A Best-Seller Again
Amid a seemingly endless battle with the new US president over truth and untruth, George Orwell's 1984 has become a best-seller again.
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Small Thailand Anti-Junta Groups Vow Protests on Coup Anniversary
Small groups of anti-junta activists have vowed to hold protests Friday marking one year since Thailand's generals seized power from the elected government, but widespread dissent is unlikely in a country still locked down by the military.
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Britain Posts 41 Million Wills, Including Princess Diana's
Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database on Saturday.
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A Museum For Author George Orwell in Bihar's Motihari
India on Thursday began work to restore the dilapidated house where "Animal Farm" and "1984" author George Orwell was born and turn it into a museum.
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US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
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After losing parents to cancer, man launches camera that captures every moment of life
When Martin Kaellstroem was a young adult, he lost both his parents to cancer. It became a spur for him to seize the day, as a person and an entrepreneur.
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Cable TV boxes to show ads based on your activity
A leading US cable provider has filed patent for a new set-top box technology that can observe what's going on in the room and show viewers advertisements based on what it detects.
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Sir Elton John to be honoured in Poland
Sir Elton John will be honoured in Poland for his role in the collapse of Communism.
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Little brother is watching
In George Orwell's "1984," that novel of totalitarian politics whose great mistake was to emphasize the villainy of society's masters while playing down the mischief of the masses, the goal of communications technology was brutal and direct: to ensure the...
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George Orwell museum to come up in Bihar
George Orwell's birth place at Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district will soon be turned into a full-fledged museum. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Orwell's birth place, the decrepit two-room house on the old opium campus would be preserved for tourists. The Bihar government had earlier decided to declare the house as a 'Protected Site'. ...
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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George Orwell's '1984' Coming To Life In China's Xinjiang: Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday likened China's treatment of more than one million Uighur Muslims to George Orwell's "1984" novel, saying the Communist Party was detaining and abusing them in internment camps.
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Mementos Received By PM Modi Put On Display At Bihar's Motihari Town
Travellers visiting this north Bihar town to catch glimpses of historical spots, such as writer George Orwells place of birth or places associated with Mahatma Gandhi's first civil disobedience movement on the Indian soil, may now have an added attraction.
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Arun Jaitley Defends "Big Brother" Order As He Praises NIA's Terror Arrests
Senior minister Arun Jaitley today defended a recent government order on monitoring all computers as he congratulated the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the arrest yesterday of 10 members of an ISIS-inspired group allegedly planning a terror attack.
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Israeli Cartoonist Draws Benjamin Netanyahu As A Pig, Fired
An Israeli news publisher said Thursday it had fired a cartoonist who depicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as one of the pigs in George Orwell's political satire "Animal Farm".
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Life Imitating Art: George Orwell's 1984 A Best-Seller Again
Amid a seemingly endless battle with the new US president over truth and untruth, George Orwell's 1984 has become a best-seller again.
-
Small Thailand Anti-Junta Groups Vow Protests on Coup Anniversary
Small groups of anti-junta activists have vowed to hold protests Friday marking one year since Thailand's generals seized power from the elected government, but widespread dissent is unlikely in a country still locked down by the military.
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Britain Posts 41 Million Wills, Including Princess Diana's
Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database on Saturday.
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A Museum For Author George Orwell in Bihar's Motihari
India on Thursday began work to restore the dilapidated house where "Animal Farm" and "1984" author George Orwell was born and turn it into a museum.
-
US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
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After losing parents to cancer, man launches camera that captures every moment of life
When Martin Kaellstroem was a young adult, he lost both his parents to cancer. It became a spur for him to seize the day, as a person and an entrepreneur.
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Cable TV boxes to show ads based on your activity
A leading US cable provider has filed patent for a new set-top box technology that can observe what's going on in the room and show viewers advertisements based on what it detects.
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Sir Elton John to be honoured in Poland
Sir Elton John will be honoured in Poland for his role in the collapse of Communism.
-
Little brother is watching
In George Orwell's "1984," that novel of totalitarian politics whose great mistake was to emphasize the villainy of society's masters while playing down the mischief of the masses, the goal of communications technology was brutal and direct: to ensure the...
-
George Orwell museum to come up in Bihar
George Orwell's birth place at Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district will soon be turned into a full-fledged museum. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Orwell's birth place, the decrepit two-room house on the old opium campus would be preserved for tourists. The Bihar government had earlier decided to declare the house as a 'Protected Site'. ...
