Microsoft and the Pentagon Are Quietly Hijacking U.S. Elections

Lee Camp / Truthdig Jun 12, 2019 After being funded by our military, Microsoft teamed up with Pentagon front companies to protect our elections. What could possibly go wrong? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A N.Y. Times Story Just Accidentally Shredded the Russiagate Hysteria

Lee Camp / Truthdig Jan 22, 2019 The paper of record did some debunking work so readers didn’t have to—here’s how. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Google Gets Big Into the Robotics Business

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 15, 2013 Google announced Friday that for an undisclosed sum it had acquired Boston Dynamics, a Massachusetts engineering company that designs robots for the Pentagon. It's the eighth robotics company Google has purchased in the last several months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

DARPA Develops Running Animated Robot Beast

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 5, 2013 You may think the interests and makeup of America's current leadership make this an unideal time to develop galloping robots, but the engineers at Boston Dynamics don't. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The U.S. Government Is Metamorphosing Into the Borg

By Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers Jul 22, 2013 Describing the U.S. government is becoming increasingly complicated: “petro–imperial," "coal–fired," "plutocratic," "oligarchic," "inverted totalitarian," "fascist," "propagandistic," "Big Brother.” Things are beginning to simplify though. Soon you’ll be able to refer to the institution with a single idea from "Star Trek": the Borg. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Offshore Everywhere: The Plan to End National Sovereignty as We Know It

By Tom Engelhardt Feb 6, 2012 The defense cuts that will change the American way of war may mean little in monetary terms, but in imperial terms they will make a difference: They will offer a direct challenge to national sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )