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02
Aug

IEEE Standards Assoc: Ethical and technical challenges in the development, use, and governance of autonomous weapons systems

August 2, 2021,
Link to the report PDF: https://standards.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-standards/standards/web/documents/other/ethical-technical-challenges-autonomous-weapons-systems.pdf
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02
Aug

Is 5G a waste of electricity? Experts say it’s complicated

August 2, 2021
Source: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-01/Is-5G-a-waste-of-electricity-Experts-say-it-s-complicated-12lTM5o5r6E/index.html 01-Aug-2021 As 5G developers look desperately for a “killer app” to prove the usefulness of the superfast wireless technology, mobile carriers in China are complaining about the high energy cost of 5G signal towers. And the situation is, according to experts, more complicated than many have thought. The costly 5G 5G technology can...
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02
Aug

Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first

August 2, 2021
Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first https://t.co/YC7qNV5hVP by @dangoodin001— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) July 2, 2021 Deleting data from Echo Dots—and other IoT devices from Amazon and elsewhere—is hard. DAN GOODIN – 7/2/2021 Like most Internet-of-things (IoT) devices these days, Amazon’s Echo Dot gives users a way to perform a factory reset...
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02
Aug

Skyglow forces dung beetles in the city to abandon the Milky Way as their compass

August 2, 2021
Source: https://theconversation.com/skyglow-forces-dung-beetles-in-the-city-to-abandon-the-milky-way-as-their-compass-165110 July 29, 2021 5.12pm Globally, nights are becoming ever brighter. Increasing urbanisation and the installation of new streetlights, security floodlights and outdoor ornamental lighting all contribute to growing light pollution. This light floods directly into the eyes of animals that are active at night and also into the skies. There a proportion of it...
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31
Jul

EMFSA July 2021 Newsletter

July 31, 2021
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Topics – and much more at https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/5g-cancer-research-integrity Cancer Glyphosate and shiftwork that involves circadian disruption is classified as a Class 2B Human Carcinogen – Probably carcinogenic to humans. Research Integrity Pollinators – bees are affected by light pollution. 5G
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30
Jul

“The EMF project is a total farce headed by industry. WHO is completely captured by them. Do not look to them for anything!”

July 30, 2021
A concern regarding the new WHO EMF IAC South African Report and Committee has been expressed as follows: “The EMF project is a total farce headed by industry. WHO is completely captured by them. Do not look to them for anything!” In response to this statement as it applies to South Africa: It is easy...
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26
Jul

U.K. to strengthen regulations for Starlink, OneWeb and other NGSO constellations

July 26, 2021
Source: SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/u-k-to-strengthen-regulations-for-starlink-oneweb-and-other-ngso-constellations/ by Jason Rainbow — July 26, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — British telecoms regulator Ofcom is proposing rule changes that would affect Starlink, OneWeb and other satellite constellations operating in non-geostationary orbits (NGSO). It is increasingly difficult for companies to agree on how to operate their NGSO networks without causing harmful radio interference to each other,...
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26
Jul

EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) Study: Health impact of 5G

July 26, 2021,
AUTHORThis study has been written by Dr Fiorella Belpoggi, BSc, PhD, International Academy of Toxicologic Pathology Fellow (IATPF), Ramazzini Institute, Bologna (Italy), at the request of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) and managed by the Scientific Foresight Unit, within the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the Secretariat of...
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24
Jul

Comments on Martin Pall, “Millimeter (MM) wave and microwave frequency radiation produce deeply penetrating effects: the biology and the physics”

July 24, 2021,
Letter to the Editor A full analysis of the many factual errors, dubious claims and non sequiturs in this paper would be a big job. We comment on a few specific errors, and defer the longer discussion needed to address his biophysical theories. Errors include elementary mistakes in electromagnetics. The letter is available from: Foster,...
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