<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:31:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jakeofthefoliage/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook is Now Officially Pursuing Blockchain....]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a big shakeup in their executive circle, Facebook's head of Messenger will now lead a new group that studies the potential of blockchain for Facebook. Here's my new article for Anti-Media about this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jakeofthefoliage/facebook-is-now-officially-pursuing-blockchain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jakeofthefoliage/facebook-is-now-officially-pursuing-blockchain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 16:40:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyA8ygS2kXgrH844YUyWBA72ZMB3p6YPzvdchRoTP61Cr83R2gMPqQzHGkjoUJxMwEEK2JqECSK77X9LEGkW68H2UBeD6GiPqoUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Blockchain-based Ads Save Digital Publishing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was interesting to read that both Buzzfeed and Vice missed their revenue targets this year. Despite the massive amount of digital media consumed on desktop and mobile platforms, a lot of publishers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jakeofthefoliage/could-blockchain-based-ads-save-digital-publishing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@jakeofthefoliage/could-blockchain-based-ads-save-digital-publishing</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:54:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyA8ygS2kXgrH844YUyWBA72ZMB3p6YPzvdchRoTP61Cr83R2gMPqQzHGkjoUJxMwEEK2JqECSK77X9LEGkW68H2UBeD6GiPqoUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minority Report Is Here--Pre-Crime AI Surveillance Tech Will Study "Behavioral Anomalies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nary a month goes by that I don't see an article somewhere pronouncing that Minority Report is coming to life--that pre-crime policing is here. Usually, when you drill further into it you find that a company]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/minority-report-is-here-pre-crime-ai-surveillance-tech-will-study-behavioral-anomalies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/minority-report-is-here-pre-crime-ai-surveillance-tech-will-study-behavioral-anomalies</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 03:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's an even more shocking revelation about Facebook...]]></title><description><![CDATA[While we think of the social network as a revolutionary tool for connecting people, it was designed to be addictive, to exploit a vulnerability in people. This was said in no uncertain terms when Sean]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@jakeofthefoliage/here-s-an-even-more-shocking-revelation-about-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@jakeofthefoliage/here-s-an-even-more-shocking-revelation-about-facebook</guid><category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 00:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuRovvsU6rgD9wvF5Sh72WiUq2179ymYh2JAyjXeAMtroBpAHhShfzVwqond3S8FNNMekcoTw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Say New 'Social Networking' Robot, Fribo, Will Make You Feel Less Isolated]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new robot called Fribo is being used to promote social connectivity and reduce isolation. The technology combines robotics, artificial intelligence, and social networking to make people, mostly young]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/scientists-say-new-social-networking-robot-fribo-will-make-you-feel-less-isolated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/scientists-say-new-social-networking-robot-fribo-will-make-you-feel-less-isolated</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:26:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resisting the Predator Class of 'Surveillance Capitalism'--Anti-Media Radio]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the Thursday edition of Anti-Media Radio on UCY.TV, we discussed the continued fallout of the Facebook data scandal, comparing how each of the Big 5 tech giants--Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/resisting-the-predator-class-of-surveillance-capitalism-anti-media-radio</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jakeofthefoliage/resisting-the-predator-class-of-surveillance-capitalism-anti-media-radio</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:18:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think Facebook Is Bad? Google Has TEN Times More Data On You, Including Your Physical Locations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recent scandal involving Facebook's data harvesting operations being exploited by a third-party vulture highlighted what many already knew: "surveillance capitalism" has gotten way out of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/google/@jakeofthefoliage/think-facebook-is-bad-google-has-ten-times-more-data-on-you-including-your-physical-locations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/google/@jakeofthefoliage/think-facebook-is-bad-google-has-ten-times-more-data-on-you-including-your-physical-locations</guid><category><![CDATA[google]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vDgbqxKf2ecaAemFucCSEovgUnfMiUbqb74j7ecEcVMDZJwPMm7ScP14DhYsy4KMqiUzVrPP68n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stephen Hawking's Final Paper Described How to Discover Parallel Universes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The late great cosmologist Stephen Hawking spent his illustrious career battling the most enigmatic and vexing questions in our known universe, such as black holes, quantum mechanics, dark matter, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@jakeofthefoliage/stephen-hawking-s-final-paper-described-how-to-discover-parallel-universes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@jakeofthefoliage/stephen-hawking-s-final-paper-described-how-to-discover-parallel-universes</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeofthefoliage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:49:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGeC4xHBjPSs97KywvJBkzvyjVd9ZPWyEdt4dJaCyP1vH7H7SSFwWMUcQpW5F5nLeLmd7iv76XQBeDcyLmL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart Has Patented Autonomous Robotic Bees To Replace Dying Honeybees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retail giant Walmart has filed a patent for autonomous robotic bees who will be used to pollinate crops. 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