“Work expands to fit the allotted time,” the saying goes. And that education is no exception holds a lesson: Some will say when pondering homeschooling, “I’m not qualified to teach my kids.” But, informs homeschooling advocate Brett Pike, it’s not just that you can teach your kids - and splendidly.

It’s that you can do it in a fraction of the time schools do. [Read More]

The EU is inching toward the biggest peacetime surveillance experiment in its history, with plans to quietly search every private message before you hit send.

The European Union is still wrestling with a controversial plan that would turn private messaging services into surveillance tools. For over three years, talks have stalled over whether providers should be forced to scan every user’s messages for possible illegal material and forward anything suspicious to law enforcement.

Using a credit card or mobile pay option has become the new normal everywhere. Cash transactions are becoming increasingly rare. Cash is still legal tender, and governments have not banished physical currencies - yet. It will be easier for governments to mandate CBDC as the majority of citizens have already gone digital. [Read More]

It has been revealed that the UK government is involved in developing yet another dystopian scheme, with this one getting compared to the concepts explored in Minority Report, as it involves algorithm-based analysis to “predict murder.” [Read More]