‘World War Z’ imagined a mysterious virus being downplayed by Beijing. Sound familiar?
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China’s use of technology for social control of its citizens is extensive – but it could affect users elsewhere too.
The Hollywood Reporter | Reviews
The alien invasion film was highly anticipated after the $700 million success of The Wandering Earth earlier this year, but it has been brought low by withering reviews and audience complaints.
How Snapchat Dysmorphia Drives Teens to Plastic Surgery to Copy Looks Phone Camera Filters Give Them
Young people look obsessively through heavily filtered photos of influencers on Instagram, Snapchat and Weibo, and of themselves, then ask surgeons to copy them.
A new law formalizes restrictions on the collection and use of people’s genetic data.
“This is not a science fiction nightmare, this is just progress.” -Chinese citizen asked about the widespread use of the technology.
Study of almost half a million people links mutation that protects against HIV infection to an earlier death.
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun – and prevent a collision with Jupiter. The scenario may one day come true.
