Apparently, by 2050, we’re going to be able to attend our own funerals as robots. And China’s AI integration into foreign policy mean Skynet is officially here. Plus, Flippy is a Dodger fan, has female fans, and 23andMe shared your genetic data to scientists without you knowing about it. Lastly, if you want to be cool, Become a Patron, join the exclusive community, and receive Extended Reports of CCNT every week!   AGG for the WEEK OF July 18-30 YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS! (Updates on stories) 23andMe Is Sharing Its 5 Million Clients' Genetic Data with Drug Giant GlaxoSmithKline Miso Robotics' Flippy robot will fry chicken and tater tots at Dodgers Stadium this summer | VentureBeat Flippy the Robot Is the Tater Tot-Making Boyfriend I Deserve | Food & Wine Nokia, T-Mobile US agree $3.5 billion deal, world's first big 5G award Net Worth of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk Compared | Money   TECHNOLOGY/AI By 2050 humans will attend own funerals as robots – futurologist — RT World News How AI could transform the way we measure kids’ intelligence – Quartz AI Can Watch Your Eye Movements to Read Your Personality AI big guns pledge not to develop autonomous "killer robots" 'Mirror' analyzes your personality to show dangers of A.I. - Futurity Report: AI is the new space race, and the US needs a “Sputnik moment” - MIT Technology Review Science insurgents plot a climate model driven by artificial intelligence | Science | AAAS Virtual Reality Has Reached A "Tipping Point." It's Officially Here to Stay. Technologies That Will Change Our Lives in 2018 and Beyond | TheTechNews Campaign to Stop Killer Robots How Robots That Swap Out Their Own Parts Will Adapt to the World on the Fly BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM The genetics of education: 1,271 genes account for 10% of the variation | Ars Technica A New Study Has Proven There’s No ‘Smart Gene’ Americans Would Do Anything To Make Their Kids Smarter. Except Edit Their Genes. | HuffPost Gene-edited plants and animals are GM foods, EU court rules | Environment | The Guardian Tomorrow's transplant organs could come from human-pig hybrids 3 biological parents, 1 child, and an international controversy A Tiny Worm Frozen in Siberian Permafrost For 42,000 Years Was Just Brought Back to Life Parasite in cat poop could be reducing our fear of failure, study finds Three children among thousands to die from euthanasia in Belgium | Daily Mail Online   GAMING INDUSTRY Gaming’s toxic men, explained - Polygon Blockchain Technology Makes a Breakthrough in the Online Gaming Market WHO Classified Gaming Disorder for First Time, But Experts Say to Beware of Misdiagnosing Gamers | The Daily   SPACE/ALIEN/ETs/UFOs Scientists set up revised ‘Rio Scale’ to rate claims of alien contact – GeekWire Suspicious Minds - The New York Times More Democrats Believe in UFOs Than America | Frontpage Mag List of planets most suitable for alien life grows by two - CNET If we need to communicate with aliens, we should introduce them to our kids. Mars shocker: Liquid water lake found on the Red Planet | Fox News   STORIES THAT DOVETAIL OTHER RESEARCHER’S WORK Scientists identify ‘mummy juice’ in Egyptian sarcophagus String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought What Is (And Isn’t) Scientific About The Multiverse Einstein’s theory of general relativity passes crucial black hole test - Vox   PAGANISM AND POP OCCULTURE Racists Are Threatening to Take Over Paganism - VICE White Witches, Tarot, Death Cults Are The New Religion Genre creators discuss the power of witches and women at SDCC | SYFY WIRE Pagan community center planned for “Paganistan” | The Wild Hunt US Military Allows Norse Pagan To Wear Beard For Religious Reasons - LADbible Russian Special Forces Are Turning to Paganism, Church Warns   CRYPTOCURRENCY/B-B-B-BLOCKCHAIN The first ‘blockchain baby’ is here Kim Kardashian Publicly Accepts Her First Bitcoin McAfee will pay you $100k if you get into his ‘u