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- Methodological Considerations Regarding the Quantification of DNA Impurities in Comirnaty (2024)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
B.K.; J.O.K.
A 2024 paper reports DNA impurities in Comirnaty exceeding the permitted limit by several hundred times, and criticizes the standard testing method.
- Microsoft: Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data (WO2020060606)
Government Record · 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Microsoft's 2020 patent application describes using human body activity, captured by sensors while a user performs a task, in the mining process of a cryptocurrency system.
- Mind, Body & Spirit: The Health Benefits of Nature
Document · 2010
National Wildlife Federation
The advocacy fact sheet is the located origin of the 4–7-minute and seven-hour wording.
- Minnesota Statutes § 325M.335, Mental Health Warning Label
Government Record · 2025
State of Minnesota
Minnesota requires a conspicuous warning each time a user accesses a covered platform, mental-health resources and 988 information, and prohibits hiding the warning only in terms…
- Mobile Touches: dscout’s Inaugural Study on Humans and Their Tech
Document · 2016
dscout
The instrumented study covered 94 participants over 4.5 days, recording 33,090 sessions and 1,120,317 touches. Average users had 2,617 touches and 76 sessions daily; heavy users…
- Moderna 2019 Form 10-K
Corporate Filing · 2020
Moderna, Inc.
Moderna's 2019 annual report, in which the company describes mRNA as functioning like the "software of life."
- Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser, 2004 SCC 34
Court Filing · 2004
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that saving, planting, harvesting and selling crops containing Monsanto's patented genes infringed the patent, though it set aside the profits award against…
- Moore v. Regents of the University of California (1990)
Court Filing · 1990
Supreme Court of California
California's Supreme Court ruled that John Moore, whose cells were used to develop a commercial cell line, could sue over the doctor's failure to disclose, but…
- Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources (2010)
Government Record · 2010
Convention on Biological Diversity
The Nagoya Protocol covers genetic resources within the biodiversity treaty and the benefits from using them. The parties stated that human genetic resources are not included.
- Neuralink Corp. Patents (Justia)
Document · 2025
USPTO records reproduced by Justia
Neuralink's granted U.S. patents, including 12,248,629 (March 2025) and 12,369,863 (July 2025), on recording, selecting, amplifying and compressing high-density neural signals.
- Neuralink: A Year of Telepathy (2025)
Document · 2025
Neuralink
Neuralink's own update on its first year of human implants. The first patient, Noland Arbaugh, received the implant in January 2024.
- Neuralink: First Clinical Trial Open for Recruitment (2023)
Document · 2023
Neuralink
Neuralink's 2023 announcement of its PRIME study, after the FDA allowed a clinical investigation in May 2023. The implant records brain signals and sends them wirelessly…
- Ninth Circuit Opinion Dismissing Meta and TikTok Appeals, No. 24-7032
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The panel dismissed Meta’s and TikTok’s appeals and plaintiffs’ conditional cross-appeals for lack of appellate jurisdiction. It treated Section 230 as a defense to liability, not…
- No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2018
Melissa G. Hunt, Rachel Marx, Courtney Lipson, and Jordyn Young
In 143 University of Pennsylvania undergraduates, limiting Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to ten minutes per platform daily for three weeks reduced loneliness and depression relative to…
- On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens
Document · 2019
Cal Newport
Newport describes a 30-day break from optional technology as a prelude to a simplified digital life. Reader anecdotes are not controlled efficacy evidence. His separate NBC…
- OncoMouse (Smithsonian)
Document · 1988
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian's record of the OncoMouse, the genetically engineered mouse patented in April 1988 (U.S. Patent 4,736,866).
- Optimizing for Engagement: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology on Internet Platforms
Transcript · 2019
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Tristan Harris, witness
Harris compared pull-to-refresh with a slot machine and discussed infinite scroll’s removal of stopping cues, social validation, autoplay, and algorithmic prediction.
- Order Largely Denying in Part Meta’s Motion to Dismiss and Granting in Part
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
The court granted in part and denied in part Meta’s motion. Section 230 barred specified content-presentation theories, while other theories—including certain filters, time-restriction obstacles, multiple accounts,…
- Order Modifying Prior Decision and Order, In re Facebook, Inc., Docket No. C-4365
Government Record · 2020
Federal Trade Commission
This FTC order confirms that the district court entered the Facebook stipulated order on April 23, 2020.
- Order on Meta’s Motion for Summary Judgment and AG Plaintiffs’ Cross-Motion
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Meta’s summary-judgment motion was denied and the AG plaintiffs’ cross-motion denied in part. The court identified material factual disputes, including COPPA compliance and alleged knowledge, rather…
- Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community
Government Record · 2023
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
The advisory reports widespread loneliness and discusses how technology may displace interaction, monopolize attention, reduce interaction quality, or foster connection. Its approximately six-hour digital-media figure concerns…
- Palantir Technologies Inc. Form S-1 Registration Statement
Corporate Filing · 2020
Palantir Technologies Inc.
The S-1 identifies Alexander Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Peter Thiel as founders and describes intelligence-community and government work. No occurrence of “In-Q-Tel” was located in the…
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut: Testing of mRNA Vaccines for DNA Contamination (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Germany's vaccine regulator acknowledges small amounts of residual DNA in mRNA vaccines and says the manufacturer tests each batch. Its own batch-release lab testing does not…