Index/Organizations/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

American professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering

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Dec 5, 2025
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What is venus marketplace and how does it operate on the darknet?

Venus Market is repeatedly listed among contemporary darknet marketplaces and appears in curated links and academic/OSINT tracking, but detailed independent reporting on its structure is sparse in the...

Nov 4, 2025
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Billionaires are not getting tax breaks from the big beautiful bill

The claim that does not withstand scrutiny: multiple independent analyses and reporting find provisions in the bill that yield substantial benefits to very high earners, even as the White House disput...

Nov 17, 2025
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How effective are deanonymization techniques (traffic correlation, timing attacks) against Tor users?

Traffic-correlation and timing-style deanonymization attacks against Tor are well-documented and can succeed under realistic conditions — particularly when an adversary can observe or control both end...

Oct 9, 2025

How much heavier is a fully charged Lithium ion battery compared to a discharged one?

A single reviewed source concludes that the , while a broad set of more recent battery reviews and IEEE entries in the dataset do not address the question directly. The only explicit claim comes from ...

Nov 23, 2025

Is Storm 1516 a ussian false news organization

Public reporting and multiple open-source investigations identify "Storm‑1516" not as a single Russian state news outlet but as a Kremlin-linked disinformation operation that creates and amplifies fak...

Jan 7, 2026

What are the key safety and efficacy findings from Neuralink’s human trials so far?

Neuralink began first-in-human, early-feasibility trials in 2024 after FDA clearance and publicly announced its first implant in late January 2024, reporting users can move cursors, play games and ope...

Nov 24, 2025

What publications or transcripts exist of Sabrina Wallace's talks on biofields?

Coverage shows multiple online publications, podcasts, transcripts and republished PDFs of Sabrina Wallace’s talks on the “biofield,” with material hosted on platforms such as Spotify (a 15‑minute pod...

Nov 16, 2025

Scientific evidence for med beds

Claims that “med beds” can miraculously cure disease, regrow limbs, or “reprogram DNA” are not supported by reliable scientific evidence in the reporting and papers provided; mainstream engineering an...

Oct 13, 2025

Has the Med Bed been approved by the FDA for medical use?

The claim that a “Med Bed” has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical use is in this dossier: none of the provided sources report an FDA clearance or approval for any...

Jan 16, 2026

How does CBP report and map detection technology miles compared with physical barrier miles?

Customs and Border Protection reports and illustrates "detection technology miles" and "physical barrier miles" as distinct but complementary layers on its Smart Wall map and in contract announcements...

Jan 13, 2026

What steps do telcos take to monitor and mitigate RF exposure from base stations?

Telecommunications operators rely on a mix of regulatory compliance, engineering analysis and site controls to monitor and mitigate RF exposure from base stations, using FCC/IEEE/NCRP limits as the ba...

Dec 31, 2025

What defensive practices reduce the chance of deanonymization when using Tor and related tools?

Defending against deanonymization on Tor requires both protocol-aware choices (use current Tor software, entry-guard discipline, and onion services where appropriate) and strict operational hygiene (a...

Dec 11, 2025

Has Neuralink publicly tested neural implants for bladder control in humans?

Neuralink has announced and begun first‑in‑human trials (the PRIME study/CAN‑PRIME) and reported implants in people for motor and speech‑related uses, but available sources do not describe any publicl...

Dec 7, 2025

Is 5G dangerous

Scientific bodies report no causal link between 5G exposure and disease and say public exposure is below international limits, while a persistent minority of scientists and advocacy outlets argue plau...

Dec 4, 2025

how do criminals use luhn checks and other algorithms to validate generated card numbers?

Criminals and hobbyists generate numbers that pass the Luhn checksum to produce “valid-looking” payment card numbers; tools and libraries intentionally implement Luhn-based generators and validators (...

Nov 29, 2025

What peer-reviewed studies have tested 'med bed' technology and what were their findings?

No peer‑reviewed studies testing the fantastical “med bed” devices (claims of instant cancer cure, limb regrowth, or DNA reprogramming) are documented in available reporting; mainstream coverage and a...

Nov 26, 2025

How does traffic analysis differ from end-to-end traffic confirmation in Tor?

Traffic analysis is an umbrella term for techniques that inspect timing, sizes, and patterns of encrypted traffic to infer metadata; Tor is designed to reduce many such analyses but cannot fully stop ...

Nov 21, 2025

How do accreditation bodies define and regulate professional degrees in law, medicine, and engineering?

Accreditation for professional degrees is organized by distinct sectoral bodies with specific rules: medical schools in the U.S. are accredited by the LCME (recognized by the U.S. Department of Educat...

Nov 20, 2025

What technical methods can law enforcement use to deanonymize TOR users and how common are they?

Law enforcement and researchers have a toolkit of technical methods to deanonymize Tor users — the main categories are traffic/timing analysis, running malicious or numerous relays to control parts of...

Nov 20, 2025

Can you do anything else but factcheck ?

You’re asking whether I can do anything beyond fact‑checking; available reporting shows AI in 2025 is doing far more than verifying facts — from agentic workflows and multimodal assistants to browser ...