Diginomics

09/10/2024

Transform My Future - interview

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03/10/2024

The 'Image' of the future is maturing.
ABC's "Good Morning America (GMA)" - Oct. 2, 2024

Microsoft’s newest update gives a conversational voice to its artificial intelligence companion “Copilot” and the company says it is built to be emotionally intelligent.

11/09/2024

THE SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE
Who says we're not headed toward a New World Order? World leaders are gathering at the UN the week of Sept. 20-23 at "The Summit of the Future" to possibly say otherwise. "The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future," their website says. "Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities."
https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future
Synopsis & analysis - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=7291

The UN wants much more control over global affairs, and

06/09/2024

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17/08/2024

"The Digital Economy & The Mark Of The Beast - Part 1" (25:41)
PODCAST 7/28/2024
https://omny.fm/shows/for-a-second-chance/7-28-2024-for-a-second-chance-the-digital-economy?in_playlist=podcast

11/08/2024

What kind of wind will blow down this House of Cards?
MoneyWatch - August 6, 2024
Americans continue to rack up credit card debt, hitting a record $1.14 trillion

Consumers tacked on an additional $27 billion in credit card spending in the second quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said.

14/07/2024

Christians to Gather Outside of the White House on Sunday to Pray for Our Nation After the Horrific Shooting of President Trump
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Christian Defense Coalition
July 13, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2024 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christians plan to gather outside of the White House on Sunday to pray for our nation after the horrific shooting of President Trump. The prayer gathering will be on Sunday, July 14, at 3:15 PM in front of the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
The prayer event is being organized by the Christian Defense Coalition which is based in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states;
"After the horrific shooting of President Trump on Saturday, it is clear our nation is broken and in desperate need of spiritual awakening and God's healing.
"As we gather in front of the White House, we will be crying out to God for a nationwide revival that will bring restoration and hope to America. We will be praying against violence, division and hate-filled rhetoric from both sides of the political divide. Political violence must never be tolerated. We will also be asking for God’s protection over both President Biden and President Trump.
"Through prayer we can see God shift, shape and transform history as the only way forward for our nation is God's people coming to Him in repentance and brokenness and seeking His mercy and grace. There are no political solutions that can heal America."
Psalm 22:27-28 -- “All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.”
1 Timothy 2:1-2 --"I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people, for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives…”
Matthew 5:9 --"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."
For more information or interviews please call Rev. Patrick Mahoney at 540.538.4741
SOURCE Christian Defense Coalition
CONTACT: Rev. Patrick Mahoney, 540-538-4741

20/06/2024

Podcast EP7Y24 - "No Bleed, No Lead" (16:35)
Major media manipulation of its audiences. More scientific than suspected. https://on.soundcloud.com/b6X9KFQtZAVZoMHn7
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23/03/2024

"Are We On the Verge of a Cashless Society?"
This is the attention-getting headline question posed on December 27, 2023 by a company called Tech.co -- an online incubator/accelerator company designed "to help you understand the wider complexities of our tech-dominated world."
"Digital spending is reaching new heights in 2024," they observe.
"The concept of a cashless society has been around for decades. But with 80% of payments in the US being made digitally in 2022, and four in ten of us ditching change altogether, research suggests that the transition from physical currency could take place sooner than we once thought."
Here are some major bullet points worth noting as we see our world moving ever deeper into what we are calling a “Diginomic Era”:
• Two-fifths of Americans used no cash in 2022 (Source: Pew Research)
• 11% of US adults have completely stopped using cash, up from 5% five years ago (Source: Gallup)
• The average number of cash payments fell from 26% in 2019 to 20% in 2021 (Source: Federal Reserve)
• Between 2012 and 2022, cheque transactions declined by almost half (Source: Federal Reserve)
• 64% of Americans think it's likely for the US to become cashless in their lifetime (Source: Gallup)
• More than 23 million people in the UK used virtually no cash last year (Source: The Guardian)
• Cash only represents 1.3% of Sweden's GDP (Source: International Monetary Fund)
• The number of cashless payments in the Asia-Pacific is forecasted to be higher than Europe and North America combined in 2026 (Source: Statista)
Read all about it here: https://tech.co/pos-system/cashless-society-stats-pros-cons
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We predict whether a cashless society is likely to be on the horizon, and discuss the pros & cons of ditching cash in 2024.

20/12/2023

SO, HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEWS? You can now have it personalized to your own taste and preferences.
"The Image of the Beast" technology (Revelation 13:15) now has its own 24/7 TV news channel. Check it out ... and be prepared to be amazed!
www.Channel1.ai
Read the article that announced it originally:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2023/12/14/channel-1-ai-news/71925360007/
Spread the word!!
We’re there!

Channel 1 AI released a promotional video explaining how the service will provide personalized news coverage to users from finance to entertainment.

09/12/2023

"Google, IBM make strides toward quantum computers that may revolutionize problem solving"
60 Minutes - Newsmakers - Dec. 3, 2023 - Scott Pelley
"The quantum computer pushes the limits of knowledge -- new science, new engineering -- all leading to this processor that computes with the atomic forces that created the universe.
Physicist Michio Kaku of the City University of New York: 'We're looking at a race, a race between China, between IBM, Google, Microsoft, Honeywell, all the big boys are in this race to create a workable, operationally efficient quantum computer. Because the nation or company that does this, will rule the world economy.'"
The Book of Revelation in the Bible predicts a time coming when every human being will be required by government edict to be numbered wards within the confines of a no-cash economy. People will be forbidden to have a job and to shop who are not part of this global system (Rev. 13:16-18).
As you watch this episode, do you see the unfolding of that new era just around the next corner?
"The first change comes next year when the U.S. publishes new standards for encryption because quantum is expected one day to break the codes that lock everything from national secrets to credit cards."

Companies and countries are in a race to develop quantum computers. The machines could revolutionize problem solving in medicine, physics, chemistry and engineering.

16/11/2023

Diginomic Era -- CANADIANS CONVINCED A CASHLESS FUTURE IS COMING
Cash use has significantly declined in Canada over the last six years from 2017-2022, with a 59 per cent decrease in the volume of cash payments and a 41 per cent decrease in the value of cash purchases. “Cash has lost significant payment market share over the years as Canadians continue to turn to secure digital payment options for ease and convenience, coupled with an explosion in e-commerce, a trend that was further fueled through the pandemic,” says one electronics payments specialist.
In this mid-summer 2023 survey, released on November 14, while only 13 per cent report having gone completely cashless, the majority of Canadians (55 per cent) say they have no desire to go cashless, despite the fact that nearly half (49 per cent) think it is likely that Canadian stores will go completely cashless in the next 10 years.
Read more of the survey's findings here:

Key study findings: 31 per cent of Canadians use cash for day-to-day purchases.

10/09/2023

BRANT FRICKER and I have begun a new series of half-hour programs on Facebook Live every Monday evening at 4:30pm Central called "Headline Insights." It's a no-frills live chat between Brant and I on some of the top issues of the day and their connection back to end-time Bible prophecy. It's not so much "religion talk" as it is a straight journalistic review of today's trends and issues that people are talking about and what it all means.
In this second episode, we talk about why The Wood News Group has five websites. It's all one message from five different perspectives.
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18/02/2023

The Diginomic Era evolution continues.
"New York grocery store launches contactless scan and pay shopping"

Foodcellar Market has launched contactless scan and pay self-checkout shopping for customers on the go

22/08/2022

Does anyone in this audience remember this magazine cover from September 1973 as a high school student? That was nearly 50 years ago! Look what they were predicting in this secular magazine to the nation's high school students. The lead article, "Public Needs and Private Rights: Who is Watching You?" opened with the following paragraph: “There is a huge conviction in financial circles that EFT (electronic funds transfer) in one way or another will become a major means for transferring money in the near future. All buying and selling in the program will be done by the computer. No currency, no change, no checks. In the program, people would receive a number tattooed in their wrist or forehead. The number is put in by a laser beam and cannot be felt. The number in the body is not seen with the naked eye and is as permanent as your fingerprints."
Look how close we are today with advancements in computer chip tagging. Anybody remember this edition? This is from my "ancient" library!

26/06/2022

CASH IS NO LONGER KING! (Rev. 13:17)
AP|The Economic Times News - 20 Mar 2020
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/cash-is-no-longer-king-in-corona-hit-world/cash-is-no-longer-king/slideshow/74730052.cms
Are smartphones the new wallet? Apps that replace credit cards, tickets and driver’s licenses | Economy and business
May 30, 2022
https://your-passcom.b-cdn.net/are-smartphones-the-new-wallet-apps-that-replace-credit-cards-tickets-and-drivers-licenses-economy-and-business/

11/06/2022

DO YOU HAVE A FACE?? Good! You're qualified to pay for groceries with nothing else!
According to a report published on Fortune.com on May 17, "Mastercard wants to do away with the actual credit cards by letting customers pay using their faces or hands."
In my 1974/76 book, CASHLESS SOCIETY: A WORLD WITHOUT MONEY, I reviewed "The Wilson Family" as they lived their daily lives in a cashless society. A future CENCOM ('central computer') was in total control of the family finances, from earnings to expenditures. The concept of this centrally-controlled society would be: "If you don't have it now, you don't get it now." In this story, I made this declaration: "One additional note of importance is this: There is no extension of credit in a controlled society! This is one of the purposes for the cashless society's existence. Where there is no credit, there is no debt in which to drown."
That was 10 years before CENCOM became the Internet! Today, Mastercard wants to eliminate the credit card.
https://fortune.com/2022/05/17/mastercard-facial-recognition-fingerprint-scanning-verification-metaverse/

The credit card company is looking to be a key player in how transactions are made in the virtual world.

29/05/2022

No words. Just deep appreciation and thanksgiving.