Lost in Thought

In the not too distant future, Facebook profiles for dead people will actually outnumber the living people on the site, a new study has suggested, which raises important questions over who owns the data of the dead. The study estimates that the number of deceased users on Facebook could reach as high as 4.9 billion before the end of the century.

Guantanamo Bay, the US prison in Cuba for terrorism suspects, may soon need a major refurbishment in order to accommodate hospice facilities for aging inmates, according to a report in The New York Times. The Pentagon now seeks to build a small prison with communal hospice care that can accommodate 15 prisoners, and requested $88.5 million to fund the project.

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