The countdown to the second royal baby is over. And it’s a princess! The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a girl Saturday at a London hospital, Kensington Palace tweeted. The baby princess weighed 8 […]
Month: May 2015
China Isn’t The Only One: Airbus Sues Over NSA Blueprint Theft
Fresh evidence emerged Friday that China isn’t the only country engaged in rampant industrial espionage. European aerospace giant Airbus is promising legal action over claims its top secret blueprints were stolen by German spies and […]
SpaceX Has Competition: Blue Origin Successful In First Test
The golden age of rocketry may be upon us. Billionaires who made quick dot-com cash successfully launching commercial rockets is officially a trend, now that Jeff Bezos, of Amazon fame, has followed in the footsteps […]
Oil By Rail Faces Tough New Regulations, Eventually
U.S. and Canadian regulators unveiled tough new regulations on Friday that will require railways to transition to tougher tank cars and use new braking systems for trains carrying flammable liquids. The long-awaited steps are aimed […]
Psychologists Met In Secret To Help Bush Justify Torture Program
Disturbing revelations about just how far our government will go to justify their actions to the public have emerged today. A watchdog analysis released on Thursday shows that the leading American professional group for psychologists […]
Latest Tests Show Impossible Sounding Space Engine Quite Possible
A team of NASA scientists have been working hard on a project many have called utterly impossible. Yet there are new signs, that in typical NASA fashion, what some say is possible is actually well […]
New York Port Authority Rife With Corruption
While Bridgegate stinks like a dead fish on the Jersey Shore, David Wildstein, a key figure in the scandal is set to plead guilty on Thursday and is cooperating with prosecutors probing the Fort Lee […]
U.S. Navy To Escort All U.S. Flagged Ships Through Persian Gulf
In a move that underscores America’s commitment to her commercial interests and her citizens, the U.S. Navy announced that battleships will begin to accompany U.S. flagged vessels as they travel the Strait of Hormuz. The […]
Starbucks’ Ethos Water Actually Comes From Drought-Ridden California
Celebrities like Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio have advocated for Starbucks’ Ethos Water, those bottles in the cold case that are supposedly help alleviate the world’s water crisis. But beware celebrities pitching quick fix solutions […]
Tesla Unveils Game Changing Battery Packs
Elon Musk revealed on Friday Tesla’s long-expected battery products, with the hope they put an end to humanity’s production of carbon dioxide as a side effect of energy generation. “No incremental CO2 is the future […]
Twitter And Others Banned From EU Lobbying
Twitter could soon find itself ignored by top European lawmakers. Twitter, as well as media companies BSkyB, TalkTalk, LG Electronics and Angry Birds maker Rovio missed an annual deadline to register their lobbying operations to […]
Boeing 787 Software Bug Shuts Down Generators Mid Flight
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an advisory for Boeing’s 787 because a software bug shuts down the plane’s electricity generators every 248 days, even if the plane is mid-flight. “We have been advised […]
U.S. Senate Takes Aim At Patent Trolls With Reform Legislation
Last year, bipartisan legislation designed to curb patent trolls got stuck in a Senate bottleneck, with then-Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont saying he was “furious” with his fellow Democrat, then-Majority Leader Harry Reid, […]
French Special Forces Caught Abusing Children In Africa
Starving, homeless young boys in the Central African Republic were made to perform sex acts on French soldiers in return for food or money, the director of an advocacy group announced on Thursday, citing a […]
Motel 6 Caught Uploading Guest Information To Police
In yet another example of pervasive spying on Americans by law enforcement and big corporations, the Providence Journal reports on a newly signed agreement between Motel 6 in Warwick, R.I. and the local police force. […]
More Than 100 People Arrested In New York Protests
Over 100 people were arrested in protests in support of Freddie Gray as the unrest spread to New York City Wednesday night, according to reports. The New York protest, which began in Union Square, was […]
Social Media Can Predict Unrest But Is This Ethical?
While the broken glass and burned wreckage is being cleared in the wake of the riots that hit Baltimore’s streets this week, researchers are already analyzing the situation to see if such events can be […]
Rare Win For Literacy As White House Announces E-book Initiative
The literacy movement saw a rare win on Thursday after years of attack from the copyright monopolies and tech companies who have sought to remove libraries from our culture. The White House on Thursday launched […]
Netflix Moves To Children’s TV, Will Produce ‘Green Eggs And Ham’
Netflix continues its quest to disrupt the film and television industry as it announced plans Thursday to adapt Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss’ famous creation – and make it into a TV animation. […]