In what is likely to be the media deal of the year, the National Football League has partnered with Yahoo for the one time internet darling to be the exclusive partner to deliver the first-ever […]
Day: June 3, 2015
ISIS Announces Plans To Expand Into Africa
The threat from ISIS is gathering momentum as it is increasingly using its new found wealth to expand into foreign territories. While it already has an alliance with Nigerian terror group Boko Haram, the group […]
Google Secretly Storing All Your ‘OK Google’ Voice Commands
Google doesn’t have a good reputation for protecting user privacy so, while disturbing, it should come as no surprise that a free service from Mountain View abuses what little you have left. It was discovered […]
Apple Suffers Rare Failure As It Recalls Beats Speakers Over Fire, Burn Concerns
It isn’t often that Apple, the world’s most valuable company, makes a mistake. But that’s exactly what happened Wednesday after it was forced to recall its Beats Pill XL speaker after a number of reports […]
Anti Vaccination Movement Leads To Return Of Diphtheria In Spain
Government health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, which withholds much needed vaccinations to deadly diseases on the grounds the shots are more harmful to children than the diseases […]
Pinterest Is Going To Crush All Other Social Networks In Profitability
Social networks are not known to make money. While Facebook makes some money, its mostly via accounting tricks and a unique growth cycle rather than cold hard cash. Ill-fated Myspace and undermonetized Twitter all have […]
Despite $35 Billion Crime Spree Head Of JP Morgan Is Now A Billionaire And Not In Jail
For common folks crime doesn’t pay, but if you’re the head of a too-big-to-fail criminal racket known as a bank, in this case JP Morgan, it certainly does. And quite handsomely. Bloomberg, which tracks those […]
British Student Union Votes To Boycott Israel Over Palestinian Genocide
Despite Israel’s massive propaganda efforts across global media outlets, the world is starting to take notice of the appalling atrocities the state is committing against Palestinians, in what has become an act of genocide. The […]
FBI Is Investigating Disgraced FIFA President Blatter For Bribery
The FIFA soccer scandal continues to widen as reports surfaced late Tuesday that the FBI and U.S. prosecutors are investigating Sepp Blatter, who announced his resignation on Tuesday, as part of a wide ranging probe […]
Norway Launches World’s First Bumble Bee Highway
While it may seem like a cute story, the world’s bee population is a pressing issue. World bee populations are declining at a rapid pace which has huge knock-on effects for commercial farming. Without bees […]
South Korea Tests Powerful New Missile In Latest Sign Its Growing Tired Of Its Erratic Neighbor
North Korea isn’t the only one with missiles on the Korean peninsula. South Korea on Wednesday tested a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, developed under a new agreement with the […]
ISIS Is One Of Social Media’s Top Spammers
Terrorist group ISIS is known for their heavy use of propaganda, especially the use of social media to distribute their sickening videos and fanciful ideas. But the end result is the recruitment of impressionable young […]
Apple CEO Comes Out Swinging Against FBI Plan To Spy Of Civilians
The FBI has NSA envy. While the NSA gets all the hot new tools to hack iPhones, Androids and all your favorite social media accounts, the FBI has been left to do regular old police […]
Indiana Starts Needle Exchanges To Fight Raging HIV Outbreak
“Anybody need clean needles today?” isn’t exactly what you’d expect to hear shouted from a car in rural Indiana but its a phrase that’s increasingly heard as the state struggles to combat a raging HIV […]
NASA To Test Mars Bound Flying Saucer Thursday
The United States has a rich history of flying saucers, not just from UFO reports, but actual experimental planes that flew, or rather hovered, in the 1950s. While those planes didn’t work out so well, […]
Facebook Owned Instagram To Be Covered In Ads
When a tech billionaire buys a product that is ad free and all about the users its usually a sign that things will change in the very near future. True to form, serial privacy invader […]
Dairy Giant Bans Milk From Suppliers Who Mistreat Cows
People are increasingly demanding accountability from animal producers regarding what animals are fed and how they’re raised. Big corporations, who have traditionally turned a blind eye to such concerns, are increasingly taking notice. Global dairy […]
California Proposes Tough New Pipeline Standards After Santa Barbara Spill
It seems California doesn’t trust big oil companies which perhaps has something to do with the massive spill late last month onto Santa Barbara’s pristine Refugio State Beach. In addition to being a big spill, […]