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 […]
Month: June 2015
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, […]
Embattled World Soccer President Resigns In Shame After Latest Revelations
Sepp Blatter, head of corrupt world soccer body FIFA, announced he will step down as head of the governing body but only after a fresh vote “for the election of my successor,” he said Tuesday. […]
Iran Jails Cartoon Drawer For 12 Years Just Days After Holding Cartoon Drawing Contest
Don’t let Iran’s art takeovers or cartoon drawing contests fool you: Its still a fanatically religious country where oppression and human rights abuses are the norm. The latest news out of Iran confirms this as […]
ISIS Declares War On Palestine, Kills Top Hamas Commander
The Islamic State (ISIS) seems to want war with everyone, everywhere as militants announced they have assassinated a top Hamas commander by blowing up his car. They went on to declare war on Palestine and […]
Google Can Now Count The Calories Of Your Food Porn
Google continues to push hard into the realm of artificial intelligence, with its Google Now service increasingly offering predictive alerts based where you are and what you’re doing. Its latest project, yet to be released, […]
Teens Pursuing Healthier Habits After Searching The Web
New research shows that parents’ fears about their teens and the internet may be well overblown. Many are actually switching to healthier habits after consulting the Web. The new study, the first in more than […]
U.S. Planes Flying In Circles Rather Than Bombing ISIS
The U.S. response to ISIS has been underwhelming, as while the threat was forecast by Pentagon officials since 2012, the U.S. has still not committed significant military forces to curbing what could be the worst […]
North Korea Wants Two Million Tourists To Visit
North Korea has a bit of an image problem. Between starving its people, publicly executing officials with anti-aircraft guns and its nuclear ambitions, the hermit kingdom isn’t the kind of place most people would think […]
Wikileaks Offers $100,000 Bounty For Full Text Of Shadowy TPP Trade Deal
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the most secretive trade deal in history. It is a defining deal for the Obama administration, solidifying their place in American history as the most secretive administration ever. And […]
Apple’s Most Trusted iPhone Manufacturer Will Soon Be Building Tons Of Electric Cars
Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, thanks to lucrative manufacturing contracts to produce Apple’s iPhone, iPad and other devices. But it is increasingly a big […]
Putin’s Favorite Tigers Are Making A Comeback
In Russia, what dictator Vladimir Putin wants, Vladimir Putin gets. The increasingly erratic Russian leader is known to have a soft spot for the endangered Amur tigers, which call Russia home. These tigers are continuing […]
Netflix To Start Running Advertisements On Shows And Movies
Netflix claimed on Monday its just “experimenting” with ads that run both before and after every episode and video. The company claims its a test but if the data is good the company will likely […]
U.S. Military Sent Live Anthrax To Canada, New Reports Confirm
The U.S. military’s live anthrax scandal widened on Tuesday as USA Today reports that more samples were shipped to three laboratories in Canada by a U.S. military lab. The news comes in the wake of […]
Lego Launches Surprise Video Game Based On Minecraft
Children’s toy Lego has increasingly expanded its empire of physical toys, doing collaborations with Batman, Jurassic Park and even video game company Minecraft. But apparently Lego wants more and yesterday it announced its own video […]
$400 Surprise Expense Is Enough To Plunge 47% Of American Households Into Financial Emergency
There’s a raging debate among economists and investors about just how well the U.S. economy is doing. Labor force participation is at all-time lows, so while employment stats look OK, many people have just given […]
Russia Joins The Spy On Your Citizens Party With Backdoored Russian Made Smartphone
In Russia at least they’re honest that the government is spying on you. While our NSA performs legal acrobatics to convince the American public they’re abiding by the law when in fact they are not, […]
Silicon Scammer Ellen Pao Appeals Her Loss In Court
Conniving Silicon Valley scammer Ellen Pao is still going for the money. The supposed female rights advocate, and current Reddit CEO, will appeal the result of a gender discrimination lawsuit she brought against the powerful […]
French Unemployment Surges To Record Highs
Whatever it is that France and or Europe is doing, it isn’t working. Despite numerous promises by the socialist Hollande government, French unemployment has risen non-stop for 4 years. It also just an all-time record […]
Forget About China, India Is About To Go On A Tear
Those in the know about China often state that the country will grow old before it grows rich. Its corrupt communist leaders, aging population and maturing state of development mean the rapid growth it has […]
Canadian Province Considers Removing Gender From Its Birth Certificates
As Bruce Jenner shows the world that the idea of gender may be more fluid than most assume, up in Canada the Human Rights Tribunal in British Columbia will consider removing gender designations from birth […]
Hollywood Quickly Starting To Produce Virtual Reality Movies & TV Shows
We’ve covered before how 2016 is poised to be the year of virtual reality and the momentum keeps gaining pace. The latest reports are that movie studios, television producers and artists are now quickly adopting […]