Just a little over three months since the launch of Periscope, Twitter’s live streaming app for smartphones, the company announced today that a stunning 10 million people have used Periscope, with what it termed “burgeoning […]
Day: August 12, 2015
Former President Jimmy Carter Diagnosed With Cancer
Former President Jimmy Carter announced late Wednesday that cancer in his liver has now spread to other parts of his body. Carter, 90, had undergone surgery to remove a “small mass” from his liver earlier […]
UPDATED: Huge Explosion Rocks Chinese Port City Of Tianjin
Updated (Aug. 13th): At least 44 people have now been reported killed by the massive blast that residents likened to a nuclear bomb. A further 520 people have now been confirmed as being taken to local […]
Putin’s Arctic Adventures Hint At Falling Approval Rating At Home
Russian president Vladimir Putin last week claimed exclusive rights to miles of territory in the Arctic leading many to think he is losing his mind and becoming increasingly erratic. After launching a strategically questionable invasion […]
Pentagon Report Reveals Half A Billion Dollars Of Wasted Drone Spending
Inter-agency rivalry between the Air Force and Army led to massive cost overruns in the Predator drone program according to a 2010 Pentagon report that was recently released to the public. Under direction to combine […]
Chinese Smartphone Makers Just Got A Huge Advantage And Apple Should Be Worried
In Beijing’s latest attempt to stop the bleeding of its struggling economy, the Chinese yuan was devalued by 1.9% against the U.S. dollar, the steepest decline in greater than 20 years. One direct result of […]
Tomorrow NASA Will Test Fire The Engine That Will Bring Astronauts To Mars
In an exciting day for America’s space program, NASA is planning a test firing of an engine that will propel U.S. astronauts farther into space than ever before. The test will take place in Mississippi […]
Taliban Condemns Rival Terror Network ISIS For Being ‘Un-Islamic’
In an attempt to illustrate the differences among competing groups of Islamic radicals, the Taliban this week condemned a recent execution by ISIS militants wherein Afghan prisoners were killed using explosives. Citing the prisoners’ allegiance […]
China Raises Currency War Fears After Another Surprise Yuan Devaluation
In a surprising move, China has again this week moved to devalue its currency, the yuan. First acting on Tuesday in a nearly 2% devaluation, and again Wednesday with a devaluation of 1.6%, the government […]
Clinton’s ‘Convenient’ Email Server Found To Contain Highly Classified Intelligence
After being pressured for months to turn over her private email server to members of Congress, Hillary Clinton finally agreed to hand over to federal authorities the server and a thumb drive containing several emails […]
Pentagon Exercises Look To Develop Drone Detection And Disabling Technologies
The U.S. military recently concluded its annual training exercise known as “Black Dart,” testing out multiple methods of disabling unmanned aerial vehicles known as “drones.” News reports in the U.S. of a private drone operator […]
World’s Biggest Law Firm Hires Computer As New Associate
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has partnered with Ross Intelligence Inc. with the hopes of creating a user friendly legal research application unlike anything the legal profession has seen before. The Ross application is […]
California Votes To Strike The Term ‘Alien’ From State Labor Laws
The week California lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that eliminated any reference to the “derogatory” term “alien” from the state labor laws of the state while also putting a stop to the state’s preference for […]
Toyota Launches First Fuel Cell Vehicle Aimed Directly At Future Tesla Buyers
The first of Toyota’s hydrogen-powered Mirais exported to Europe and the UK have landed on the shores, awaiting delivery to the final consumers. While the landing of the limited availability Mirai on the shores of […]
Former Apple, Google & Amazon Vets Launching New Smartphone September 1st
Big Smartphone companies may like Sony may be quitting, but that has not done much to deter other companies from taking their places. Co-founder and Chief Executive of Nextbit Systems, a new San Francisco-based company, […]
Amnesty International Will Now Fight To Decriminalize Sex Work After Historic Vote
A critical vote to guard sex workers’ human rights was passed yesterday at the decision-making forum of Amnesty International, the International Council Meeting (ICM) in Dublin. Delegates from the world over adopted a decision that […]