AP sues FBI over fake news story
The Associated Press sued the U.S. Department of Justice last Thursday over the FBI’s failure to provide public documents regarding a fake news story devised to surreptitiously plant [...]
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15 percent of men are willing to have sex with a robot, survey finds
Over the past 100 years, robots and machinery have made our lives easier and even replaced factory workers, telemarketers and manual vacuum cleaners while streamlining industry, improving m [...]
Irving ISD officials arrest student for bringing homemade alarm clock to school
In an age of hypersensitivity, people are prone to misidentify a Muslim for a terrorist, a hairdryer for a gun or a clock for a bomb. That is at least the case at Irving ISD, after school o [...]
New Study Reveals Robots Are Expected to Take 35 Percent of Jobs In Next 20 Years
Robots are a threat to human welfare in more ways than one. A recent, in-depth report found that approximately 35 percent of jobs in the UK are likely to be taken over by robots within the [...]
Malaysia to implant tracking device in every vehicle by 2018
Nationwide tracking devices are always a cause for concern in an age of increasing government surveillance. The most recent scheme to keep tabs on every citizen stems from Malaysia. The cou [...]
Muon particles may help detect missing nuclear fuel at Fukushima site
One of the biggest problems facing experts at the Fukushima Daicchi power plant is pinpointing the location of the melted nuclear reactor fuel. Researchers now believe that muons, tiny suba [...]
HSBC glitch causes thousands of Britons to be without payment during bank holiday weekend
Thousands of Britons did not receive their wages in late August because of a computer glitch, just before a bank holiday weekend. HSBC Holdings plc, a British multinational banking and fina [...]
Bill allowing government to collect virtually all data on U.S. internet users to be voted on in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a vote on the infamous Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) prior to a four-week recess beginning August 10. As of right now, h [...]
Computer glitch wreaks havoc on mutual fund industry
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. is working to fix a computer glitch which prevented hundreds of investors from knowing the values of their holdings. The episode coincides with a turbulent wee [...]
National Weather Service claims it would be unscientific NOT to use artificially inflated temperature records
Political bias may be trumping scientific fact at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). When it was pointed out to the federal agency that a weather station was readin [...]
