Archive for July, 2014
U.S. GOVERNMENT JET FLYING PEOPLE INFECTED WITH EBOLA BACK TO U.S.
July 31st, 2014Update: Ebola Evacuation Planes Will Land at Dobbins Air Force Base Via: NBC: Ebola-infected Americans being flown from Africa to the United States will land at a military base outside Atlanta, officials said Friday. The patients will not be transported on U.S. military aircraft, but Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta will receive the planes […]
CIA Admits to Improperly Hacking Senate Computers
July 31st, 2014Via: National Journal: In a sharp and sudden reversal, the CIA is acknowledging it improperly tapped into the computers of Senate staffers who were reviewing the intelligence agency’s Bush-era torture practices.
Colorado Nurse Sues After Being a ‘Hostage’ in Police Drill
July 31st, 2014Via: Reuters: A Colorado woman is suing the nursing home where she worked and local police for allegedly not telling her that a gunman who held her hostage was a police officer conducting a safety drill, court documents show. Michelle Meeker claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver that she was […]
Argentina Defaults Again
July 31st, 2014Via: Forbes: Things couldn’t have come out worse. Everyone lost: Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt for the second time in 12 years, the holdout bond holders were left empty handed, and Federal Judge Thomas Griesa’s strategy to force Argentine to negotiate a settlement with the so-called venture funds failed. Furthermore, a least ditch effort […]
Panasonic and Tesla Sign Agreement for the Gigafactory
July 31st, 2014Via: Tesla Motors: Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors, Inc. have signed an agreement that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the United States, known as the Gigafactory. According to the agreement, Tesla will prepare, provide and manage the land, buildings and utilities. Panasonic will manufacture and supply […]
Lawyers Blocked Demo on De-Anonymising Tor
July 30th, 2014Via: Guardian: The Tor network promises online privacy by routing users’ internet traffic through a number of servers – or layers – while encrypting data. The surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is known to have used Tor to maintain his privacy, while the documents he leaked showed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) struggled to […]
Israel Launches Airstrike at Crowded Fruit and Vegetable Market Near Gaza City
July 30th, 2014Via: BBC: At least 17 people have been killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a fruit and vegetable market near Gaza City, Palestinian officials say. Hundreds of people were shopping in the market in Shejaiya, a spokesman for the Gaza health ministry said. The attack came during a four-hour truce called […]
UK to Allow Driverless Cars on Public Roads in January
July 30th, 2014Via: BBC: The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads from January next year. It also invited cities to compete to host one of three trials of the tech, which would start at the same time. In addition, ministers ordered a review of the UK’s road regulations to provide […]
Robot with Broken Leg Learns to Walk Again in 2 Minutes
July 30th, 2014Via: Medium: When animals lose a limb, they learn to hobble remarkably quickly. And yet when robots damage a leg, they become completely incapacitated. That’s not so much of a problem for robots that are confined to factories where help is always on hand. But robots have been evolving rapidly and are now on the […]
Collective Punishment in Gaza
July 30th, 2014Via: The New Yorker: Three days after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the current war in Gaza, he held a press conference in Tel Aviv during which he said, in Hebrew, according to the Times of Israel, “I think the Israeli people understand now what I always say: that there cannot be a […]
