Archive for January, 2019
White House Preps Emergency Wall Plan While Congress Negotiates
January 31st, 2019Via: Politico: The White House is finalizing details of a potential national emergency declaration to secure President Donald Trump’s border wall, even as lawmakers are trying to broker an immigration deal that could avert another shutdown in just over two weeks. Trump met with his budget chief, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Jared Kushner […]
The Half Tesla, Half Honda, 100% Electric Hot Rod: Teslonda
January 31st, 2019Via: Vice:
Costco Stops Selling Roundup
January 31st, 2019Via: Moms Across America: On Friday, January 18, Elizabeth Desiree of Washington state posted on Facebook that she just got a call from an employee at Costco and he told her that Costco would no longer be selling Roundup. She had written him a letter and he was calling her back. I was excited but […]
Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints
January 31st, 2019Via: The Intercept: In New York and other states across the country, authorities are acquiring technology to extract and digitize the voices of incarcerated people into unique biometric signatures, known as voice prints. Prison authorities have quietly enrolled hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people’s voice prints into large-scale biometric databases. Computer algorithms then draw on […]
Schools Are Locking Students’ Phones Away to Help With Concentration
January 31st, 2019Via: Fortune: Students at a California high school are getting less screen time since the school implemented a ban on cellphone use during the school day. After one teacher at San Lorenzo High School brought pouches, created by the tech start-up Yondr, into her classroom to lock away students’ phones, the entire school began using […]
Dr. Jack Wolfson & Del Bigtree Discuss Vaccines
January 31st, 2019Via: Drs. Wolfson:
China’s Military-Run Space Station in Argentina Is a ‘Black Box’
January 31st, 2019China – Argentina – Patagonia ground station: Outrage, spying, unspecified doom in the media. United States – Australia – Pine Gap: *crickets* Via: Reuters: The United States has long been worried about what it sees as China’s strategy to “militarize” space, according to one U.S. official, who added there was reason to be skeptical of […]
Minnesota: Extreme Cold Straining Xcel Energy’s Natural Gas System, Residents Urged To Turn Down Thermostat
January 31st, 2019Via: WCCO: Xcel Energy is advising residents in parts of central Minnesota north of the metro to turn down their thermostats and reduce their natural gas use. According to the energy provider, the extreme weather conditions have resulted in a “significant” strain on Xcel Energy’s natural gas system. “We need those in Becker, Big Lake, […]
Jennifer Buscemi Deepfake
January 30th, 2019Via: The Daily Dot: While the nation grapples with concerns over the spread of inaccurate and deceptive information online, deepfakes—videos in which an individual’s face is superimposed onto another—continue to advance at a quickening pace. Now, the new ones are downright terrifying. Also, here is the original video, which was created by @Villain_Guy https://t.co/LrzDLKJVet — […]
Amazon Is Hauling Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks Developed by Embark
January 30th, 2019Via: CNBC: Amazon is using self-driving trucks developed by Embark to haul some cargo on the I-10 interstate highway, CNBC has learned. The trucks were previously noticed by a Reddit user, who photographed and shared images this week showing tractors emblazoned with the Embark logo and trailers painted with the Amazon Prime logo.
