Playing video games may increase your brain’s gray matter and improve how it communicates…
December 26, 2018
- According to the results of a study published in Nature, gaming could possibly increase the volume of gray matter in the brain.
- Researchers recently studied the insular cortex regions of frequent gamers and those who didn't play video games as regularly.
- The study found a correlation between playing action video games and increased gray matter volume in the brain.
Dow Soars 1,000 Points, Biggest Point Gain Ever…
GEOTUS even told us to buy the dip. Listen to the man. He apparently has time machine, no joke.
December 26, 2018
Stocks posted their best day in nearly a decade on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average notching its largest one-day point gain in history. Rallies in retail and energy shares led the gains, as Wall Street recovered the steep losses suffered in the previous session.
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Wednesday also marked the biggest post-Christmas rally for U.S. stocks ever.Organizers cancel Chicago Women’s March amid split over ties to Nation of Islam…
December 26, 2018
Local organizers have canceled plans for a 2019 Chicago Women’s March as scrutiny grows over the national group’s ties to anti-Semitic comments by the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan.
The annual January march in Chicago, which drew thousands of people to Grant Park the last two years, was nixed by organizers who cited high costs and limited volunteers.
But the announcement came after the Chicago chapter condemned and distanced itself the national Women’s March leadership for its ties to anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ statements from Minister Louis Farrakhan of the National of Islam.
Fearing new tsunami, Indonesia urges people to avoid coast near erupting volcano…
December 26, 2018
Indonesian authorities urged people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed at least 430 people over the weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.
[...]Indonesia's Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency asked people late Tuesday to stay at least 1,640 feet and up to less than a mile from the coastline along the strait, which lies between the two main islands. Government workers were monitoring Anak Krakatoa's eruptions and high waves and heavy rain were possible Wednesday, said agency head Dwikorita Karnawati.
"All these conditions could potentially cause landslides at the cliffs of the crater into the sea, and we fear that that could trigger a tsunami," she said at a news conference. She asked that communities remain vigilant but not panic.
13-Year-Old Girl Among Those Charged With MS-13-Style Murder
December 26, 2018
Five suspects arrested and charged with a brutal MS-13-style murder in New York City include a 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.
The suspects were reportedly charged with the murder of 23-year-old Ian Cruz, who was found dead with several bullet wounds to the head on Dec. 15, wearing only socks and underwear in Queens’ Bayswater Point State Park.
Israel’s IDF Used Passenger Airliners as Cover During Christmas Day Attack on Damascus…
December 26, 2018
Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Israel carried out airstrikes on Syrian targets as two civilian flights were landing in Beirut and Damascus, putting passengers at risk.
The Israeli military put two civilian airliners in immediate danger, Igor Konashenkov, the Defense Ministry spokesman, told reporters. “Provocative acts by the Israeli Air Force endangered two passenger jets when six of their F-16s carried out airstrikes on Syria from Lebanese airspace.”The IDF’s F-16 flew in as civilian jets were landing at Beirut and Damascus airport. The Syrian military didn’t deploy surface-to-air missiles and electronic jamming “to prevent a tragedy” and let Damascus air traffic control divert one of the passenger jets to a reserve airport in Khmeimim.
Artificial Intelligence Creates Realistic Photos of People, None of Whom Actually Exist…
December 26, 2018
These neural networks have, it seems, competed their way to generating images of fabricated human faces that genuine humans have trouble distinguishing from images of the real deal... What they've come up with, in other words, has made it not just more possible than ever to create fake faces, but made those faces more customizable than ever as well.
The Verge Raises Valid, yet troubling points...
Of course, the ability to create realistic AI faces raises troubling questions. Experts have been raising the alarm for the past couple of years about how AI fakery might impact society. These tools could be used for misinformation and propaganda and might erode public trust in pictorial evidence, a trend that could damage the justice system as well as politics.
Air Force One Spotted Over Europe, Seen Headed Towards Turkey…
President Trump's Full Speech to US Troops in Iraq 1080p...
December 26, 2018
Air Force One has been spotted flying over Yorkshire, England early Wednesday in what appears to be a flight headed towards Turkey, according to WikiLeaks and flight trackers - which later noted that the plane has disappeared.
A Boeing 747 with call sign RCH58 left Joint Base Andrews at approximately midnight Eastern time, and was seen over Hungary at approximately 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Thousands Of Patients Warned Of Potential HIV, Hepatitis Exposure…
December 26, 2018
More than 3,000 patients of an outpatient New Jersey hospital have been warned that they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
The patients received care at HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook between January and Sept. 7, the New Jersey Department of Health said in a statement.
The alert follows unspecified infection control breaches. All of the patients who were potentially exposed to infections have been notified, the department added.
DHS Calls CDC To Investigate Growing Number Of Sick Migrants
December 26, 2018
A DHS official told reporters that “literally dozens” of sick migrants are being transported to hospitals across the border each day and that growing numbers of children showing illness are present in border patrol custody.
“We’re doing dozens of hospital trips every single day with children that have fevers or manifest other medical conditions,” CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told CBSNews Wednesday morning.
An official also told reporters that DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is requesting that Mexican authorities also investigate the living conditions of migrant holding camps across the border to see if that is the source of illness.
World’s biggest gold mine nationalized in Indonesia…
December 26, 2018
It’s done. After two years of often fraught negotiations – and a last-minute environmental hiccup – the government and US mineral giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) have finally concluded an agreement effectively nationalizing Indonesia’s most prized mining asset in the mountains of easternmost Papua.
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In the end, Inalum paid a bargain-basement US$3.8 billion to raise the government’s stake from 9.36% to 51.23% stake in a deal concluded last July, securing the money through a global bond issue after a consortium of 11 foreign banks backed out, reportedly because of an issue over guarantees.