Judge Refuses to Unseal Criminal Charges Against Assange…
January 31, 2019
A federal judge has rejected a request to unseal criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange that were mistakenly revealed in another case.
Woman who sexually assaulted Infowars reporter has been arrested…
January 31, 2019
A participant in the Women’s March on Washington earlier this month has been accused of inappropriately touching a video producer for Infowars as he conducted interviews at the event, according to D.C. police.
Isabel O’Shaughnessy, 21, was charged with misdemeanor sex abuse, and a police spokesman said she surrendered Wednesday. A Superior Court judge released her pending her next court appearance March 14.
U.S. Postal Service Suspends Mail Deliveries In 10 States During Polar Vortex…
Extreme Cold Kills 4, tens of thousands without power...
January 31, 2019
The U.S. Postal Service suspended mail deliveries to parts of ten states on Wednesday, and many of those suspensions are expected to continue through Thursday as the Midwest weathers the brunt of the polar vortex weather event.
Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints
January 31, 2019
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 these databases to identify the voices taking part in a call and to search for other calls in which the voices of interest are detected. Some programs, like New York’s, even analyze the voices of call recipients outside prisons to track which outsiders speak to multiple prisoners regularly.
Tyson Recalls 36,000 Pounds Of Chicken Nuggets Which May Contain Rubber…
January 31, 2019
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps…
Chaos has reportedly erupted inside Facebook as employees find themselves unable to open the company's apps on their iPhones...
January 31, 2019
Facebook employees told Cheddar they think the company is being "unfairly targeted" by Apple.
Facebook is so arrogant and ignorant that they honestly think they are being unfairly targeted for deliberately subverting the rules of the marketplace that enables them to have a product in the first place. You're intentionally subverting rules, that means you’re being targeted fairly for your actions.
Good for Apple.
Super Bowl security: 33 arrested on sex-trafficking charges…
January 31, 2019
With the Super Bowl just days away, federal law enforcement officials announced Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in metro Atlanta on sex-trafficking charges. Authorities said they had also rescued four victims as part of the operation.
Fleccas Talks: Conservatives of Color Smash the Fake News Narrative at Candace Owens’ #BLEXIT LA…
January 31, 2019
Hydrogen trains are coming – can they get rid of diesel for good?…
January 31, 2019
The difficulty often seen in trying to introduce a new kind of transport fuel is that vehicle owners won’t use it without the infrastructure to support it but infrastructure builders won’t install it unless there is demand from vehicle owners. A government-funded experiment with hydrogen trains could help overcome this problem and bring the renewable hydrogen economy one step closer to reality.
China just tested the world’s most powerful naval gun, and US intelligence says it will be ready for warfare by 2025…
January 31, 2019
China tested the world's most powerful naval gun earlier this month, and it is expected to be ready for warfare by 2025, according to people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report.
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Between 2015 and 2017, the weapon was calibrated to strike at extended ranges, increasing its lethality. By December 2017, the weapon was successfully mounted on a warship and began at-sea testing, a feat no other nation has accomplished. The Chinese are expected to complete at-sea testing by 2023.Colorado Senate passes bill to essentially eliminate Electoral College…
January 31, 2019
Colorado’s Senate has passed a bill to have the state award its presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
SB-19 passed on party lines Tuesday in the Senate.
San Francisco proposal would ban government facial recognition use in the city…
January 31, 2019
The deployment of facial recognition technology by government bodies in cities around the world continues to spread, even as lawmakers and technologists point out the ethical issues still plaguing these systems. That’s why a San Francisco elected official’s recent proposal is so important—it effectively bans the city from using the technology.
Rand Paul awarded more than $580K after neighbor’s attack…
January 31, 2019