Meet the Guy Selling Wireless Tech to Steal Luxury Cars in Seconds. Motherboard obtained a video of a so-called relay attack from EvanConnect, who sells keyless repeaters that can be used to break into and steal luxury cars…
February 13, 2020
Scientists discover the nearest-known ‘baby giant planet’…
February 13, 2020
Scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology have discovered a newborn massive planet closer to Earth than any other of similarly young age found to date. The baby giant planet, called 2MASS 1155-7919 b, is located in the Epsilon Chamaeleontis Association and lies only about 330 light years from our solar system.
Thanks to record-breaking markets and more retirement savings, the number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires has reached a new record…
February 13, 2020
Fidelity, the largest 401(k) provider in the United States, released its quarterly analysis Thursday... The study found a record 441,000 IRA or 401(k) accounts Fidelity manages had balances of $1 million.
Bayer Touts ‘Breakthrough’ in Herbicide Research – “It’s not like anything else that exists in herbicides”…
February 13, 2020
The German seed-and-pesticide supplier said it identified a chemical molecule that has proved effective against grasses that have evolved to survive other herbicides, including Bayer’s Roundup, the world’s top-selling weedkiller. Roundup has for years been losing effectiveness against a rising number of weed species and is the focus of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging a cancer link, which Bayer is contesting.
Facial recognition could be temporarily banned for law enforcement use under a new bill introduced in the Senate …
February 13, 2020
The draft law, introduced by Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley (Oregon) and Cory Booker (New Jersey), calls for a moratorium on using the technology until a commission recommends guidelines and limitations for government use. Facial recognition is being increasingly used by law enforcement across the US "without appropriate debate or consideration of its impacts," the bill says. It also notes the technology is not always accurate, especially among ethnic groups, women and young people.
House Judiciary Democrats Face Ethics Complaints For ‘Suspicious’ Conduct Filed by The Nonprofit Government Watchdog Americans For Public Trust…
February 13, 2020
The complaints have been lodged against Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Lucy McBath of Georgia, and call for an investigation into the representatives’ conduct that may have violated both House rules and federal law.
Mike Bloomberg is paying online influencers to post memes for his 2020 campaign…
February 13, 2020
"Mike Bloomberg 2020 has teamed up with social creators to collaborate with the campaign, including the meme world," Sabrina Singh, Bloomberg's senior national spokesperson, told CNBC. "While a meme strategy may be new to presidential politics, we're betting it will be an effective component to reach people where they are and compete with President Trump's powerful digital operation."
Relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays boss investigated by U.K. regulators…
February 13, 2020
Regulators have launched an investigation into the relationship between the American boss of one of Britain's largest banks and the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said Thursday. Jes Staley, the chief executive of Barclays, said he first met Epstein in 2000 but has had no contact with him since starting his current job in December 2015.
Nunes: AG Barr’s testimony would be bad for Democrats…
February 13, 2020
Scientists develop first electrically-driven ‘topological’ laser…
February 13, 2020
"Every batch of manufactured laser devices has some fraction that fails to emit laser light due to imperfections introduced during fabrication and packaging... This was one of our motivations for exploring topological states of light, which are much more robust than ordinary light waves." In the present study, the researchers worked with a type of electrically-driven laser called a quantum cascade laser...
Trump signs order to test vulnerabilities of U.S. infrastructure to GPS outage…
February 13, 2020
Lead Juror In Roger Stone Trial Was Left-Wing Former Political Candidate Who Despises Trump…
February 13, 2020
Tomeka Hart admitted to being a Stone trial juror in a Facebook post expressing outrage after four prosecutors withdrew from his case on Tuesday... Meanwhile, Hart - who was a Democratic congressional candidate in Tennessee in 2012, has a Twitter history littered with anti-Trump propaganda and was actively posting on social media during the trial.
Now it looks like the fore person in the jury, in the Roger Stone case, had significant bias. Add that to everything else, and this is not looking good for the “Justice” Department. @foxandfriends @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2020
This isn't the only Juror that had significant bias. In our report STONE COLD – Roger Stone Vs The D.C. Circus Court, we detail how the Obama-Appointed U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson's first juror was a Obama-era press official with admitted anti-Trump views.
John Kelly praises Vindman: He did ‘did exactly what we teach them to do’…
February 13, 2020
Speaking at an event at Drew University, Kelly touted Vindman's conduct in wake of Trump's conversation, which soon became center to the House impeachment inquiry. He said that Vindman was rightly disturbed by Trump's request for Ukraine to announce investigations into his political rivals, saying it was "tantamount to an illegal order"... “He did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave,” Kelly, who served as chief of staff between 2017 and 2019, said. “He went and told his boss what he just heard.”
Trump's response:
....which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that “John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.” Wrong!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2020
“Like so many X’s” — It’s not even noon. He's already slaying.
Newspaper chain McClatchy files for bankruptcy…
February 13, 2020
The newspaper publisher, which operates in 14 states, is trying to restructure its debt and pursue a “digital transformation”...
Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Tells Buttigieg: ‘Stop Playing War Hero’…
February 13, 2020
The former Navy SEAL responsible for killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden offered some harsh advice for Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who often touts his five months in Afghanistan on the presidential campaign trail... As U.S. Marines Greg Kelly and Katie Horgan write in the Wall Street Journal, however, veterans often “roll their eyes” when Buttigieg talks of his time in the Navy.
Top CDC official says US should prepare for coronavirus ‘to take a foothold’…
In business vs. coronavirus, coronavirus is winning
New Communist Party chief of China's Hubei pledges to contain coronavirus...
Japan reports first death from new virus...
A second case of the coronavirus has been confirmed among US evacuees at California base...
China's coronavirus death toll reaches 254 in one day...
February 13, 2020
"At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.