Florida emerges as bright spot in COVID-19 fight…
May 7, 2020
Florida has reported 37,439 positive coronavirus cases and 1,471 deaths, ranking it eighth in the U.S. for the number of confirmed cases despite being the nation’s third most populated state. The case and death numbers point to something many may find surprising: Florida has not become as much of a hot spot as other states such as New York, California and Michigan.
Supreme Court overturns ‘Bridgegate’ convictions…
May 7, 2020
The unanimous decision clears the convictions of two allies to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
California Sheriff: ‘I Refuse to Make Criminals Out of Business Owners’…
May 7, 2020
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco reaffirmed his stance on not enforcing stringent stay-at-home orders, telling the Riverside County Board of Supervisors this week that he refuses to “make criminals out of business owners, single moms, and otherwise healthy individuals for exercising their constitutional rights.”
German authorities charge Russian hacker for 2015 Bundestag hack. The same hacker was previously charged in the US in 2018 for hacking the DNC and WADA…
May 7, 2020
German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, who broke the story today, says German authorities are looking for Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin, 29, from Kursk, Russia.
German authorities believe that Badin is a member of a Russian military Unit 26165, a unit part of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the military intelligence agency of Russia's armed forces.
We Might Have Just Found the Next Great Lighting Material. It’s efficient. It’s cheap. It’s the future…
May 7, 2020
Researchers in Switzerland have found a new organic light emitting diode (OLED) material that could scale the technology up to inexpensively light entire rooms and homes for the first time. The results come from a new arrangement of copper electrons, CuPCP, that replaces more costly precious metal diodes (PHOLEDs).
California County To Remove COVID-19 Patients From Homes That Don’t Self Isolate – Will Place In ‘Other Kinds Of Housing’…
May 7, 2020
"We also realize that as we find more contacts, some of the people we find are going to have trouble being isolated," said Levin. "For instance, if they live in a home where there is only one bathroom and there are three or four other people living there, and those people don't have COVID infection, we're not going to be able to keep the person in that home. Every person who we're isolating, for instance, needs to have their own bathroom. And so we'll be moving people like this into other kinds of housing that we have available."
US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, bringing seven-week tally to 33.5 million
May 7, 2020
China Readies Unveiling Of Stealth Nuclear Bomber Capable Of Reaching LA…
May 7, 2020
In response to rising tensions, China decided to leak via "military sources" that it will unveil the Xian H-20 supersonic stealth bomber later this year, effectively doubling its country's striking range... "The Zhuhai Airshow is expected to become a platform to promote China's image and its success in pandemic control – telling the outside world that the contagion did not have any big impacts on the Chinese defense industry enterprises," a source told SCMP.
Hacker buys old Tesla parts on eBay, finds them full of user data…
May 7, 2020
Data can be retrieved even after owners perform a factory reset, researcher says.
Microsoft Offers $100,000 If You Can Hack This Linux Operating System…
May 7, 2020
For a start, this isn't a challenge to hack into any old Linux OS. Instead, it's a very specific Linux OS that Microsoft has in mind: one that powers its Internet-of-Things (IoT) end-to-end security platform. That platform is Azure Sphere.
Trump vetoes Iran war powers resolution…
Senate fails to override Trump veto...
May 7, 2020
“This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party,” Trump said in a statement released by the White House. “The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands.”
The Senate, where Trump’s fellow Republicans hold a 53-to 47-seat majority, is expected to hold a veto-override vote as soon as Thursday.
Coronavirus Survivors ‘Permanently Disqualified’ From Joining U.S. Military, Recruitment Memo Suggests…
May 7, 2020
The contents of the memo, which has been circulating on the internet, were confirmed to Newsweek by the Pentagon, which described them as "interim guidance." The story was first reported by the Military Times. "During the medical history interview or examination, a history of COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory test or a clinician diagnosis, is permanently disqualifying," the memo reads.