Data consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked with Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, announced Tuesday that it has suspended its chief executive officer, Alexander Nix, pending an internal investigation. The news comes as Cambridge and its British counterpart, SCL, face a barrage of questions over […]
Day: March 20, 2018
Arrivederci, Taxpayer Money! Pruitt Spent $120000 on Weeklong Trip to Italy
WASHINGTON – In June 2017, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his entourage took a trip to Italy, which cost taxpayers $120,000. This is just the latest example of his profligate spending that has triggered investigations by the EPA inspector general and a House […]
Salesforce is buying MuleSoft at enterprise value of $6.5 billion
Salesforce today announced that it intends to buy MuleSoft in a deal valued at a whopping $6.5 billion. That’s not the selling price, but the amount the company has been valued at based on stocks, bonds and cash on hand. The exact price was not […]
US, UK investigating Facebook’s role in Cambridge Analytica data breach
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an inquiry into whether Facebook improperly allowed Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that backed President Trump’s 2016 election campaign, to obtain personal data from 50 million users. This weekend, a whistleblower informed the Guardian that, in […]
New York joins Massachusetts investigation of Facebook’s data use
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office was opening an investigation last weekend and she and Schneiderman aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Congressional leaders have also demanded more information from Facebook as has the UK Parliament. The FTC is also reportedly […]
IBM’s smart assistant is called…Watson Assistant
You saw this one coming, right? This week at its Think 2018 Conference in Las Vegas, IBM showed off its own take on the growing smart assistant category, aimed firmly at enterprise applications. Naturally, the company’s using the Watson name for the offering, and tacking […]
SFGATE: 18-year-old arrested in road rage pellet gun shooting
18-year-old arrested in road rage pellet gun shooting Published on March 20, 2018 at 09:14PM by By Jenna Lyons An 18-year-old San Rafael man was arrested on suspicion of shooting at a car with a pellet gun during a road rage incident, according to the […]
Tentò di uccidere sei romeni, arrestato boss della ‘ndrangheta
Appiccò un incendio alla loro abitazione, nel gruppo c'erano anche due bambini. In manette Antonino Labate, 68 anni, elemento di vertice dell'omonima cosca del quartiere Gebbione di Reggio Calabria. Tentò di uccidere sei romeni, arrestato boss della … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
9 reasons for hope in the face of climate change
9 reasons for hope in the face of climate change <img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/13524/images/simple_style_full/shutterstock_457369648.jpg?1491836615″ /><img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/13362/images/simple_style_full/Original_WW164138.jpg?1490292812″ />Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing people, wildlife, and the planet. From warming temperatures to more extreme weather, communities in the US […]
Tradewind Bioscience attacks the physiology of tumors to treat cancer
Cancer remains the one counterpoint to the march of medical progress that has scored human history over the last 200 years. Last year 600,920 people in the U.S. died from cancer, and another 1.7 million received an initial diagnosis of the disease. Globally, one in […]