In the last year, members of the government have accused the Black Lives Matter organization of being a terrorist organization, calling those associated with it “Black Identity Extremists.” An August FBI report, called “Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated to Target Law Enforcement Officers,” broadly categorized […]
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Honda hopes developers can help keep the LA Olympics moving
During the 2017 LA Auto Show, Honda Innovations put on a hackathon in conjunction with the city of Los Angeles, the show’s organizers, and partner Smartcar. The 24-plus-hour coding extravaganza asked developers to make The City of Angeles easier to navigate during a large sporting […]
A New Bill Wants Jail Time for Execs Who Hide Data Breaches
It’s been a rough week for a lot of people, but particularly for Apple. On Tuesday, a security researcher tweeted information about a dire bug in the company’s macOS High Sierra operating system that allowed anyone being prompted for system user credentials to bypass the […]
Virtual reality gets its groove back
Technophiles tend to overestimate the pace of mass adoption. For example, virtual reality fans expected a lot more of us to be whiling away our days with goggles stuck to faces, immersed in virtual worlds. Instead, we’re still glued to our cell phones, as VR […]
NSA surveillance expansion bill moves to House for a vote
Where the agency previously only had authority to snoop on either foreign powers or an “agent of a foreign power,” it would have the authority to surveil anyone who knowingly helps others who conduct “international malicious cyber activity.” That looser definition theoretically lets the NSA […]
Trump: approvato maggiore taglio tasse della storia
"Il maggiore taglio delle tasse della storia è stato approvato in Senato. Ora i repubblicani lavoreranno per il via libera definitivo. Grazie ai repubblicani della Camera e del Senato per il loro lavoro e il loro impegno". Lo twitta il presidente americano Donald Trump commentando […]
Russiagate, resa di Flynn: “Ho contattato i russi lo chiese il genero di Trump”
L'ex consigliere confessa di aver mentito all'Fbi sui rapporti con Mosca: “Ho agito d'intesa con Kushner”. La Casa Bianca lo scarica: riguarda lui. L'ex consigliere per la sicurezza nazionale Michael Flynn dopo l'udienza in tribunale a Washington … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
This Scientist Wants to Bring ‘Star Trek’ Values to Congress
Vulcanologist Jess Phoenix never expected to be involved in politics. Until recently her life revolved around science—traveling the world to study different volcanoes and running an educational nonprofit. But the environmental record of the Trump administration has motivated her to run for Congress. “These guys […]
Amazon envisions delivery drones that self-destruct in emergencies
The patent is specifically for “directed fragmentation of unmanned airborne vehicles,” or in other words, controlled destruction of drones. The flight controllers can analyze such factors as the drone’s flight path, current conditions and the ground it’s flying over in order to determine the best […]
Original Content podcast: We ride with the outlaws of ‘Godless’
Some big names — including Jeff Daniels, Michelle Dockery and Scoot McNairy — donned cowboy hats and mounted horses for Godless, a seven-episode Western on Netflix. Each episode was written and directed by Scott Frank (A Walk Among the Tombstones), while Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven) serves […]