Grenfell survivor arrested after cannabis oil factory found in burnt out tower

A Grenfell Tower blaze survivor faces jail after a cannabis oil factory was found in the wreckage of the 24-storey building. Eamon Zada, 35, had produced enough cannabis oil to last one user 140 days. Zada was arrested after cannabis production supplies were found among the debris of the cladded north Kensington tower block three […]

Malvertising factory with 28 fake agencies delivered 1 billion ads in 2017

Enlarge / A tech support scam pushed by Zirconium displays the authenticated URL of Microsoft, making it easy for some people to trust. (credit: Confiant) Last year brought a surge of sketchy online ads to the Internet that tried to trick viewers into installing malicious software. Even credit reporting service Equifax was caught redirecting its […]

Gunman detained after fatal Moscow candy factory shooting

Published time: 28 Dec, 2017 03:55 Police in Moscow have located and detained the former owner of a candy factory, who shot and killed a guard during a quarrel with the factory’s new management. The shooting took place in southeastern Moscow on Wednesday morning. The disgruntled businessman pulled out a hunting carbine in the middle […]

Shooter kills 1 in Moscow factory building, takes several hostages – police source

Published time: 27 Dec, 2017 07:29 Edited time: 27 Dec, 2017 07:46 A shooter has reportedly gunned down a business rival at a Moscow confectionary factory and remains at large, police told local media. Several people have been taken hostage, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT […]

BMW is turning an abandoned paint factory into a micro-apartment building in Shanghai

BMW Group The car manufacturer BMW is constructing a micro-apartment building in Shanghai, China. As part of BMW’s urbanism and architecture project Mini Living, the company is transforming an abandoned paint factory into housing. BMW revealed its first concept apartment at the 2016 Salone de Mobile (Milan’s annual furniture exhibition), but now the Mini Living […]

The Tiny Dominican Factory That Disproves the Need for Sweatshops

The quest for ethical clothing production can seem futile. Many in the industry see low pay, unsafe labor conditions, and a host of other indignities commonly associated with garment-factory work abroad as vexing and intractable problems. For one thing, there are real doubts that consumers’ desire for clothing made in less-abusive conditions could ever override […]

Ford tests exoskeleton to ease strain on factory workers

Companies are starting to propose functioning exoskeletons for real applications, from soldier support to helping paraplegic patients walk. But they could also be customized to help everyday workers with their harder tasks, as Lowe’s lift-easing prototype demonstrated. Ford is taking a different tack by investing in the EksoVest, a new exoskeleton that supports factory employees’ […]

Still in Model 3 “production hell,” Tesla buys factory technology supplier

Enlarge (credit: Tesla) On Tuesday, Tesla announced that it had purchased an automation and machining company called Perbix. Perbix has supplied Tesla with parts for its high-tech factories in Fremont, California, and Sparks, Nevada, for the past three years, according to CNBC. Although it’s unclear how much Tesla paid for Perbix, the company says it […]

Pagani Will Restore Your Zonda at the Factory

– Although Horacio Pagani’s eponymous supercars can’t trace their history as far back as far as Lamborghini (Pagani’s former employer) does with its Polo Storico program, with some 137 Zondas built between 1999 and 2017, there’s still a sizable number of used supercars out there that perhaps could use some massaging at the factory. – It’s […]