Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton outside the US Supreme Court. The Washington Post / Getty Images An official attempted to serve Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a subpoena. But Paxton fled his home in his wife's truck to avoid being served, an affidavit says. The process server said he shouted out but Paxton ignored […]
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AI software helps bust image fraud in academic papers
Enlarge / Colorized photo image of a Western blot test result. (credit: Getty Images) Scientific publishers such as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and Taylor & Francis have begun attempting to detect fraud in academic paper submissions with an AI image-checking program called Proofig, reports The Register. Proofig, a product of an Israeli […]
Hypnosis, truth drugs and remote-operated dogs: Declassified papers on CIA’s 'mind control' research
A renowned government secret hunter has published new documents detailing the CIA’s Cold War “behavioral modification” experiments (ranging from the bizarre to the stomach-churning), released under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents were published by “The Black Vault”, a site which has published enough government documents on the paranormal, UFOs and government mind control […]
Hypnosis, truth drugs and remote-operated dogs: Declassified papers on CIA’s 'mind control' research
A renowned government secret hunter has published new documents detailing the CIA’s Cold War “behavioral modification” experiments (ranging from the bizarre to the stomach-churning), released under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents were published by “The Black Vault”, a site which has published enough government documents on the paranormal, UFOs and government mind control […]
Paralyzed, terminally ill man had to sign assisted-dying papers in bus shelter
An Edmonton woman says her terminally ill best friend, who had ALS and was effectively paralyzed, had to sign his assisted-dying request form in a bus shelter because Covenant Health would not allow him to do so in its facility.
13yo New Mexico compound victim says he was trained to wage jihad – court papers
The chief suspect in the case of the New Mexico compound, where 11 children were kept in slum-like conditions, sought to build an army of child recruits to carry out jihad, according to an FBI interview with one of the victims. Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 37, who was arrested by the FBI and charged with child […]
Clinton-Yeltsin papers show 1990s 'equal partnership' for what it really was
Almost 600 pages of transcripts from meetings and phone calls between US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin paint a picture of a time when the West liked Russia because Moscow did what it was told. “You have guided your country through a historic time and you are leaving a legacy that will […]
Why You Can’t Trust More Cryptocurrency White Papers
Crypto-developers—ironically, a community devoted to eliminating centralized authority—could use more traditional vetting structures. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b4e7b360ea5ef37fa24f7f4/master/pass/Blockchain%20peer%20review%20debate.jpg
Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Movie Might Head to Netflix; Meryl Streep to Star; Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas In Talks
Netflix wants more Panama Papers-related projects in their line-up. They already have one film in the works about that subject, and now it looks like they’re circling Steven Soderbergh‘s Panama Papers movie The Laundromat. Plus: Meryl Streep has joined the cast, and Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas are both in talks to star. We’ve already reported on […]
Steven Soderbergh Will Shoot a Panama Papers Movie Called ‘The Laundromat’ Next
Steven Soderbergh is busier than ever. Within just the past eight months, the director has released an experimental app tied to an HBO miniseries (Mosaic), two feature films (Logan Lucky and Unsane), and he reportedly has another one called High Flying Bird that’s almost finished. But he’s showing no signs of stopping: a new report […]