NASA/JPL-Caltech About 1 billion years from now, the sun will begin to die, blow off its outer atmosphere, and engulf our tiny planet in hot plasma. Luckily, the galaxy will have NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft to remember us by. The two nuclear-powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to […]
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Belgium launches twin probes into Brussels stab attack
Published time: 26 Aug, 2017 14:01 Belgian prosecutors said they launched twin investigation after a knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” attacked soldiers in Brussels. The assault is being treated as an act of terrorist. The assailant attacked Belgian soldiers with a knife in central Brussels on Friday night, according to the Belgian authorities. The man […]
Jeremy Hunt SQUIRMS as Charlotte Hawkins probes him over NHS nurses' pay cap
The Secretary of Stare for Health was on the ITV breakfast show to discuss the government’s pledge to create 21,000 mental health posts as part of the NHS’ expansion plan. He went on to add that he wanted to attract psychiatrists and mental health nurses back into the NHS, commenting: “We want to say that […]
FTC probes watchdog’s allegations of Amazon’s deceptive discounting
(Reuters) — As part of its review of Amazon’s agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Amazon misleads customers about its pricing discounts, according to a source close to the probe. The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some […]
‘Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press’ Probes the Chilling Implications of the Gawker/Hulk Hogan Case
It came out of the fictionalized mouth of an unrelated figure 20 years early, but the most succinct summary of the Gawker/Hulk Hogan case may well’ve been this line from Milos Forman’s The People vs. Larry Flynt: “If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it’ll protect all of you. Because I’m […]
Justice Department probes alleged abuses on prison transport vans
Bear Truck Hot/Flickr The Justice Department has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of abuse by the nation’s largest for-profit extradition company, according to a Colorado man who said he was recently contacted by the agency. Joseph Mondragon said he received a call within the past month from a man who identified himself as an […]
Weekly Rewind: Go karts on the high seas, security bots, and NASA probes
A lot can happen in a week when it comes to tech. The constant onslaught of news makes it nigh impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week’s top 10 tech stories, from our first take on the BlackBerry KeyOne to the juicer […]
U.S. Homeland Security probes possible abuse in Twitter summons case
(Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department’s inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter. Inspector General John Roth described the probe in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who had asked for an investigation due […]
U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is pursuing at least three separate probes relating to alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential elections, according to five current and former government officials with direct knowledge of the situation. While the fact that the FBI is investigating had been reported previously by the New York […]
FBI has three probes looking into Russia’s election hacking
It’s no secret that the FBI has been investigating Russia’s alleged bid to influence US elections through hacking, but it’s now clear just how deep that investigation goes. Reuters tipsters understand that there are “at least” three FBI probes into the hacks, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the breaches targeting Democratic […]
