Mind-Controlled Drones Are Already A Reality
Business Insider Researchers are now using US Department of Defense funding to explore what could be the next big step in drone technology: mind control. Daniel Pack, who manages the Unmanned [...]
Anti-surveillance tech coalition grows
The Hill A tech industry coalition dedicated to reining in government spying is adding a new member. Note-taking service Evernote is joining Facebook, Google, Microsoft and six other tech giants [...]
Cell tower at Idaho Elementary School on hold
ISJ Placement of a cell phone tower on the Chubbuck Elementary School property was again delayed by the Chubbuck City Council till next month. Parents of students at Chubbuck Elementary School [...]
Chevron Defends Its RICO Victory in the Epic Ecuadorian Oil Pollution Case
Business Week In March, Chevron (CVX) won an unusual racketeering verdict in federal court in New York that thrilled many members of the corporate defense bar. The company obtained a ruling that [...]
What happens when your friend’s smartphone can tell that you’re lying
WP In just a few weeks, the next installment of “The Hunger Games” will arrive in movie theaters. The latest in a long line of films to depict a future all-knowing or controlling government — [...]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai donates $50,000 to rebuild UN schools in Gaza
India Times Pakistani teenage rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has donated $50,000 to help rebuild UN schools in Gaza that have been damaged during the recent [...]
Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
BBC Hungary has decided to shelve a proposed tax on internet data traffic after mass protests against the plan. “This tax in its current form cannot be introduced,” Prime Minister [...]
Mexico Is Looking For 43 Missing Students. What Has Been Found Is Truly Terrifying
HP After a student protest in Iguala, Mexico, last month, dozens of young men were seen being hauled off into police vans. Then, they vanished. One month later, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa [...]
Final message of woman executed in Iran for killing ‘attempted rapist’: ‘Dear mum, don’t cry’
Independent UK The final message of a woman executed in Iran for killing a man she said tried to rape her has been released, telling her mother she would have justice in “the court of God”. [...]
Guantanamo Prisoner’s Attorneys Argue Government Appeal to Stop Release of Forced-Feeding Videos Would Fail
FDL Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner Abu Wa’el Dhiab, who has pursued a lawsuit against the United States government’s forced-feeding of prisoners, have asserted a federal court has all [...]
