Oh, this is fun: No one in the government seems to be doing much of anything to help curb gun violence, but they're totally willing to use your tax dollars… Read the rest of the article: House passes motion that lets members buy bulletproof vests with your tax dollars
Palantir Technologies is a data-mining firm that loves it some predictive policing: computer-aided sorcery that uses data models to try and predict where crimes may occur and who's got a… Read the rest of the article: New Orleans Police used predictive policing without telling the city's elected officials
When I'm not here pointing out dog videos, I spend the rest of my work day as a technology journalist. I decided that I wanted in on this line of… Read the rest of the article: Your old gadgets are likely good enough
Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932. That's today – except, 86 years in the past. When Cash died back in 2003, I was pretty shaken up. I grew… Read the rest of the article: It's Johnny Cash's birthday!
Parents who load their tablets and smartphones up with fun educational apps for their kids to play with may actually be doing them more harm than good. According to The… Read the rest of the article: Kids struggling to hold pencils thanks to too much tech
If you've had the sneaking suspicion over the past year that the world is going to hell, you're not alone. Amnesty International's 2017-2018 State of the World's Human Rights Annual… Read the rest of the article: Amnesty International warns that Trump's hatemongering sets "a dangerous precedent for other governments to follow."
While bopping around Italy's Abruzzo National Park, zoologist Paolo Forconi witnessed a pack of three young wolves assaulting a garden variety house pooch. While it takes a few nips from… Read the rest of the article: Watch this very good boy fearlessly escape a pack of wolves
Ricardo Palacios, a 74-year old rancher, had gotten used to Customs and Border Protection officials tromping across his south Texas ranch lands without permission over the years. But finding a… Read the rest of the article: Rancher takes feds to court over camera they placed on his property without permission
Venezuela is in crisis. The South American country has been a sore festered with political turmoil and socioeconomic woes for years now. Unemployment is a pandemic in the country and,… Read the rest of the article: Venezuelans with transplanted organs are dying due to a lack of drugs
DHL has been shipping and losing packages for close to 50 years.
Truly, the end times are upon us, friends. Soon, the dead shall rise from the earth and believers will be called to their reckoning. I know these things shall come… Read the rest of the article: Britain's KFCs just ran out of chickens
Until recently, under Canadian law, prison administrators could confine their charges to an indefinite period in solitary confinement. Thanks to a pair of high profile court rulings, this could change… Read the rest of the article: Canada struggle to end solitary confinement is "justice deferred"
According to The Hong Kong Free Press, Apple is set to hand over the keys to the the accounts of iCloud users in China to a company owned by the… Read the rest of the article: Report: iCloud plan puts China's Apple users at risk
Depending on your political leanings, the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, available on YouTube for the world to enjoy/loathe, will provide you with some catharsis or fill you with… Read the rest of the article: John Oliver is here to remind you that things, as always, are not OK
According to The Washington Post, a set of identical twins in Peru not only share the same parents and looks, but also, briefly, a prison sentence. In January, 2017, Alexander… Read the rest of the article: Identical twin drugged brother, left him in cell to escape prison
I love you, America! Between living in your country as a digital nomad for part of the year and attending events as part of my job, I've spent a lot… Read the rest of the article: Canadian healthcare isn't as free as you think
I can't believe I have to write this, but maybe jamming other people's shit up your ass isn't a great idea. When done by medical professions, under very specific circumstances,… Read the rest of the article: Placing other people's poop in your person is a piss-poor plan
Apple's been in the headlines over the past few months, for all of the wrong reasons. According to TechCrunch, their PR losing streak isn't going to stop any time soon.… Read the rest of the article: A single unicode symbol can crash iPhone, iPad and Mac apps
Good news! This week, folks living in as far north as Michigan may get treated to a stunning light show as Auroras will be shining brighter and further away from… Read the rest of the article: Expect Northern Lights and power grid fluctuations this week
The Environmental Protection Agency's mission is in its name. But it's hard to tell whether or not the EPA is doing its job if the government refuses to release any… Read the rest of the article: Environmentalists sue White House for access to withheld public records on pesticide use
