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‘Now The Military Is Going To Build Robots That Have Morals’
May 14th, 2014Via: DefenseOne: The Office of Naval Research will award $7.5 million in grant money over five years to university researchers from Tufts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Brown, Yale and Georgetown to explore how to build a sense of right and wrong and moral consequence into autonomous robotic systems.
U-2 Spy Plane Caused Widespread Shutdown of U.S. Flights
May 5th, 2014Update: FAA Confirms Spy Plane Scrambled Air Traffic Control in California Via: NBC: The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed an exclusive NBC News report that a Cold War-era spy plane scrambled the computer systems of a major air traffic control system in Southern California, resulting in region-wide air travel delays affecting hundreds of flights and […]
FBI Releases Heavily Blacked Out Sandy Hook Records
May 2nd, 2014Via: The Courant: The FBI has released about 175 pages of heavily blacked-out documents from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre investigation. Of the 175 pages released in response to a Courant Freedom of Information request, 64 were completely redacted and most of the other 111 pages were heavily redacted. The Courant submitted the request […]
Pentagon to Destroy $1 Billion Worth of Ammunition [???]
April 29th, 2014Via: USA Today: The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition although some of those bullets and missiles could still be used by troops, according to the Pentagon and congressional sources. It’s impossible to know what portion of the arsenal slated for destruction — valued at $1.2 billion by the Pentagon […]
Armed Protestors at Bundy Ranch
April 11th, 2014Incident Possibly Related to Chinese Power Plant Deal Sent in by TR. Via: Infowars – Reuters: “[Reid] and his oldest son, Rory, are both involved in an effort by a Chinese energy giant, ENN Energy Group, to build a $5 billion solar farm and panel manufacturing plant in the southern Nevada desert,” he wrote. “Reid […]
Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board
April 10th, 2014Via: TechCrunch: Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor has joined the board of cloud file storage and syncing firm Dropbox.
Harsh Childhood Environments Linked to Drastic Chromosome Ageing
April 9th, 2014Via: New Scientist: Children growing up in severely disadvantaged circumstances can experience drastic chromosome ageing. By the time they are 9 years old their telomeres – the caps on the ends of chromosomes that shrink each time cells divide – can be as short as those of someone decades older. And a particular combination of […]
Ex-ABN Banker Schmittmann, Wife, Daughter Found Dead at Home
April 6th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Former ABN Amro Group NV Netherlands Chief Executive Officer Jan Peter Schmittmann, his wife and a daughter were found dead at their home yesterday after a possible “family tragedy,” Dutch police said. “The bodies of a father and mother and their daughter were found at the property” in the town of Laren, 32 […]
Du Pont Family Heir Convicted of Raping Daughter Sentenced to… (Wait for It) Probation – Also Accused of Abusing Son
April 1st, 2014Is the judge in on it? Compromised in some way? From The News Journal: A Superior Court judge who sentenced a wealthy du Pont heir to probation for raping his 3-year-old daughter noted in her order that he “will not fare well” in prison and needed treatment instead of time behind bars, court records show. […]
Attempt to Deposit Fake Bonds in Vatican Bank
March 31st, 2014Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Vatican police have apprehended a US man and a Dutch man trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank. The men were stopped by the police when they approached one of the guarded gates at the Vatican and asked to be let through […]
