Archive for June, 2017
Michigan: Airport Police Officer Attacked in Possible Terror Incident
June 21st, 2017Via: NBC: An officer for Bishop International Airport was stabbed Wednesday in a possible terror-related incident in Flint, Michigan, sources told NBC News. The attacker allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” before stabbing Lieutenant Jeff Neville, who was bleeding from the neck, sources and witnesses at Bishop International Airport said. Neville is a member of the airport’s […]
Fraud: Britain Charges Barclays, Ex-Bosses Over ‘Unlawful’ Qatari Deal
June 20th, 2017Via: Reuters: Barclays (BARC.L) and four former top executives have been criminally charged over undisclosed payments to Qatari investors during a 12 billion pound ($15 billion) emergency fundraising in 2008. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Tuesday it was charging Barclays with conspiracy to commit fraud and unlawful financial assistance, making it the first […]
London Mosque Attack: Man, 48, Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
June 19th, 2017Via: Guardian: A man has died and eight others have been injured after a van ploughed into a group of people near a north London mosque in an attack police are treating as terrorism. A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Two people hit by the van were said to be […]
U.S. Warplane Downs Syrian Army Jet in Raqqa Province
June 18th, 2017Update: Russia to Lock SAMs on U.S. Fighter Jets and Drones Over Syria West of the Euphrates River Via: Independent: Russia has said it will treat US warplanes operating in parts of Syria where its air forces are present as “targets” amid a diplomatic row caused by the downing of a Syrian jet. The country’s […]
Life and Death in Apple’s Forbidden City
June 18th, 2017In other news, Taiwan’s Foxconn, Assembler of iPhones, Considering Wisconsin Plant. Via: Guardian: In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves. Research Credit: EG
Australia: Tesla Powerpack Trial on Transgrid Network
June 17th, 2017Via: Electrek: Now we learn that Tesla has won the latest contract with Transgrid, the company operating the NSW transmission grid, in order to deploy Powerpack stations at several sites across New South Wales. They announced this week that the first installation will be a relatively small 250kW/500KWh Powerpack station at the City of Sydney’s […]
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
June 16th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. will acquire Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion, a bombshell of a deal that catapults the e-commerce giant into the supermarket business with hundreds of stores across the U.S. Amazon agreed to pay $42 a share in cash for the organic-food chain, including debt, a roughly 27 percent premium to […]
Advanced CIA Firmware Has Been Infecting Wi-Fi Routers for Years
June 15th, 2017Via: Ars Technica: Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That’s according to secret documents posted Thursday by WikiLeaks. CherryBlossom, as the implant is code-named, can be […]
Booz Allen Hamilton: Federal Civil and Criminal Probe in Connection with Its Finances
June 15th, 2017Via: NBC: Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton sank as much as 13 percent in after-hours trading after the government services firm revealed in a regulatory filing it was the subject of a federal civil and criminal probe in connection with its finances. Last year, the company derived 97 percent of its revenue from U.S. government […]
Japan Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Surveillance Powers
June 15th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government passed controversial legislation that gives prosecutors the power to monitor and arrest people in the planning stages of crimes. As dawn broke in Tokyo on Thursday, bleary-eyed lawmakers voted to pass the so-called anti-conspiracy bill, which the government says is needed to bolster counter-terrorism precautions ahead of […]
