Archive for October, 2020
The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant
October 6th, 2020Via: Vice: The body tasked with oversight of the IRS announced in a letter that it will investigate the agency’s use of location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The move comes after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded a formal […]
SpaceX, L3Harris Technologies Get Pentagon Contracts to Track Missiles from Outer Space
October 6th, 2020Via: Nextgov: The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency—which will become part of the U.S. Space Force in 2022—selected SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies to produce satellites and sensors that can track and target advanced missile threats from outer space. Award notices published to the federal procurement site beta.sam.gov Friday afternoon indicate that SpaceX could receive more than […]
International Lawyers Bringing Class Action Lawsuits Over Covid Scandal, “The Greatest Crime Ever Committed Against the Public”
October 6th, 2020Via: Dr. Reiner Fuellmich / Off-Guardian: Research Credit: K
Millions Risk Losing Power Over Unpaid Utility Bills
October 6th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Millions of Americans are facing a dire situation of being without power or water as their utility bills pile up, and as state and local protections which allowed for deferred payments amid the pandemic come to an end.
The Post-Pandemic ‘New Normal’ Looks Awfully Authoritarian
October 6th, 2020Via: Reason: We’re told that life is never getting back to normal, so we need to suck it up and accept a world of mask-wearing, economic disruption, and social distancing. It’s a denatured echo of the warnings we’ve heard before that government responses to COVID-19 are pushing the world toward authoritarianism—but dressed up as if […]
Trump Returns White House
October 5th, 2020Via: Reuters: President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19, facing a staff hit by a wave of infections and a campaign further shadowed by the pandemic four weeks before Election Day. … Wearing a white surgical mask, Trump gave a thumbs-up and waved […]
White House Acknowledges Trump’s Condition Had Been Worse Than Revealed
October 4th, 2020Via: Reuters: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump’s condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public, saying doctors recommended the president go to the hospital after seeing he had a fever and his blood oxygen level dropped rapidly.
How the Police Use AI to Track and Identify You
October 3rd, 2020Via: The Gradient: Surveillance is becoming an increasingly controversial application given the rapid pace at which AI systems are being developed and deployed worldwide. While protestors marched through the city demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality, Minneapolis police trained surveillance tools to identify them. With just hours to sift through […]
For Years, Intel Sat On Its CPU Monopoly And Now The Tide Turns Against Them
October 3rd, 2020AMD’s Zen 3 chips (reveal 8 October) are going to be very ugly for Intel. Via: Seeking Alpha: Intel is scared.
Vitamin D Deficiency Possibly Associated with Glaucoma
October 3rd, 2020Via: Science Direct: This meta-analysis suggests that patients with glaucoma may have vitamin D deficiency. In addition, the vitamin D signalling cascade may be a contributing factor in developing glaucoma, which is supported by the evidence that b allele carriers of VDR BsmI exhibited an increase in the risk of glaucoma. Thus, dietary supplementation of […]
