Archive for June, 2021
Living in Mexico’s Kill Zone
June 9th, 2021Via: Al Jazeera:
“Secure” Messaging App Used by Criminals Operated by FBI
June 8th, 2021Via: AP: Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they said dealt an “unprecedented blow” to organized crime around the world. … The seeds of the sting were sown in […]
How the Wealthiest Americans “Sidestep” Federal Income Tax
June 8th, 2021Via: ProPublica: ProPublica has obtained a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15 years. The data provides an unprecedented look inside the financial lives of America’s titans, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg. It shows not […]
Pfizer Skipped Critical Testing and Cut Corners on Quality Standards, Documents Reveal
June 8th, 2021Via: The Defender: New documents obtained by TrialSite News suggest routine quality testing issues were overlooked in the rush to authorize use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine, and that U.S. and other governments are conducting a massive vaccination program with an incompletely characterized experimental vaccine. Regulatory documents revealed Pfizer didn’t thoroughly examine biodistribution and pharmacokinetics […]
Tiny Animal Revived After 24,000 Years Entombed in Siberian Permafrost
June 8th, 2021Via: New Scientist: A tiny animal called a rotifer has been revived after spending 24,000 years frozen in permafrost. It is the longest a rotifer has been observed to survive in such extreme cold. While simple organisms like bacteria can often survive millennia in permafrost, “this is an animal with a nervous system and brain […]
Apple in Talks with CATL, BYD Over Battery Supplies for Its Electric Car
June 8th, 2021Via: Reuters: Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL and BYD, about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
Former FDA Commissioner Claims Fauci Briefed World Leaders That Coronavirus Could Have Escaped from Wuhan Lab
June 8th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The former head of the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, has said Dr. Anthony Fauci told world leaders in the spring of 2020 that the coronavirus may have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. U.S. researchers around that time still were considering whether the virus came from a lab break, […]
How Did FBI Get Private Key to Bitcoin Wallet Used by Pipeline Hackers?
June 8th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: In the digital world, though, it’s a simple matter to then transfer those Bitcoins to another address. And another. And another. This is done to obscure a trail and mask the flow of funds, kind of like money laundering. By May 27, the FBI had identified at least two dozen different Bitcoin addresses […]
Crackdown on Academic Freedom: Prof Under Attack for Asking Students to Think Independently
June 7th, 2021Via: The Defender: In this interview, professor Mark Crispin Miller, Ph.D., provides us with a startling example of a crackdown on academic freedom, with dire implications for free speech in America today. Ironically, it was his teaching students how to question propaganda, and to resist it, that brought on the curtailment of his academic freedom, […]
Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for Typing Speed
June 7th, 2021Via: IEEE Spectrum: The ancient art of handwriting has just pushed the field of brain-computer interface (BCI) to the next level. Researchers have devised a system that allows a person to communicate directly with a computer from his brain by imagining creating handwritten messages. The approach enables communication at a rate more than twice as […]
