Only 2% of Amazon shareholders vote against giving facial recognition to government
Amazon shareholders voted almost unanimously to reject a proposal to stop selling facial recognition tech to government agencies, and even a study of its effects...
Monthly Archives: May 2019
US proposes penalties on countries it accuses of manipulating currencies
The US Commerce Department has proposed a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that...
Teens’ MAGA hats blurred out in yearbook, school accused of censorship
Pro-Trump students at a Pennsylvania high school were stunned to find out that the 'Make America Great Again'...
US court orders man to attend Sikh parade, learn about faith after ‘hate crime’
An Oregon man was told to go to a religious-themed parade and learn more about Sikhism as part of his sentence for a hate crime....
1 dead, 11 injured as 8.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Peru
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru early on Sunday at a depth of just over 100 kilometers, according...
Judge orders partial halt of Trump’s border wall construction, blocks $1bn in military funds
A US district judge has partially blocked another avenue for President Donald Trump to fulfill one of his...
CrossFit slams door on Facebook & Instagram after popular user group deplatformed
Popular fitness brand CrossFit has deleted its Facebook and Instagram accounts with a combined following of about 6 million, saying the platforms betrayed users' trust...
One country that could win big from the US-China trade war
If China follows through on its retaliatory threat of raising US liquefied natural gas (LNG) tariffs from 10...
Elon Musk denies Tesla toilet paper shortage reports
Tesla founder Elon Musk has denied reports that things have gotten so bad at the self-driving car company...
US F-16 painted to resemble Russian Su-57 fighter jet makes maiden flight
A US F-16 fighter jet has took to the skies for the first time since being repainted to...
Amanda Eller, Hiker Lost in Hawaii Forest, Found Alive After 17 Days
It had been 17 days since anyone had seen Amanda Eller. Her car was spotted near a trailhead in a vast forest reserve in Hawaii,...
The US is losing the nuclear race to Russia and China
While nuclear power plants in the US are retiring as they face stiff cost competition from cheap and...
Owners of Noah’s Ark replica ‘museum’ sue insurers… for rain damage
The owners of Kentucky's 'Ark Encounter' creationist museum, a 510-foot-long model of the biblical Noah's Ark, are suing...
Air taxis to fly passengers in many cities across the world by 2025
Air taxis will offer services in a number of cities over the next six years, according to Oliver Walker-Jones, head of communications of German aviation...
Chinese dump iPhones & switch to domestic Huawei devices amid US crackdown
A growing number of former Apple devotees in China have started switching from iPhones to domestic Huawei smartphones...
Pope Francis says abortion is like ‘hiring a hitman’
As the issues of the legality and morality of abortion consume the national debate in the US, Pope...
Missouri bans abortions after 8 weeks
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has signed a bill which will make abortions illegal after the eighth week of pregnancy, joining five other US states that...