BY EVA GALPERIN EFF.Org On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future.
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By Melanie D.G. Kaplan Smartplanet.com Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gave a keynote address yesterday at the mHealth Summit, an annual gathering that focuses on improving health care through mobile technology.
By Adam Taylor Business Insider WikiLeaks is said to be preparing a release that will allege Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has been a US informant since the 1970s.
By Chris McGreal Guardian UK Officials in key parts of the Obama administration are increasingly convinced that sanctions will not deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear programme, and believe that the US will be left with no option but to launch an attack on Iran or watch Israel do so.
By Bill Wilson Daily Jot News Service There is an ancient proverb that says “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”
“Fitch has upgraded the country to investment grade BBB – with stable outlook, expecting government debt to peak at 100pc of GDP.
By JULIAN GAVAGHAN Daily Mail Bacteria usually found orbiting high above the Earth have been found in a British river – and could be a new power source for the world. The mysterious organisms, found in the the mouth of the River Wear, in Sunderland, can generate electricity using a special battery called a microbial fuel cell.
BY JR NYQUIST Finicinal Sense Last week I quoted from a book by Reza Kahlili, A Time to Betray. This week I had a chance to speak with Mr. Kahlili by phone, and ask him about the Iran crisis.
A worker of the IAA, Israel Antiquities Authority, points at a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010.
By News.com.au YOU should never underestimate the power of the Dark Side, or the size of their wallet. Economics students believe they have figured out how much it would cost to build the Death Star. And it’s no wonder the Emperor appears haggard.
By Word Nowadays, whenever an artist attains a certain amount of success, especially when sudden, it’s directly attributed to them being apart of the Illuminati, a secret society helmed by Jay-Z that pretty much controls the world through song.
By David Cohen BBC News Mark Post has been given €300,000 to make a hamburger, in one year. Easy money, you might think, but try doing that without using meat that has come from an animal.
BY JIM CAMPBELL Western Journalism The Oath Keepers recently held a convention in Las Vegas, NV, open only to police officers and sheriffs in which former sheriff (and current congressional candidate) Richard Mack discussed how the 168 attendees could reacquaint themselves with their oath to the Constitution and their own protection when they carry out their duty.
By ALASTAIR STEVENSON IB-Times UK Twitter accounts associated with the Anonymous collective have posted messages promising a massive announcement later this week. The statement was published on Tuesday, stemming from the YourAnonNews Twitter account. While remaining vague about the details, the account posted an ominous tweet promising a large announcement was coming. “Stay tuned for a MASSIVE announcement from #Anonymous, coming later this week,” read YourAnonNews’s tweet. Following the message numerous other Anons – the name Anonymous members use to refer to themselves – retweeted the message. Analysts have since taken the message as an indication that the collective is going to post data…
By NJ.com The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including Rutgers University and the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.
By ROSS ANDERSEN The Atlantic Late one night in the summer of 1977, a large radio telescope outside Delaware, Ohio intercepted a radio signal that seemed for a brief time like it might change the course of human history. The telescope was searching the sky on behalf of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and the signal, though it lasted only seventy-two seconds
By David Rothschild The Signal With fewer than nine months to go before Election Day, The Signal predicts that Barack Obama will win the presidential contest with 303 electoral votes to the Republican nominee’s 235.