It’s no secret that Google collects user data, and although this impacts the majority of us: most of us aren’t aware of exactly how much data is being gathered. After all, how many of us are aware that our voice commands via Android or
Sarah Silverman famously suggested that we need to “sell the Vatican, feed the world” in 2009: Now, the video is not to be taken too seriously, but the idea isn’t that far from the truth. About 67-85 people control as much wealth as 1/2
“These new test results [from Emissions Analytics] prove that the Volkswagen scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. What we are seeing here is a dieselgate that covers many brands and many different car models,” said Greg Archer, an emissions expert at Transport
The web is turning writing into a conversation. Twenty years ago, writers wrote and readers read. The web lets readers respond, and increasingly they do—in comment threads, on forums, and in their own blog posts. Many who respond to something disagree with it. That’s
The spy agencies of at least Europe and the U.S. (but also likely China), have tools that allow them to take over smartphones with just a text message, and according to Edward Snowden. He added that there is “very little” that their owners can
The Indian government has announced that it is suing mega corporation Nestle over claims it deceptively allowed unsafe and illegal levels of lead in packages of Maggi instant noodles, which is one of the company’s most popular products. The lawsuit, which seeks nearly $100 million
The Sustainable Alternative Lighting project, otherwise known as SALt, has developed a salt-water lamp that runs purely on saltwater. Based in the island nation of the Philippines where the cost of candles, paraffin, or battery-operated lamps have hit the poor very hard, this project is
Lonnie Swartz is becoming the first U.S Border Patrol agent to be convicted of murder in a cross-border shooting. A federal grand jury indicted Mr. Swartz for second-degree murder on Wednesday (23rd of September 2015) in the 2012 death of 16-year-old Mexican citizen Jose Antonio Elena
Former hedge funder Martin Shkreli, who hiked the price of an AIDS pill by 5500 percent overnight, is only the latest example of price gouging in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically targetting the largely unregulated U.S. market. But he isn’t the only one doing this, and
“And so it begins … ISIS flag among refugees in Germany fighting the police,” blared the headline on the Conservative Post; “with this new leaked picture, everything seems confirmed”. The image in question purported to show a group of Syrian refugees holding ISIS flags
