US & World
October 5, 2018
2018 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege
On Friday, 2018 Nobel Peace Price was awarded to Nadia Murad, 25, a woman who was forced into sexual slavery…
October 5, 2018
U.S. sees unemployment at its lowest since 1969, continuing 8 years of job increase
On Friday, the Labor Department officially released its hiring and unemployment figures for September, giving insight to how the American…
October 3, 2018
California sued by Internet industry groups over net neutrality law
California’s passing of the new net neutrality law isn’t sitting well with industry groups that represent AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Verizon,…
June 2, 2018
President Trump nominates Geoffrey Starks for vacant FCC commissioner position
To fill the vacation Federal Communications Commission seat, President Donald Trump has officially nominated Geoffrey Starks to replace outgoing Commissioner…
May 3, 2018
Cheating in ‘Overwatch’ and ‘Fortnite’ is taken very seriously by Epic and Blizzard
Blizzard and Epic will not tolerate any cheating in Overwatch and Fortnite. Per Kotaku, we learned that a pair of…
April 25, 2018
Report: DOJ is investigating Huawei for violating Iran sanctions
For some time now, the US government and intelligence agencies have been warning consumers to not buy any Huawei smartphones.…
April 19, 2018
Lyft makes promise to make all rides carbon neutral
Lyft announced today that it will be purchasing enough carbon offsets to make male all rides carbon neutral. Within the…
April 18, 2018
Iranian officials can no longer use Telegram
Previously, Iranian government blocked messaging and social media apps such as Instagram and Telegram to “maintain peace,” but it was…
April 18, 2018
Puerto Rico is experiencing another full island-wide blackout
It appears that the island of Puerto Rico is experiencing power grid issues and remains unstable. According to the Associated…
April 16, 2018
France creating secure chat app to keep officials’ data within the country
Following Russian’s ban, Telegram will soon be losing more customers. In this case, the French government is testing an encrypted…
April 16, 2018
UK and UK are warning that Russia has been hacking routers worldwide
Today, we reported that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been briefed on a possible incoming Russian-based cyberattack that could…
April 11, 2018
Acting CEO of Cambridge Analytica is stepping down
Cambridge Analytica’s leadership may be going through a shakeup because the tech firm announced that its acting CEO, Alexander Tayler,…
April 6, 2018
Feds take down America’s premier prostitution website
It appears the federal agencies have seized control of Backpage.com, according to the notice posted late Friday on the infamous…
April 3, 2018
Subaru’s STI brand celebrates its 30th anniversary this week
If you’re a car enthusiast, more specifically a big fan of the Subaru STI brand, you should know that the…
March 29, 2018
Boeing production plant apparently hit with WannaCry ransomware attack
According to a report from the Seattle Times, a Boeing production plan in Charleston, South Carolina was the victim of…
March 26, 2018
Cambridge Analytica now faces accusations of violating US election laws
Cambridge Analytica’s moves on harvesting personal data of millions of Facebook users has not only prompted lawsuits over privacy concerns,…
March 26, 2018
Malaysian government proposes law that would make it illegal to spread fake news
To combat fake news, it appears that the Malaysian government has proposed a law that would make it illegal to…
March 26, 2018
FCC now aiming to block purchases from non-US firms posing ‘security threat’
According to a new proposal announced today by the FCC, they want to shut out companies “that pose a national…
March 20, 2018
United has suspended pet cargo flights after experiencing multiple dog-related incidents
Today, United Airlines has announced that it’s temporarily suspending its PetSafe program that allows for pets that travel in cargo.…
March 18, 2018
US Navy has launched submarine with gamepad-guided periscope
The US Navy’s fourth USS Colorado attack submarine has launched with an Xbox controller onboard. No, they won’t be using…