President Donald Trump today continued his battle against American media. “They shouldn’t be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody’s name,” said Trump at CPAC, and several mainstream news organizations, including the New York Times, the LA Times, and CNN, were banned from a press briefing Friday. Trump advisor Steve Bannon yesterday also spoke aggressively … Read more
Garden Grove Senator Janet Nguyen (R) was removed from the floor by the Senate sergeant-at-arms during her criticism of lawmaker Sen. Tom Hayden, who passed away Oct. 23, 2016 and was given a tribute ceremony two days before. Hayden is famous for having traveled to North Vietnam with then-wife Jane Fonda in 1974. He was … Read more
When you livestream something and news organizations cover your story, using the images you uploaded in their report, is it copyright infringement? It is not, according to a recent ruling against a man who in 2016 livestreamed the birth of his child to Facebook (note: he did not intend for the livestream to be public, … Read more
Parks Canada announced this week that wild bison have been released in a remote valley in Banff National Park in a project to re-establish a thriving herd in the area. The released group numbers 16 bison in total, mostly pregnant 2-year-olds. Parks Canada will monitor the herd with radio collars for the first 16 months, with … Read more
ISIS claimed responsibility for the bombing, but they claim lots of attacks. Gunmen, some reportedly dressed as women, but also wearing suicide vests, attacked the Tehran parliament building with guns. A standoff with police lasted hours. 6 attackers were killed, 5 arrested. If ISIS was indeed responsible, it would be the first time their Sunni … Read more
In the wake of Trump’s firing of the former FBI director for what Trump called “not doing a good job,” conflicting public messages have come out in favor of and against James Comey. Testimony by acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (who was until 3 days ago deputy director) in front of Senate Intelligence Committee members … Read more
Users of the sharing and discussion board Hacker News are this week discussing whether the recent TechCrunch Disrupt New York Hackathon team’s improvements to the ycombinater site are really improvements, but are generally impressed with the work. The team sought to boost the user experience of Hacker News by adding tags to posts in order … Read more
The WannaCry virus that shut down the UK health system this week is still making its rounds. It has now reached 150 countries and is continuing to spread. It is expected that the hackers behind the ransomware will update it Monday, so it will be even more dangerous. Computer security experts say that everyone should … Read more
Price hikes and fuel hording are symptoms of what is being rumored to be a China-caused fuel shortage. Signs have popped up around Pyongyang that restrictions on sales would be in place until further notice. North Korea gets most of its fuel from its neighbor, China, which has joined the U.S. in a much stronger … Read more
Alphabet’s exec Ruth Porat spoke on a conference call this week about the company’s Q1: “Our revenues of $24.8 billion in the first quarter demonstrate our broad-based strength globally, with revenues up 22% year on year. In constant currency, our consolidated revenues grew 24% versus 1Q 2016. Growth in advertising revenues was again driven by … Read more
The Faroe Islands are experiencing a woman shortage. The Island’s population is 50,000, and they have a “gender deficit” of 2,000 more men than women. Increasingly, Faroese men are bringing women in from Asia, and there are currently 300 women from Thailand and the Phillipines, and Asians now make up the largest ethnic minority. The … Read more
The U.S. is one of only two countries that allow drug ads on TV (the other is New Zealand), and spending keeps rising. Most other markets have not increased spending since 2012. $6b was the amount spent last year, mostly on TV, and the ads are shown most heavily during major network’s evening news, Mike … Read more