With incidents of police violence causing protests and drawing media attention around the United States, many people have called for a wider use of body cameras and other recording devices to prevent abuses of power. As a result, a number of police departments around the country have started added cameras to their cars and uniforms. […]
Read MoreOver a month ago, the “Guardians of Peace” hacking group began stealing sensitive information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, and crippling the company’s systems. Now, Sony is reportedly using Amazon Web Services, the online retailer’s cloud computing branch, to execute Denial of Service — or DoS — tactics to counterattack the hackers. The hackers claim to […]
Read MorePlenty of people enter the occasional sweepstakes on a whim, but according to a recent article on Racked.com, there are others who take sweepstakes entry much more seriously. They call themselves “sweepers,” and have formed an online community of people who make entering sweepstakes practically a full-time job. They don’t have it down to a […]
Read MoreInfluenza, commonly known as the flu, is a viral infection that attacks the body’s respiratory system, including the throat and lungs. While a vaccine exists to protect people against this ailment, the flu is still a threat to many, particularly the extremely old and young, as well as those with compromised immune systems. For this […]
Read MoreBy the end of 2014, copyright holders had made 345 million requests to monolithic search engine service Google in the hopes of having content taken down that they claimed infringed upon their rights as owners, according to a summary of Google’s weekly transparency reports from Torrent Freak. Though Google honored many of these requests, the […]
Read MoreIn an economy slowly recovering from the recession, it may come as no surprise that used car sales are up for the third quarter of 2014. Leading the way is CarMax, the nation’s largest used car dealer, which also sells new cars. The company reported a 16% increase in quarterly revenues and a 28% increase […]
Read MoreThe U.S. can’t seem to catch a break with the winter weather this year: first, Western New York was hit with a whopping seven feet of snow in a matter of days; now, the entire state of California is experiencing rainstorm after rainstorm, causing flash-flood warnings and possible mudslides up and down the West Coast. […]
Read MoreAfter the U.S. Secret Service allowed a mentally disturbed man armed with a knife to enter the Executive Mansion, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson requested two former Justice Department officials and two former White House aides to review the department’s practices and policies. Now, the classified report has found shortcomings with the beleaguered agency’s readiness […]
Read MoreBenjamin Klebba, a custom furniture maker from Portland, has crafted the Harbor — a nautical side chair for landlubbers — which is surprising in more than one way. First, the Harbor has a seat made of woven polypropylene rope, which pays tribute to Klebba’s childhood. “I grew up sailing on Lake Huron with my family. […]
Read MoreTV and Internet provider Comcast has closed out 2014 with another customer service controversy, as a man using the name “Gern Branston” posted a 38-minute excerpt of a grueling four-hour attempt to modify his service on YouTube Dec. 30. “Comcast has come up with an ingenious way to keep subscribers — namely, it makes unsubscribing […]
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