Twitter Admits to “Inadvertently” Collecting, Sharing Location Data Due to “Bug”
By Tyler Durden (ZH) – Twitter announced on Monday that it “inadvertently” collected and shared iOS location data due to a software bug. In a blog post,…
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US Air Force Shoots Down Multiple Missiles With Classified Laser Weapon
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program, has completed a series of…
Fort Bragg Apologizes for Widespread Blackouts During Cyber-Attack Drill
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — Fort Bragg in North Carolina conducted a cyber-attack military exercise for 12 hours overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning that simulated how personnel would…
DHS to Face-Scan 97% of International Travelers Within Four Years
By Tyler Durden (ZH) – The Department of Homeland Security says that facial recognition technology will be used on 97% of passengers departing the US by 2023, according…
Pentagon Warns “Next Major Conflict May be Won Or Lost In Space”
By Tyler Durden “The next major conflict may be won or lost in space,” Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs,…
Assange Held at “Britain’s Guantanamo Bay” as UN Urges Fair Trial
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a likely extended extradition battle after this week’s dramatic end to his seven-year asylum stay holed…
Busted: Thousands of Amazon Employees Listening to Alexa Conversations
By Tyler Durden Amazon employs thousands of people to listen in on what people around the world are saying to their Alexa digital assistant, according to what…
We’re All Being Judged By A Secret “Trustworthiness” Score
By Tyler Durden (Activist Post Editor’s Note: This topic was covered extensively this month in our premium newsletter Counter Markets. You can get a free…
Iran Designates US Military as Terrorist Organization
By Tyler Durden (ZH) — Just hours after President Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, Iran’s foreign ministry has put forward a bill…
“I am an Assassination Risk”: Assange and Ecuador’s Attorney General Face Off in Leaked Transcript
By Tyler Durden (ZH) – Julian Assange accused a “weak” Ecuador of starting to “lean on the United States and the UK for various kinds of support” last…
Saudi Arabia is Threatening to Ditch the Petrodollar
By Tyler Durden Three year ago – almost to the day – Saudi Arabia rattled its first sabre towards the United States, with an implicit threat to…
11 Charts Show The World Has Learned Nothing From Global Financial Crisis
By Tyler Durden After the 2008 crisis forcefully shoved the faces of most countries directly into the mess they had created, most major global economic…
Google To Launch Local News Startups In 3 “Mid-Sized” American Cities
By Tyler Durden Any “reporters” who were fired during the mass layoffs last year at Vice, the Huffington Post and Buzzfeed might want to think…
Venezuela Plunged Into Darkness Hours After Russian Troops Arrive
By Tyler Durden Less than one day after two Russian Air Force planes landed in Venezuela carrying nearly 100 troops and a Russian defense official, a…