Honolulu Police Used Robo-dog To Patrol Homeless Camp
By Tyler Durden The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) spent $150,045 in CARES Act money to purchase a Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robo-dog called Spot to patrol a homeless…
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Maersk Warns South China Port Congestion “More Significant Disruption” Than Suez Canal Closure
By Tyler Durden We previewed last week to readers that port congestion wasn’t just observed across US West Coast ports, such as Los Angeles/Long Beach,…
US Food Bank Lines May Reemerge As Millions Set To Lose Unemployment Benefits
By Tyler Durden US food banks in Republican states are preparing for a massive demand surge in food aid this summer as 24 GOP-led states are…
Smart IoT Devices Can Be Weaponized By Hackers To Launch Even Larger DDoS Attacks: Report
By Tyler Durden The internet of things (IoT) has increased the prevalence of intelligent objects at home. These devices can be anything from smart light…
Major Mall Operator Washington Prime Group Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
By Tyler Durden Late Sunday evening, Washington Prime Group Inc., a mall owner with more than 100 shopping centers nationwide, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
Reporter Who Broke Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Story And Received “Significant” Death Threats Found Dead
By Tyler Durden The body of a Birmingham, Alabama journalist who broke the story about the controversial 2016 tarmac meeting in Phoenix between former President…
Visualizing The History Of US Inflation Over 100 Years
By Tyler Durden Is inflation rising? The consumer price index (CPI), an index used as a proxy for inflation in consumer prices, offers some answers….
“This Is Wealth Redistribution”: Blackrock And Other Institutional Investors Buying Entire Neighborhoods At Huge Premiums
By Tyler Durden As the real estate market continues to break records, a cabal of institutional investors has been tossing gasoline on the fire –…
PG&E Warns Of More Blackouts As California Wildfire Season Begins
By Tyler Durden It has been an arid spring in California, and that’s causing alarm with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives who have said…
Washington Moves To Make Sensitive Private Data Available For “Minority Report”-Style A.I. Research
By Tyler Durden Earlier this week, the investigative journalism outfit ProPublica published a story using data gleaned from the tax returns of America’s richest individuals…
First European Physical Gold ATM Opens In Prague, Czech Republic
By Tyler Durden Eleven years ago, we reported Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel had installed the world’s first physical gold ATM. And today, GoldSeek.com’s Peter…
“It Won’t Be The Last” — El Salvador Passes Bill To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
By Tyler Durden After a tempestuous day where once again the death of crypto was heralded by many, this morning has seen buyers return amid…
Julian Assange’s Family Begins US Tour To Demand His Freedom
By Tyler Durden Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, begins a month-long, 17-city U.S. tour in Miami as his son languishes in Belmarsh Prison in London…
TikTok Goes For A Biometric Grab Of 66 Million US Users
By Tyler Durden TikTok quietly rolled out its new US privacy policy earlier this week, allowing the Chinese company to automatically “collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from…