Archive for September, 2014

AP — Hong Kong police used tear gas Sunday and warned of further measures as they tried to clear thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered at government...

Jerusalem Post – When the sun sets this coming Wednesday, we will be at the start of a new year marked by two consecutive days...

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Reuters – Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified “Shellshock” computer bug, using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them,...

The Bahamas Weekly –  His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, swore in Ms Margaret Ramsay-Hale as the Turks and Caicos Islands first female Chief Justice...

Popular Science – Scientists from research institutions, non-profits, and the private sector made themselves seen and heard on Sunday, September 21, when 310,000 people marched through...

CTV News Channel: Bendy iPhone?

By World on The Run

CTV News – Bendgate: iPhone 6 bends out of shape in your pocket More at CTV News

BBC News – Islamic State fighters besieging the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border have been targeted by air strikes, reports from the area...

The Telegraph – “Imagine this,” says the Peshmerga commander. “You wake up one morning and find you have a 1,000 kilometre border with the most dangerous...

BBC — US-led coalition aircraft have targeted four makeshift oil refineries under Islamic State (IS) control in Syria, as well as a command centre. Early indications...

Washington Times – A local privacy activist who outed the Chicago Police Department for purchasing eavesdropping technology has now filed a second lawsuit for the...

Fox News – More than 50 geoglyphs with various shapes and sizes, including a massive swastika, have been discovered across northern Kazakhstan in Central Asia,...

The Guardian – My official position on the manner in which consenting adults choose to arrange their personal lives is: I don’t care. In reality,...

Popular Science – Here’s a roundup of the week’s top drone news: the military, commercial, non-profit, and recreational applications of unmanned aircraft… More at Popular Science

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ScienceDaily – The race is on to optimize solar energy’s performance. More efficient silicon photovoltaic panels, dye-sensitized solar cells, concentrated cells and thermodynamic solar plants...

CTV News – A volcano in central Japan erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and injuring at least 11 people, including...

Toronto Star – Law enforcement agencies in Canada and the U.S. say the introduction of better encryption on new Apple and Android cellphones could put lives...