Former US President Donald Trump during an “America First Education Policy” event in Davenport, Iowa, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023. Photographer: Miriam Alarcon Avila/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump says that he’ll be arrested Tuesday and is calling on his followers to protest on his behalf. In a post on Truth Social, […]
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Wagner Mercenaries Back Libyan Group That Says It Recovered Missing Uranium
A Libyan general with ties to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claims to have recovered 2.5 tonnes of missing uranium. Khaled Mahjoub, a media officer for the Libyan National Army (LNA), announced on his Facebook page that several drums of uranium had been found near the country’s border with Chad. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) […]
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Archaeologists Discover Worship of Unknown Gods at Ancient Desert Monument
Images: Kennedy et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Researchers discovered the first mustatils, which are monumental stone structures dating back to the Late Neolithic period, in the 1970s. Since then, 16000 mustatils have been discovered, primarily in northern Saudi Arabia. Despite excavations […]
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Ransomware Group Claims Hack of Amazon’s Ring
Image: Chip Somodevilla/Staff Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. A ransomware gang claims to have breached the massively popular security camera company Ring, owned by Amazon. The ransomware gang is threatening to release Ring’s data. “There’s always an option to let us leak your data,” […]
Read MoreWhat We Know About ‘La Kena,’ the Cartel Boss Suspected of Killing 2 Americans
Mexico’s government put a bounty on the head of an alleged Gulf Cartel boss Jose Alberto Garcia Vilano, alias La Kena or Ciclon 19, in April 2022. Photo: Mexican government. MEXICO CITY — The deadly kidnapping of four Americans in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico this week has been connected to the leader of […]
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One ‘Super-Earth’ Could Destroy Our Own Planet, Study Finds
Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet orbiting a star smaller and cooler than the sun, about 1,200 light-years from Earth. (NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle) ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. What if a beefed-up version of Earth were suddenly dropped into the solar system between Mars and Jupiter? That’s the mind-boggling […]
Read MoreThe CIA Says It’s Already Fighting Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Abroad
Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin posted this image of him in Ukraine earlier today. In a plot that seems fit for a spy flick, the Central Intelligence Agency says it is secretly helping to fight against Russian mercenaries led by a villainous caterer. CIA Director Bill Burns said that the agency is doing everything in its […]
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Russian Soldiers Are Attacking Ukrainians With Shovels, UK Intelligence Says
Russian soldiers are attacking fortified positions in Ukraine armed with shovels, according to a new report from the British Ministry of Defense. Multiple analysts, and Russian officials, have said that Russia is running low on ammunition which has made it difficult to fight the war in Ukraine, now dragging into its second year. According to […]
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University Student Allegedly Killed in a Hazing Ritual, Then Dumped in an Open Field
When John Matthew Salilig suddenly disappeared on Feb. 18, his friends thought it was just typical Matt. The 24-year-old chemical engineering student was known to be careless with charging his phone, often letting the battery drain all the way down. But by the next evening, panic started setting in. The third-year student at Adamson University […]
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‘Valorant’ Fans in Brazil Empty Arena As Soon As Their Team Loses
Brazil is one of the world’s largest esports markets, and has become a mainstay in virtually every international esports league. The country consistently produces top players in addition to extremely dedicated fans, as long as the team is also Brazilian and winning. This notable national dedication, and lack of interest in international teams, came to […]
Read MoreScientists Glimpse Faint Shocks in Cosmic Web that Links the Universe
Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI The mind-boggling discovery opens an unprecedented new window into the large-scale structures that stretch across hundreds of millions of light years and influence the evolution of galaxies and other mysterious phenomena, such as cosmic magnetism. In the first moments after the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe […]
Read MoreUkraine Hopes the New IRIS-T Weapon System Will Protect it From Suicide Drones
Recently, Reuters journeyed to a secret location deep within the German woods to witness Ukrainian soldiers training on a weapons system they say is keeping the skies safe from cruise missiles and suicide drones. It’s the IRIS-T, a medium range homing missile that Kyiv says is key to its defense. Advertisement The IRIS-T, or InfraRed […]
Read MoreChile Is Sending Its Military to the Border to Stop Illegal Immigration
A Chilean soldier inspects the belongings of a female migrant on the country’s border. Photo: Government of Chile. Chile deployed the military to guard its Northern border with Peru and Bolivia for the next 90 days this week in an effort to stop a flood of migrants, as thousands of people from neighboring nations seek […]
Read More‘This Is a Problem’: A New Hyper-Realistic TikTok Beauty Filter Is Freaking People Out
Left: Screengrab via TikTok/@rosaura_alvrz. Right: Screengrab via TikTok/@kattheshepherd An ultra-realistic TikTok beauty filter is coming under fire—for being too good. The filter, which convincingly alters facial features to look more conventionally attractive and simulates a soft glam makeup look, has some users freaking out that it conveys unrealistic beauty standards without viewers realizing that the look comes […]
Read MorePutin Unlikely to Use Nukes in Ukraine, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon says it does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Photos via Getty Images and Wikimedia. Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s scary rhetoric threatening nuclear strikes in Ukraine, the Pentagon doesn’t believe the Kremlin would actually do it. Speaking at an oversight hearing on American military support for Ukraine of the […]
Read MoreVenezuela Is Using Fake AI American Newscasters to Spread Disinformation
Noah is an A.I avatar posing as a journalist who features in YouTube videos that promote Venezuela. Photo: House of News Español via YouTube. Strange videos promoting Venezuela are being shared on state run TV, using apparently English-speaking American hosts. The videos first appeared on a YouTube channel called the House of News Español, one […]
Read MoreIs ‘Atomic Heart’ Pro-Russia, or Just Russian?
Atomic Heart was not destined to be a flashpoint for conversations about real wars. But the newly-released first-person shooter, being set in an alternate version of 1950s Soviet Russia where killer robots have run amok, has stepped right into the crosshairs of discourse stemming from current-day Russia’s very real invasion of Ukraine using killer robots. […]
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Futuristic Body Armor Could Be Based on This Weird Mushroom, Study Finds
Image: Oleg Marchak via Getty Images ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. The flimsy mushrooms served atop your burger or the delicate, bouncy mushroom caps adorning logs in the forest are not known for their strength or tough exteriors. But their fungal distant cousin, Fomes fomentarius, may just hold […]
Read MoreMexico’s Former Top Cop Found Guilty on All Charges
In this June 2, 2011 file photo, Mexico’s Genaro Garcia Luna speaks during a ceremony to designate June 2 as the Federal Police Day in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File) BROOKLYN – The former top law enforcement official in Mexico has been convicted by a jury in Brooklyn on charges that he took tens […]
Read MoreJapanese Officials Investigate Mysterious Sphere That Washed Up on Beach
Screengrab: Fuji News Network A metal sphere of unknown origin has washed up on a beach in Japan, prompting officials to block off the area in order to investigate it. A local woman reported the sphere to the police on Tuesday, Asahi News reported. The ball washed up on Enshu Beach in Hamamatsu City, the […]
Read MoreIn ‘Kerbal Space Program 2’, the Fun Is in the Failure
To err is human, but to forgive… that’s Kerbal. That was my overarching feeling as I played Kerbal Space Program 2 (KSP2), the sequel to the beloved simulation game of the same name, at a special event held at a real space center to preview its release on early access on Friday, February 24. In […]
Read MoreJapan Will No Longer Have the Developed World’s Lowest Age of Consent
A higher age of consent is one of several proposed changes to Japan’s criminal code on sexual offenses. Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Japan looks set to criminalize sex with teens under age 16 in an overhaul of its sex crime laws. A panel of the Japanese justice ministry on Friday proposed raising the country’s age […]
Read MoreThree UFOs Shot Down by US Weren’t Chinese Spy Balloons: Biden
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-U.S. Navy via AP President Joe Biden finally delivered an update on the three unidentified aerial objects shot down by fighters in […]
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The Company Helping the IRS Go Undercover Online
Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. The IRS has paid an Israeli company hundreds of thousands of dollars for an internet investigative tool that allows the IRS to conduct undercover investigations online, according to internal IRS documents obtained by Motherboard. Cobwebs Technologies, the company behind […]
Read MoreAid Collected for Turkey Earthquake Victims Set on Fire in Germany
A firefighter attempts to put out the blaze. Sc German Police German police are looking for two suspects who they believe deliberately set fire to a pile of donations that had been collected for victims of the Turkish and Syrian earthquakes. The aid, which included clothes and canned foods, was gathered inside a Turkish supermarket […]
Read MoreCartel Violence Is Getting Out of Control in Mexico’s Tulum Resort Area
Soldiers on patrol, protecting the public beach of Tulum on April 08, 2021 on Tulum, Mexico. (Photo: Ilan Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images) As a tourist destination, Playa del Carmen in the resort area of Tulum is booming, but so too is cartel violence. On Saturday, four local city employees were found shot dead and […]
Read MoreUS and Canada Scramble to Recover UFOs Shot Down Over Weekend
In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers (C), F-22 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets (bottom) fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 01, 2023 at an undisclosed location in South Korea. (Photo by South Korean Defense […]
Read MoreUFO Mania: US Shoots Down Objects Over Lake Huron and Alaska, Uruguay Investigating ‘Flashing Lights,’ China Prepares to Shoot Down UFO
Image: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The United States military shot down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron Sunday afternoon, just over a day after an Air Force fighter shot down an object over Alaska on Friday evening, and about a week after a Chinese balloon was shot down after traversing across U.S. airspace. Meanwhile, the Uruguayan […]
Read MoreWall of Green Lasers Blankets Sky in Hawai’i, Likely From Chinese Satellite
Screengrab: YouTube/NOAJ Last month, a camera from a telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i’s tallest mountain, captured something eerie: a wall of green lasers visibly shooting across the sky. The light show, which has been described as resembling the green code from The Matrix, occurred on January 28 and was caught by a camera operated by the […]
Read MoreA Cartel Gang Tattooed a Pet Cat in Prison
The cat had the gang-symbol for “Los Mexicles” prison gang tattooed on its flank. Photo courtesy of the Chihuahua state government. A Mexican gang linked to the Sinaloa Cartel had a pet inside prison: A tattooed cat. Authorities seized the cat, which appears to be of the Sphynx breed, with a “Made In Mexico” tattoo […]
Read More2 Children Killed After Bus Driver Intentionally Hit Daycare: Canadian Police
A firefighter comforts a child after a city bus driver crashed into a Laval daycare. Photo by Patrick Sanfaçon, LA PRESSE via The Canadian Press. Two children are dead and six more injured after a city bus driver intentionally drove his vehicle into a Quebec daycare, police say. The incident happened in Laval, a city just […]
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