Category Archives: Science And Technology
Biden Admin Quietly Put Out Report Of Economic Benefits Of Keystone XL Pipeline
The Biden administration published a congressionally mandated report highlighting the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline would have had if President Biden didn’t revoke its federal permits.
The report, which the Department of Energy (DOE) completed in late December without any public announcement, says the Keystone XL project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs and would have had a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion, citing various studies.
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No Biological Evidence For ‘Gender Identity’
While the term “gender identity” has exploded in popularity as a way for transgender individuals to express the feeling of “misalignment” with their bodies, a group of scientists says that there is no empirical evidence for its existence in biology.
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DeSantis Granted Probe Of Covid Vaccines By Florida High Court
The Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines, the court announced Thursday.
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Automakers Not Sold On Move To Electric Vehicles
The head of the world’s largest automaker said this week that he remains skeptical of trying to move to only producing electric vehicles and that the majority of people who work in the auto industry agree with him.
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FBI Paid Twitter To Censor
According to information revealed in the latest Twitter Files release, the FBI paid Twitter over $3.4 million in U.S. tax dollars for “administration costs” related to the staff’s time spent working with the feds.
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Senate Passes Bill Banning Tik-Tok On Government Devices
The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would ban the use of TikTok on government devices amid growing national security concerns over the Chinese-owned social media platform.
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Congress Introduces A Bill Blocking Chinese Huawei
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to prevent Chinese telecom giant Huawei from accessing the U.S. financial system.
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Apple Encrypts iCloud Data
As part of an ongoing privacy push, Apple will now offer full end-to-encryption for nearly all the data its users store in its global cloud-based storage system. That will make it more difficult for hackers, spies and law enforcement agencies to access sensitive user information, Apple said Wednesday.
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U.S. Govt Agencies Capable Of Hacking Autos
U.S. government agencies have spent record amounts of money on car forensic technologies in recent years. iVe, a tool made by Berla allows a user to obtain data from vehicles designed for law enforcement and the military. Moves like this have raised concerns among privacy advocates. The group Surveillance Technology Oversight Project said in a report released in October: “Cars collect much more detailed data than our cellphones, but they receive fewer legal and technological protections.”
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China Poised To Have 1,000 Nukes By 2030
China has built up its nuclear arsenal at a rate that has far outpaced U.S. estimates and is projected to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade, according to the Department of Defense (DOD).
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U.S. Lawmakers Sound Alarm On Chinese Drones In Restricted Airspace Around Capital
National security officials are raising the alarm on an increasing number of drones flying through restricted areas around the Capitol in Washington D.C. The drones, almost exclusively manufactured in China, have become a serious concern for both safety and counter-intelligence security.
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San Francisco Grants Robots A License To Kill
San Francisco authorities proposed a new “dystopian” policy heading for approval next week that would license department robots to kill suspects who threaten the lives of citizens and police officers in the crime-ridden city.
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Los Angeles Prepares Ordinance To Ban All Oil Drilling
The city council of Los Angeles, once a hub of the American oil industry, voted 10-0 on Tuesday to instruct the city attorney to prepare an ordinance that would ban oil drilling within a city that is still dotted with pumpjacks.
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