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Parent slams California elementary school for organizing “NO WHITES ALLOWED” event for kids

September 01, 2023 -

The event called Playdate Social, hosted by the Equity and Inclusion Committee of the school, was meant to foster community building among specific racial groups. However, the flyer for the event explicitly stated that it was only intended for "black, brown and API (Asian and Pacific Islander) families." (Related: NO WHITES ALLOWED at Georgetown University “dialogue event” on racism… because the organizers are racists.)

"If your family identifies as Black, ...

Brave search engine officially cuts ties with Bing, wants nothing to do with Big Tech

May 04, 2023 - apid adoption of Brave Search, which now averages about 22 million search queries per day, making it the fastest growing search engine since the launch of Bing.

• The broad adoption of the Web Discovery Project, which allows users to anonymously contribute browsing data to the ever-growing Brave Search index. The result is that Brave Search results now have "the nuance and completeness needed to compete on both privacy and quality."

"Together, these achievements ...

BRAVE ACT: Brave Search cuts ties with Big Tech to ensure user privacy

May 08, 2023 - apis.com.

"We're aware of reports, are investigating, and will take appropriate action to address any issues," said Caitlin Roulston, director of communications at Microsoft, but the company did not explain how the feature works or why URLs are being sent to bingapis.com.

Until Microsoft completes its investigation and patches the problem, users are advised to disable Edge's "follow creators" feature. To do so, users should navigate to Settings, choose ...

Study: AI can predict people’s POLITICAL VIEWS by simply looking at their faces

June 28, 2023 -

Researchers from Denmark and Sweden tested out this theory by utilizing a computational neural networks, algorithms that mimic the structure and function of human brains. They then trained the Face API from Microsoft, which made use of such a network, to analyze thousands of human pictures. The results of their study were published in Scientific Reports last March.

Study first author Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen of Aarhus University and his colleagues also utilized ...

Biden plans to revise climate-related criteria for approving LNG export terminals to win support of climate-minded voters

January 16, 2024 -

In 2023, the United States was the world's largest exporter of LNG. The country currently has five new LNG export facilities under construction, including Calcasieu Pass 2 in Louisiana, with several others permitted and awaiting final investment decisions. The plants, which convert natural gas into liquid form for easier transportation, have been a significant part of the U.S. energy landscape since 2016.

A panel of government officials, convened by White House climate ...

ASHP SURVEY: 99% of pharmacists have reported drug shortages in 2023

January 02, 2024 -

Data from the University of Utah Drug Information Service has revealed that active national drug shortages have hit an alarming 10-year high in 2023, leaving many hospitals, healthcare providers and pharmacies without enough life-saving and supportive medications.

According to an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey, 99 percent of the 1,123 pharmacists who responded have reported shortages. The majority of the survey takers work in hospitals.

Data ...

Microsoft Edge leaking sites visited by users to Bing

May 01, 2023 - apis.com.

URL leak has huge privacy implications

The leak of URLs a user has visited to bingapis.com has huge privacy implications, especially when this functionality is enabled by default. "We're aware of reports, are investigating and will take appropriate action to address any issues," said Caitlin Roulston, director of communications at Microsoft, in a statement.

Until Microsoft finishes its investigation and resolves the problem, it is highly recommended ...

Massive DATA BREACH exposes personal data of 700 million users of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn

July 04, 2021 - aping public information available on other platforms.

In a statement, the company said:Taylor points out that LinkedIn's definition of what constitutes "private data" is most likely very subjective. The company's statement is also not denying that some data was harvested from its servers.

As of press time, all of the data the hacker stole from LinkedIn is still up for sale on the dark web.

Learn more about how hackers can acquire people's personal ...

Apple’s latest iOS 13.5 update contains contact tracing malware to enslave you

May 30, 2020 -

The reason we ask is because so-called contact tracing is not designed to keep you "safe," despite what some authorities claim. It is designed to keep you enslaved by watching everything you do and tracking everywhere you go, all in the name of promoting "public safety."

According to reports, both Apple and Google have released new software updates that come with "exposure notification," a technology that can supposedly identify who has tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus ...

DO MORE EVIL: Google turns Android phones into vaccine passports

July 07, 2021 - Android phones can now save and display coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards, essentially making them a digital vaccine passport.

Google announced on Wednesday, June 30, that it is updating its Passes API to give developers at healthcare organizations, government agencies and other organizations authorized by public health authorities the ability to create digital versions of tests and vaccination cards that can then be saved directly to the users' device.

The ...

VAXXING YOUR BRAIN: Google trying to “immunize” users against misinformation with new “Info Interventions” propaganda scheme

December 04, 2022 -

The project aims to "teach" Google users which information to avoid as "false" while training them to spot and accept only information that Google deems as "true." If used as intended, Google users will be "immunized" against online "misinformation."

This "pre-bunking" plot is Google's latest dystopian attempt to squelch online free speech – though instead of simply banning or censoring content, Google is now attempting to rewire the brains of humanity to automatically ...

COVID-19 outbreak hits drug factories, pharmaceutical shortage now inevitable

February 28, 2020 -

This is after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Thursday that a manufacturer alerted the agency about a disruption in its supply of a certain human drug.

FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn said the shortage is due to an issue with the production of an "active pharmaceutical ingredient" (API) used in the drug. According to Hahn, the still-unnamed manufacturer has confirmed that the shortage was traced to a site hit by the coronavirus.

Hahn, ...

Pharmaceutical waste: Over 25% of rivers worldwide contaminated with potentially toxic levels of prescription drugs

November 11, 2022 -

The study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at the presence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the world's rivers. Researchers involved in the study found concentrations of over-the-counter and prescription drugs at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.

To measure the presence of 61 pharmaceutical substances, researchers obtained water samples from 258 rivers in 104 countries ...

BOVARD: Google is exploiting user data for its political agenda

July 20, 2022 -

(Article by Autumn Johnson republished from NewsBusters.org)

In an op-ed with the New York Post, Bovard, the senior policy director at the Conservative Partnership Institute, wrote that the company stores user data anytime someone uses specific apps on a phone or computer:

“Anytime you open an app powered by Google Maps API, like Uber, Lyft, Waze, or even Yelp, you are sending data to Google," she wrote. "Same goes when you use Spotify, which hosts its product ...

Meet Tally, the grocery store shelf auditing robot that’s going to put thousands of low-wage grocery workers out of a job

August 01, 2017 -

The genius of Tally is in its design. Tally operates on a cloud-powered software platform and API using an open source Robot Operating System (ROS). It stands at 38 inches tall but can be adjusted according to the store’s preference and shelf height requirements. The robot requires no supervision and can independently move to its own charging dock for continuous operation. Information captured by Tally would be uploaded to a secured cloud for processing. Access to this ...

More states joining antitrust lawsuit against Google over rigged ad business

March 19, 2021 -

Texas is now being joined by Florida, Montana, Nevada, Alaska and Puerto Rico, bringing the total number of plaintiffs in this lawsuit to 15 states and territories.

The lawsuit claims the company acted illegally in dominating the steps involved in placing ads online. It alleges that Google works quietly with its closest competitor in the online advertising sphere, Facebook, and acts unfairly under the guise of protecting users’ privacy. Publishers have complained that ...

Health freedom advocates file informed consent lawsuit to exempt all persons from mandatory vaccination

January 29, 2021 -

While Americans are already protected under the Constitution from unsolicited invasion of bodily autonomy by the government, the suit seeks to reiterate and reestablish this in the specific context of vaccines.

On Feb. 22, Glaser and Flores will appear in Federal Court to request a court order recognizing the role that vaccines play in the children's health epidemic and exempting all persons from mandatory vaccination. It also aims to emphasize the importance of real ...

Parler sues Amazon for terminating hosting services in a discriminatory, monopolistic fashion

January 15, 2021 - apitol riot. The hacker tweeted a link to every Parler post made on the day of the attack on Capitol Hill.

Rumors were quick to spread online. Users on Twitter and Reddit, as well as an article published by Russian state-backed RT.com said that more than 70 terabytes of data from Parler servers were accessed and archived. Some reports came out that personal information and even driver's licenses of users were leaked.

Those rumors are exactly just ...

Security researchers discover new ways your internet browsing history is exposed

February 03, 2019 -

The "history sniffing" style of hacking is not a new concept. However, the new techniques are much faster and far more effective than their predecessors.

Cyber security experts from the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and Stanford University (Stanford) warn that hackers can now recognize your online activity in just a few seconds. The new history sniffing methods are also able to bypass the security measures of the latest web browsers.

All four ...

Health apps are BAD for your privacy: 80% or more share your data, research reveals

July 22, 2018 -

The research team analyzed 20 well-known, free mobile health apps that could be downloaded from Google Play. The studied health apps had to have at least 100,000 to 10 million downloads each and a minimum rating of 3.5 out of five (in terms of popularity). These apps managed, stored, and monitored the biomedical data of their users, such as health condition, diseases, or medical to-do lists.

In the first part of the study, the team looked at how the personal information ...