Category Archives: Current Events
Paris Attacks Renew Call for Access to Encrypted Messages
“I have asked for help. And I haven’t gotten any help,” Feinstein said Monday in an interview with MSNBC. “If you create a product that allows evil monsters to communicate in this way, to behead children, to strike innocents, whether … Continue reading
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Attorney General Tells DraftKings and FanDuel to Stop Taking Entries in New York
“It is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multibillion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country,” Mr. Schneiderman said, adding, “Today we have sent a clear message: not in … Continue reading
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FBI Director Has a Hard Time Calling a White Supremacist a Terrorist
James Comey, the Director of the FBI, says he is unsure if the white supremacist attack on the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, which left nine African-Americans dead, is an act of terrorism. His reluctance to identify white people as … Continue reading
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No-fly list uses ‘predictive assessments’ instead of hard evidence, US admits
On Friday, the ACLU asked Judge Anna Brown to conduct her own review of the error rate in the government’s predictions modeling – a process the ACLU likens to the “pre-crime” of Philip K Dick’s science fiction. “I believe this … Continue reading
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How to Make Sense of China’s Plummeting Stock Market
The chart shows how easy it is to frame market data in a way that sounds either scary or benign, depending on your inclination. “The Chinese stock market has dropped 32 percent in a month” is scary. “The Chinese stock … Continue reading
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