The case of an American journalist caught up in the FBI’s domestic surveillance of foreign nationals is drawing national attention to the FBI and the bureau’s tactics of infiltrating and surveilling journalists.As journalist Sam Biddle reported, on October 20, 2017, the FBI raided his home in Brooklyn, New York, seizing his laptop and documents.The raid…
Ars Technic:Google has always had a pretty good image search algorithm.But in 2013, the company introduced a feature called image search, which lets you search through photos and videos by “linking” them to a Google image search engine.This means that images that you can’t see on Google are shown to you.It also means that Google’s…
It’s a common mistake for many to get up at 5 a.m. to do the dishes, but a recent study found that it actually decreases the amount of sleep that people get in a 24-hour period.In a paper published in the Journal of Sleep Medicine, researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and…
This tutorial shows how to add a new canvas to an existing webpage using a simple jQuery plugin.The first step is to open a new tab in the browser and then go to the tag on the web page.Then click on the “add a canvas” button and you’ll see the page loaded.Next, select a canvas…
The US Department of Justice says it has charged a prisoner who allegedly subjected another inmate to prolonged waterboarding and forced him to kneel on concrete.The government filed the charges Tuesday against David Lee Boyd, a former military intelligence agent who is serving time in a federal prison in Colorado.He was arrested in November after…
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey – For some people, painting is an act of defiance against the tyranny of the clock.For others, it’s a rite of passage into the world of art, where time has no bearing on its meaning.In the world in which the two are intermingled, painting becomes more than an act: It becomes a…
A few weeks ago, I got an email from an employee at Google’s mobile unit asking if I could do some work on an Android app that would make $1 million a year.I’d heard about the app from several friends, but hadn’t been able to get it working.The team asked me to look at an…
By Tim Pearce and Tim Pearce, News.co.nz Global warming is causing major problems in the world, from extreme heatwaves to water shortages and the spread of disease.Here are some of the major issues we’re facing and how to protect ourselves.The world is running out of water Global warming and the impacts of drought and flooding…
By Caroline Prentice and Laura PrenticeThe American Conservative, June 6, 2018By Caroline PrenticesonIn the last couple of weeks, the American Conservative has been dealing with a growing controversy about the site’s editorial policy.The site has been criticized for being an echo chamber of the alt-right, a white nationalist movement, and an outlet for white supremacists.Some…
The Four Corniers will be back on the air for a third season starting at 10.30pm on Sunday.As the only Australian network to broadcast four of the five ABC networks in the region, it will be the first time in nearly a decade the show will be broadcast in a new format.The program, hosted by…