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Amazon goes Minority Report
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that online retailer Amazon has been granted a patent for "anticipatory shipping," a technique that will use your previous purchases to anticipate what you want to buy, and pre-ship it to the closest hub so it can be quicker ...
EPA releases final assessment of potential impacts of mining on Bristol...
A new report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emphasizes the negative impacts that large-scale gold and copper mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could have on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery and Alaska's native cultures...
Worst bobsled ever
A BBC reporter doing advance work for the upcoming Sochi Olympics sent out this tweet of a curious bathroom fixture he found...
Preventable disease showcased in new map
A new interactive map from the Council on Foreign Relations pinpoints outbreaks of diseases that can be prevented with vaccines...
Obama announces changes to NSA surveillance
Starting out by evoking the intelligence work done by Paul Revere and it being instrumental to the formation of our nation, President Obama gave a speech this morning announcing changes to the controversial NSA surveillance programs revealed by leaker Edward Snowden...
White rhino poaching hits record levels in 2013
The BBC is reporting that 2013 was the worst year on record for the poaching of white rhinos in South Africa, a species that dwindled to a population of only 100 at the end of the 19th century...
Authorities seize $28 million in bitcoins from Silk Road
The BBC is reporting that U.S. authorities have seized $28 million in bitcoin from online purchase site, Silk Road. The site had already been shut down for being a hub of illegal commerce, dealing frequently in illegal products. Bitcoin, a virtual currency, was used ...
Secrets in the paint
Our story begins on a smoky London morning, just after the turn of the 20th century, when Claude Monet sat in a room at the Hotel Savoy on the banks of the River Thames, his oil paints and a few in-progress canvases within reach. He was working to capture the way ...
NSA spying on computers not connected to internet
The New York Times is reporting that the NSA has used software it implanted in nearly 100,000 computers to spy on their data, or create the opportunity for cyberattacks even if they computers are not connected to the internet...
New report finds piracy at a 6-year low
A new report from the International Maritime Bureau found that piracy is at a six-year low...
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to speak at SXSW
It was just announced that Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, will perform an interview at this year's SXSW Interactive Conference in Austin, TX...
Mexico working to disarm vigilante groups
The BBC is reporting that the Mexican Army has started disarming local vigilante groups that formed to drive out members of drag cartels in Michoacan state...
