'Living Walls' Street Art Puts Odd Faces On Russian Cityscape
There's few things cooler than Vladmir Putin in Russia — hacking, guns, vodka — and rising street artist Nikita Nomerz.For the 'Living Walls,' Nomerz draws out pre-existing features in a building...
View ArticleThese Stunning Examples Of Government Waste Cost Taxpayers $16 Billion
Despite appearances, the federal government knows it wastes a ton of money. That's why each agency is equipped with an Inspector General, whose sole job it is to investigate and identify government...
View ArticleConservatives Going 'DEFCON 6' Over Gay Marriage Would Actually Be Quite...
Influential conservative radio host Steve Deace recently warned that conservatives are prepared to go 'DEFCON' 6 if the Supreme Court strikes down Prop 8 (i.e. California's voter-approved ban on gay...
View ArticleThe CIA Has An Undercover Female Boss
A day after Julia Pierson became the first woman director of the Secret Service, it was learned that the head of the CIA's most secretive division has its first female chief as well. Except no one will...
View ArticleUncle Sam Wants You: 600 Young Student Hackers
There are “new and rapidly growing threats” of a cyberstrike to the US homeland – perils that will require hundreds of young, college-age hackers to counter an alarming number of daily incursions into...
View ArticleTHE OTHER SIDE OF THE GITMO STRIKE: Detainees Are Treated Absurdly Well
The latest Guantanamo Bay hunger strike is working as planned.With 31 of 166 detainees acknowledged as hunger strikers, international media reports are hailing this as a desperate protest by mistreated...
View ArticleThe CIA Has Been Taking A Beating Over The Last Two Years
It's pretty bad when a Ben Affleck movie is the top highlight for the one of the world's premier intelligence agencies.Taking out Bin Laden two years ago was a good way to top out, sure, but the steady...
View ArticleAfter Minutes In Cairo, There's No Mistaking How People Here Feel About The...
Reporting live from Cairo:It's been more than two years since Egypt's revolution, but no one knows what will happen next.The people have watched as elected leader Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim...
View ArticleRampant Boasting From Both Korean Leaders Doesn't Measure Up To Reality
We've got a couple of hot heads here, folks, but try not to worry too much.The final "cutting" of communications ties is just one act in a recent history of posturing on behalf of both country's...
View ArticleStealth Bombers Capable Of Delivering 15-Ton Bunker Busters Fly Over Korea
B-2 stealth bombers of the U.S. Air Force from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri have conducted a long-duration, round trip (training) mission to the Republic of Korea on Mar. 28.The new “extended...
View ArticleThere's A Giant Tropical Resort Inside This Old Soviet Airplane Hangar
South of Berlin, a giant airplane hangar on a former Soviet airbase has been transformed into a sunny, sandy resort.Known as the Tropical Islands, the space is 1,181 feet long, 689 feet wide, and 351...
View ArticleImpressive Video Shows Flying Robots Working Together
The following video, that was brought to my attention from Roland Posnett, is amazing.It shows machines future capabilities.The footage was filmed during a presentation by Professor Raffaello D’Andrea...
View ArticleArizona Group Plans To Give Away Free Shotguns To People In High-Crime Areas
Do areas with an increased number of guns really enjoy less crime? That is what a Tucson group led by former mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky is planning to find out with a new campaign that will arm...
View ArticleApple iPhone Is The Most Hacked Mobile Device By Far (AAPL)
The same platforms which helped give Apple its rise have also contributed to its rising vulnerability.This month, web security company SourceFire issued a report called "25 Years of Vulnerabilities"...
View ArticlePalestinians Are Realizing The Downsides Of So Much Foreign Aid
Luay Abdel Rafah was unconcerned with President Obama’s visit to nearby Bethlehem last Friday, or by the announcement that the United States would unblock $500 million in US funds for the Palestinian...
View ArticleWhy We Should All Relax About 'The Biggest Cyberattack Ever'
There has been a wave of skepticism about the severity of this month's "biggest ever" denial-of-service attack — that a fight between website hosts and spam fighters may or may not have sunk the DNS...
View ArticleIn The Middle Of The Night, Putin Reminded The World Of Russia's Strength
Russian President Vladimir Putin's sudden announcement of enormous military exercises on the Black Sea has taken many by surprise, and many observers see the sudden announcement as Putin flexing...
View ArticleMELTDOWN ON THREE MILE ISLAND: What Happened On The Day Of The Nation's Worst...
Thirty-four years ago today, the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history shook the nation to its core. The drama began at 4 a.m. on Three Mile Island, located in the middle of Susquehanna River, near...
View ArticleChina Doesn't Want Anyone To See This Picture Of The New President's Wife...
Peng Liyuan, wife to China's new president Xi Jinping, has the makings of a media darling.Thanks to her fashion sense and a glamorous background in music, she's earned favorable comparison to Michele...
View ArticleCody Wilson Is Disrupting The Entire Gun Control Debate
The partisan debate over gun control is no match for Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed.He's leading the way in creating weapons with 3-D printers, as we've covered in the past. With his legal...
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