In something of an ironic twist, the Pentagon, which has a long history of creating fake news, is developing software to detect “falsified media assets.” Concern over the widespread use of “fake or false news” ...
Will the evolution of drones in warfare make peace more attractive to warring factions or will it lead to an unending world of armaments and missile shields? Saudi Arabia, which started the Yemen war with ...
An update to Telegram, planned for release over the next few days, will allow protesters to prevent mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities from discovering their identities in the app’s large group chats. “Telegram, a ...
“According to the 2015 guidelines that are currently in force, poor diet and lack of exercise are likely related to preventable chronic disease in nearly 120 million American adults, including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, ...
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and fellow pharmaceutical companies are all looking to make billion-dollar settlement deals over their role in the opioid epidemic. Reuters was able to independently verify an NBC report regarding Purdue Pharma ...
“Defendants made substantial payments of money to a variety of different pain advocacy groups and organizations that influence prescribing physicians and other health care professionals.” “In a landmark decision, an Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered ...
“After four decades of weak antitrust enforcement and judicial hostility to antitrust cases, it is critical that Congress step in to determine whether existing laws are adequate to tackle abusive conduct by platform gatekeepers or ...
The nation’s largest opioid distributors, their subsidiaries, and employees gave more than $23 million in campaign contributions to federal candidates over the last decade. (By Frank Bass, MapLight) Even as an epidemic of painkiller abuse ...
“It is important for those participating in AI standards development to be aware of, and to act consistently with, U.S. government policies and principles, including those that address societal and ethical issues, governance and privacy.” ...
“The NSA has been vacuuming up hundreds of millions of Americans’ call records as part of a program that is hopelessly complex and lacks any discernible evidence of its value.” The Trump administration urged Congress ...
A compelling film on Netflix, The Great Hack, adds to our understanding of big tech’s threat to democracy and explains how a lot of “tools” came out of the military’s psychological operations (or psyops) and ...
“But for them to go under oath and say that theses blacklists don’t exist, well employees like me are able to just search through the internal search engine of the company and see that they ...
The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future has always opposed Medicare for All. But lately it’s been going after moderate healthcare proposals, too. (By Jessica Piper, The Center for Responsive Politics) A group of major ...
Amazon, Facebook and Google for the first time ever are among the top 15 lobbying spenders in a single quarter. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Facing tremendous pressure from regulators and lawmakers from ...
In a surprise move, the Senate Finance Committee struck down industry friendly amendments to a new bill regulating big pharma. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Jessica Piper, Center For Responsive Politics) The Senate Finance Committee advanced a ...
Slowly politicians are catching up with the majority of Americans who support Medicare for all. (By Tim Zelina and Frank Bass, MapLight) Twelve of the current 17 House members who cosponsored the landmark 2009 measure ...
“Banning encryption in America will not stop bad guys from using encryption… it will leave Americans less secure against intrusions by an administration that has shown [it is] willing to support lawless measures.” In his ...
“We particularly worry about food‐insecure households with kids and adolescents.” The Trump administration is moving to change the way states calculate who is eligible for food stamp assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...
Saturday, July 20, was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The anniversary brought renewed interest in NASA’s new Artemis program to once again take astronauts back to the lunar surface. NASA’s new ...
Questions arise about the use of data analysis in China. The OpenPower Foundation, led by Google and IBM executives, has the aim of “driving innovation.” It is registered in New Jersey as a community improvement ...
NASA is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by opening its moon rock samples to geologists. Hundreds of pounds of moon rocks have been closely guarded in a restricted Houston lab ...
“How is it acceptable that GDPs are increasing all the time … and homelessness is rising all the time?” Residents of a waterfront San Francisco neighborhood filed a lawsuit against the city and state on ...
About 2% of public water systems across the country exceeded the federal limit on lead between 2014 and 2016 – but that could be underestimating the extent of the problem. (By Laura Pangallozzi, The Conversation) ...
“Oncolytic viruses such as the coxsackievirus could transform the way we treat cancer and could signal a move away from more established treatments such as chemotherapy.” A group of researchers recently conducted a clinical trial ...
A new report from the Sunlight Foundation documented 26 instances in which references to the Affordable Care Act were removed or altered on government websites. A new detailed report from the Sunlight Foundation claims the ...
A new UK proposal wants to implement ‘Ghost Protocol’ which would add law enforcement as an invisible participant to conversations on messaging apps. (Paulo Garcia, The Conversation) The term “ghost protocol” might remind you of ...
Ninety percent of the money spent by the Portuguese government on issues related to drug use is spent to increase access to treatment and rehabilitation and to fund harm reduction programs. The opioid epidemic in ...
“To see these aggressive, and even predatory, collection strategies affect everyday teachers, farmers, even nurses — it’s heartbreaking and it’s wrong and it needs to stop.” After ProPublica revealed a nonprofit Christian hospital filed thousands ...
More older Americans are opting to die at home, often with the emotional support of a home care worker. (By Cati Coe, The Conversation) President Trump wants the U.S. immigration system to shift away from ...
“I think it’s fair to characterize Johnson & Johnson as a kingpin in our opioid crisis.” Johnson & Johnson (J&J), the pharmaceutical company famous for its family-friendly image, is combating a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit from the ...
“Based on our results so far in Arkansas, it doesn’t appear that this particular policy is accomplishing its goals.” According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, work requirements for ...
“This is our time to stand up for the American people. I’m sick of going home and telling them that neither side wanted to defend their rights.” The House rejected an amendment on Tuesday that ...
“This bill is about challenging Roe v. Wade and protecting the lives of the unborn because an unborn baby is a person who deserves love and protection. I have prayed my way through this bill.” ...
Was Pfizer’s decision not to pursue Enbrel as an Alzheimer’s drug purely based on science, or was it based on the almighty dollar? Pfizer is highly regarded for many blockbuster drugs. In particular, the company’s ...
“If you find yourself spending more time fighting than getting to work, stop and ask yourself, ‘Who benefits from all the chaos?'” Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized Big Tech companies for failing to manage the ...
A Texas law allowing for a conscientious exemption to vaccines is worrying Texas officials that a measles outbreak is on the horizon. Health officials in Texas are closely watching several parts of the state for ...
“One problem we had was the ‘ick’ factor. People have a picture in their mind of throwing uncle Edgar into the back in the food scrap pile and letting him rot, and that’s not really ...
“We have emails, text messages, telephone records, and former company insiders that we believe will prove a multi-year conspiracy to fix prices and divide market share for huge numbers of generic drugs.” Sen. Bernie Sanders and ...
“STIs have a profound impact on the health of adults and children worldwide. If untreated, they can lead to serious and chronic health effects that include neurological and cardiovascular disease, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirths, and ...
By the turn of the 20th century, every state classified abortion as a felony, with some states including limited exceptions for medical emergencies and cases of rape and incest. (Treva B. Lindsey, The Conversation) On ...
One of the most striking things about the recent (limited) psychedelic research is that the drugs do not appear to be addictive or have adverse effects when a guide is involved. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ...
The closed-door negotiations “reveal a familiar dynamic in Washington, where political parties don’t debate each other on policy as much as they mediate fights between corporate interests.” Progressive activists and lawmakers criticized House Democratic leadership ...
In a British-style system, the government fully owns, operates, and staffs all health care facilities. (By Simon F. Haeder, The Conversation) The role of government in the U.S. health care system has been contentious long before ...
The chemical has a strong propensity to off-gas when used in “strips” similar to those in Starbucks stores, and apart from cancer concerns, poses acute risks to exposed individuals. (Beyond Pesticides) A class-action lawsuit is accusing Starbucks ...
“This is about how do we get competition back in this space,” said Congressman David N. Cicilline of Rhode Island as he announced antitrust investigations into big tech. The world of big tech was shaken ...
“We want Amazon’s board to oversee and disclose how Amazon is addressing the significant risks posed by the sale of facial recognition technology.” Amazon has recently faced pressure from its investors over the sale of ...
“The ‘ghost’ proposal would pose serious threats to cybersecurity and thereby also threaten fundamental human rights, including privacy and free expression” – Open Letter to GCHQ In an open letter to the U.K.’s Government Communications ...
Jerrie Cobb and twelve other women passed astronaut testing for the United States’ first human spaceflight program in the early 1960s, but born years too early, not one would ever make it to space. However, ...
Just weeks after Israeli-based fake social media accounts were deleted, pro-Iran accounts were also taken down in a purge on the never-ending war on fake news. On Tuesday, prominent internet security firm FireEye revealed the ...
“Enabled by a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites, Starlink will provide fast, reliable internet to populations with little or no connectivity.” On Thursday, Starlink, Elon Musk’s ambitious global internet program, took a giant step ...
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