The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena — from a scientific perspective,” the agency said. NASA said it was interested in UAPs from a security and safety perspective. There was no evidence...
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Google should limit location data collection to protect abortion seekers, US lawmakers say π₯π₯π₯
In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai led by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, more than 40 US senators and members of Congress said Google (GOOG) risks allowing “right-wing prosecutors to identify people who have obtained abortions” because of its practice of gathering location...
Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: WSJ report π₯π₯π₯
Information extracted from the plane’s damaged flight-data recorder shows human input orders to the controls sent the plane into its deadly dive, according to the Journal, citing people familiar with the probe. “The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the...
US has the highest rate of gun-related deaths in more than 25 years, CDC data shows π₯π₯π₯
As an emergency physician in the United States for about 20 years, Houry said that it was a “frequent occurrence” to treat young men in the emergency room for gunshot wounds. They often would “bleed out” on her as she was resuscitating them. Then she...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on track to advance to French presidential runoff, data shows | CNN π₯π₯π₯
Paris CNN β Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen appear to be the leading candidates in the first round of the French presidential elections, an analysis of early results shows, setting up a rematch of the 2017 contest. Macron, Franceβs current president, appears poised to...
Immigration arrests in the US plunge under Biden administration, data show π₯π₯π₯
Under Biden, the Department of Homeland Security rolled out a series of policy changes that marked a departure from the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement measures. That included modifying guidance to focus arrests on national security, public safety and border security risks. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal...
Ireland’s data centers are an economic lifeline. But environmentalists say they’re wrecking the planet π₯π₯π₯
If approved, it would be one of the country’s biggest. A Dublin-based company called Art Data Centres Ltd. submitted the planning application for the center in July. Not much is known about the company, which was set up in 2018. Its director and secretary have...
Cyberattack on Red Cross compromised data of over 500,000 ‘highly vulnerable people’ π₯π₯π₯
The hack has forced the Red Cross to shut down IT systems that support a program that reunites families separated by conflict, migration or disaster, the humanitarian organization said. It’s unclear who was responsible for the cyber incident, but the Red Cross said its “most...
Covid-19 hospitalizations reach record high, HHS data shows π₯π₯π₯
The previous peak was 142,246, on January 14, 2021. During the Delta-variant surge over the summer, the number peaked at about 104,000 on September 1. This comes amid a surge in cases fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant. Hospitals are increasingly juggling staffing...
More than 100,000 people in the US are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, data shows π₯π₯π₯
The Chicago Teachers Union is planning to convene an emergency meeting to vote on whether its teachers would move strictly to virtual teaching amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, according to a union official, setting up a potential lockout with the school district. Chicago Public...