Hyperloop Technologies Hires CEO From Cisco To Speed Up The Future Of Travel
Hyperloop Technologies, an ambitious Los Angeles startup that aims to commercialize superfast transportation systems around the world, announced Wednesday that it has appointed Rob Lloyd, a 20-year...
View ArticleChain Gang 2.0: If You Can’t Afford This GPS Ankle Bracelet, You Get Thrown...
On a recent broiling August day, Antonio Green, an out-of-work construction worker, sat in his living room, a folder full of receipts open across his legs. He explained how an electronic monitor,...
View ArticleCuba's Internet: Censorship And High Costs Mean Web Access Will Remain...
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, introduced a bill on the congressional floor titled the Cuba DATA Act. The bill encouraged U.S. telecommunication companies to set up...
View ArticleHow The Department Of Homeland Security Is Tapping Silicon Valley For...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joanne Hayes-White, San Francisco’s fire chief, addressed a room full of entrepreneurs Wednesday to talk about how "first responder" technology has the potential to save lives. By way...
View ArticleInside The Bold, Brazen And Bizarre Business Plan Of The Hyperloop
LOS ANGELES -- Up onstage in the sprawling Pasadena Convention Center stands Dirk Ahlborn, the German entrepreneur who wants to stick you into a 7-foot-wide tube -- suspended by magnetic forces in a...
View ArticlePrison Phone Bribe Scandal In Mississippi Highlights FCC Reforms To High Fees...
The bribes began over lunch. Once a month, Sam Waggoner, a 61-year-old consultant for the billion-dollar prison technology firm Global Tel* Link, says he would drive to the house of Christopher Epps,...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Technical Glitch Causes National Service Disruptions For...
Once again, a technical glitch at a major airline has led to delayed flights -- and frustration -- for passengers traveling around the country. On Sunday morning, Southwest Airlines reported “a system...
View ArticleDrone Incidents On The Rise In United Kingdom: Report
Six months ago, a small drone carrying drugs, cell phones, screwdrivers and a knife crashed into the razor wire of a British prison located about 45 miles west of Cambridge. The incident marked the...
View ArticleMRSA Infections Continue To Plague The NFL
Despite five surgeries to treat a serious staph infection, doctors may need to amputate the foot of New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells, NFL.com reported. The infection was caused by MRSA, a...
View Article5 Killed in Helicopter Crash At NATO Base Near Kabul
Five members of a NATO-led advisory unit were killed Sunday in a helicopter crash near Kabul, Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a press release. Five others were injured; their condition is not...
View ArticleThousands Of Greeks Flood Into Athens For Tons Of Free Fruit And Vegetables
On Sunday, thousands of Greeks filled Athens’ central square. They were there not to protest -- but simply to eat. Specifically, they feasted on tons of briam, a vegetable dish that includes eggplant,...
View ArticleAnonymous Threat Made On Popular Campus App Shuts Down Swedish University
School administrators at a major Swedish university announced late Sunday afternoon that classes Monday, Oct. 12, would be canceled in light of a menacing online threat. On the Lund University...
View ArticlePentagon In Silicon Valley: What's The Government Up To?
SAN FRANCISCO -- On April 23, America’s top military brass, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, stepped onstage at the Cemex Auditorium at Stanford University to address a room packed with students,...
View ArticleReport: Prisons Are Bad, But Electronic Monitoring Is Not the Answer
It’s no secret that America has a prison problem. More than $80 billion is spent every year to lock up more than 2.2 million people, many of them serving hard time for minor crimes including...
View ArticleFCC Will Cap Prison Phone Rates, And That's Bad News For These Two Tech...
Every time Joanne Jones picks up the phone to call her son in Texas, she cringes thinking about how much it will cost her. That’s because Jones’ son, Nate, is currently locked up in a Texas county...
View ArticlePrivate Prison Executives Say New FCC Phone Regulations Will Put Lives In Danger
For years, private prison companies routinely charged inmates and their families up to $17 for a 15-minute phone call, pocketing millions in profits. That may soon change. On Thursday federal...
View ArticleThe Very Personal Reason This FCC Commissioner Fought To Regulate Prison...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mignon Clyburn isn’t exactly a household name for most of America, but for anyone who has a friend or family member behind bars, Clyburn has become something of a folk hero. That’s...
View ArticleSecurus Technologies: A Rogue Employee, Not A Hacker, Exposed 70 Million...
Securus Technologies, the prison technology firm based in Dallas that provides phone service to incarcerated people around the country, said on Thursday its system was not hacked by an outsider, but...
View ArticleParis Attacks: European Demand For Security Technology Will Likely Increase...
Following the grisly citywide attack in Paris that left 129 dead and 352 injured on Friday night, the demand for high-tech state security products will likely increase in the coming months. Many of...
View ArticleParis Security Expo Video: Drones, Assault Rifles, Body Armor And Robots On...
PARIS -- Days after seven militants carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Paris since World War II, France is hosting Europe’s largest anti-terrorism and law enforcement exhibition this week,...
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