These Ancient Peoples Smoked the Chronic at Funerals
A finding in western China suggests humans were seeking out high-octane weed for rituals 2,500 years ago. Source: Science News
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What kids get up to online
Today’s children navigate the Internet better than adults. They are not afraid to try out new technology, and are quick to grasp new trends and sometimes invent their own. New…
FLASTER: Add Fuel on the Call for Impeachment, While Trumpster Shocks Mexican Tariff World
Day by day, individual Democrats realize they’re losing the message battle By Marc. L. Flaster Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — By attempting to try a new approach to stem the…
IT threat evolution Q1 2019. Statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky Lab products received from users who consented to provide statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, Kaspersky Lab solutions…
Lt. Gov. Patrick: “Its not just 11 million people here illegally, its over 30 million – there’s been a report now put out by MIT backing up those numbers.”
AUSTIN, Texas (Texas Insider Report) — “We will have more people enter our country illegally in the next year, than are born here,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Lou…
How chemicals mothers breathe affect their children
Christina Sumners: Welcome to Science Sound Off. I’m Christina Sumners. Tim Schnettler: And I’m her cohost Tim Schnettler. Christina Sumners: And we are here today with Dr. Natalie Johnson from…
DDoS attacks in Q1 2019
News overview The start of the year saw the appearance of various new tools in the arsenal of DDoS-attack masterminds. In early February, for instance, the new botnet Cayosin, assembled…
How to Get Your Child to Just Say No to Socialism
By Justin Haskins Millennials prefer socialism over capitalism according to a number of new surveys. Do millennials understand the impact of socialism? Despite mountains of historical evidence revealing the dangers…
Spam and phishing in Q1 2019
Quarterly highlights Valentine’s Day As per tradition, phishing timed to coincide with lovey-dovey day was aimed at swindling valuable confidential information out of starry-eyed users, such as bank card details.…
China's Scientists Are the New Kids on the Arctic Block
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo berated China this week for using its growing Arctic research program as a Trojan horse for its military and commercial goals. Source: Science News
As demand for recyclables plummets abroad, Texas lawmakers back plan to boost demand at home
A Greenstar Recycling Center employee removes plastic bags from a sort line in Garland, Texas. Allison V. Smith for the Texas Tribune For decades, countries like China and India have…
50 Bills in 50 Days
Congressman Michael T. McCaul Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Throughout my tenure in Congress, I have worked to keep our communities safe, fight human trafficking and counter any threats to…
Mexico Is Now World’s Backdoor Into America — and Congress is AWOL
They’re processed quickly, and either detained briefly or released into U.S. with a court date By James Jay Carafano Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — One thing is certain: getting…
Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 30, 2019
Sorghum acres expected to decrease despite excellent growing conditions COLLEGE STATION – Sorghum acres are expected to decrease amid excellent growing conditions because of an ongoing trade dispute, said a…
An Elite War on The Working Class Is What’s Really Behind the Green New Deal
Climate change is ethics for the super-rich By Rupert Darwall When coal and oil and gas are left in the ground, jobs and American’s personal income is buried there forever…
APT trends report Q1 2019
For just under two years, the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky Lab has been publishing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat (APT) activity. The summaries are based…
GINGRICH: If Mueller Team Could’ve found President Trump Guilty, They Would Have
If no signs of guilt were produced after two years of digging by an anti-Trump wolfpack, its reasonable to conclude there was no guilt By Newt Gingrich Texas Insider Report:…
China Finds Phone-Wielding Tourists and Telescopes Don't Mesh
Part scientific instrument and part vacation destination, China’s FAST radio telescope welcomed visitors with their radio wave-emitting gadgets—until it didn’t. Source: Science News
Bots and botnets in 2018
Due to the wide media coverage of incidents involving Mirai and other specialized botnets, their activities have become largely associated with DDoS attacks. Yet this is merely the tip of…
China, US trade negotiators resume talks in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Trade negotiators from China and the U.S. resumed talks Friday to try to resolve their tariff dispute over China’s ambitions to dominate emerging technologies. Source: Business –…
