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Pinging the Whole Internet Reveals Unsecured Backdoors That Could Tempt Hackers and Cyber Criminals
A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone. Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
Billions of cicadas set to invade East Coast this spring
Billions of bugs are set to swarm the East Coast this Spring. Flying insects will descend on cities, towns and villages from New England to North Carolina as part of a natural phenomenon that only occurs once every 17 years. Original post on nydailynews.com Comments on reddit.com
Global Support Grows for Legalizing Drugs
The global war on drugs has cost billions and taken countless lives — but achieved little. The scant results finally have politicians and experts joining calls for legalization. Following the journey of cocaine from a farm in Colombia to a user in Berlin sheds light on why. Original post on spiegel.de Comments on reddit.com
Britain’s colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition – Home News – UK
The true scale of Britain’s involvement in the slave trade has been laid bare in documents revealing how the country’s wealthiest families received the modern equivalent of billions of pounds in compensation after slavery was abolished. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Kepler Space Telescope Data Reveals Billions Of Earth-Like Planets Near Earth
If ET phones home today, his long distance charge might not be as much as people believed when Steven Spielberg’s classic film came out three decades ago. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Apple Is Hiding Billions Of Dollars From The IRS
11 in the last quarter. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
YouTube Kills Billions of Video Views Faked By Music Industry
YouTube says it has found the music industry with their hands in the cookie jar. Original post on tomsguide.com Comments on reddit.com
Are billions of dollars worth of financial documents being salvaged in Fort Worth? – Busin.
Fort Worth firm seems to be drying documents damaged by Sandy. Original post on telegram.com Comments on reddit.com
CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks
BP agrees to criminal plea, $4 billion settlement in Gulf oil spill case
The firm also agreed to a criminal plea in the 2010 gulf oil spill. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
How to Rob Africa – People – Power
Why does the Western world feed Africa with one hand while taking from it with the other? Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Goldman urges Supreme Court to end mortgage class-action
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In Billions of Years, Aliens Will Find These Photos in a Dead Satellite – Raw File
Long after human civilization is gone without a trace, our satellites will still orbit Earth intact. Last Pictures is a project to store 100 images on one of them to be discovered later. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Bayer aspirin: How a struggling painkiller was reborn as a heart medicine and earned billions for Bayer.
Say you have a headache. Your fever’s rising. Your back is aching. What do you take? Probably ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), maybe acetaminophen (Tylenol), possibly naproxen (Aleve). Together, those drugs comprise nearly four-fifths of the $2 billion-plus over-the-counter pain relief market, prospering from aggressive ad campaigns and cheap manufacturing costs. But… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
After $30 Billion Mistake, Can Tim Cook Manage Apple?
see photostheamazingios6maps.tumblr.comClick for full photo gallery: Those Terrible iOS 6 Maps The flaws with Apple Maps and previously with Apple’s voice recognition software, Siri, reveal some deep flaws with Tim Cook’s work as CEO. You might think that Tim Cook is doing a spectacular job. After all, since taking over as CEO on August 24, 2011, [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
46 Republicans Claim Wind Credits Are Too ‘Costly’ After Voting To Retain Billions In Big Oil Subsidies
The future of wind tax credits is still tied up in Congress as the clock runs down to extend the production tax credit for wind (PTC) expiring at the end of the year. This week, 47 House Republicans urged House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to let them expire. Although GOP districts hold 81 percent of [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
Russia bets billions on turn toward Asia
Once a mysterious closed city during Soviet times, Vladivostok is ready to strut in the world spotlight as host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Original post on missoulian.com Comments on reddit.com
Exclusive: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney rainmakers consider exit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several dozen Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers who manage tens of billions of dollars of client money are considering leaving the firm, saying that widespread technology problems Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
“Saturn’s Titan is Capable of Creating the Molecules that Make Up DNA” (Today’s Most Popular)
Saturn’s moon Titan has many of the components for life without liquid water. But the orange hydrocarbon haze that shrouds the planet’s largest moon could be creating the molecules that make up DNA without the help of water – an… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Jon S. Corzine Reportedly Planning to Start Up His Own Hedge Fund – Catherine Crier
In the absence of any criminal charges filed against him, former NJ Governor Jon Corzine is reportedly planning to start up his own hedge fund; this as authorities close a ten month criminal investigation into the sudden bankruptcy of his firm, MF Global, and $1.2 billion in client funds that still remains “missing.” Original post on patriotacts.com Comments on reddit.com
1st Known Spiral Galaxy in Universe Discovered -Billions of Years Older than Expected
Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a spiral galaxy in the early universe, billions of years before many other spiral galaxies formed. In findings reported July 19 in the journal Nature, the astronomers said they discovered it while using… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
HSBC ‘allowed drug cartels to launder money’ – Americas – Al Jazeera English
US senate probe has found that Europe’s largest bank had lax controls that allowed money laundering for seven years. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
STUDY: Medicaid Expansion Saves States Billions – ThinkProgress
Republican politicians across the country claim that Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, the widely popular program which makes health insurance available for lower-income Americans, will increase costs for states. Ten Republican governors have pledged not to accept the Medicaid expansion funds and 22 other governors are considering turning down the money. Directly disproving Republican claims, an [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on digg.com
Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats? – By Zach Toombs, R. Jeffrey Smith, and the Center for Public Integrity – Foreign Policy
Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil: Nature News & Comment
Farmers notch up another victory in legal fight. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions – NYTimes.com
How the world’s most powerful drug traffickers run their billion-dollar business. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Alien Habitable Planets May Exist Billions of Years Older Than Earth -Harvard Center for Astrophysics
Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren’t available in the early history of the universe. The Big Bang filled space with hydrogen and helium. Chemical elements like silicon and oxygen – key components of rocks – had to… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren focuses on foreclosures and student loans in new ad – masslive.com
Warren accuses Washington of not doing enough to help the middle class, echoing a common theme in her campaign. Original post on masslive.com Comments on reddit.com
Facebook Tanks, What Really Happened – Veterans Today
Facebook was blatantly overpriced, the stock tanked and what really happened is the public got Zuckered and many of those laughing faces at Farcebook’s opening obviously knew it. Original post on veteranstoday.com Comments on reddit.com