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People’s Republic of China People’s Liberation Army Shows Off New J-31 Stealth Jet in Display of Growing Military Might

The PRC’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) showed off China’s latest state-of-the-art fighter jet, the J-31, in Liaoning at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s facility there. The jet is part of the PLA’s goal of transforming China into a top regional military power. [The Times of India]

Kia and Hyundai Admit to the Exaggerating MPG on Cars After US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Investigation Reveals Discrepancy Between Manufacturer’s Published Numbers and Consumer Reported Mileage

The conglomerate South Korean car maker issued an apology to consumers and promised to pay compensation to owners of the vehicles concerned because of the inaccurate MPG numbers published on the stickers of the cars it sells. The mistake is likely to cost Hyundai/Kia hundreds of millions of dollars and is blamed on a discrepancy […]

Microsoft Debuts Revolutionary Windows 8: How the Innovative New Operating System (OS) Brings Microsoft Into the Tablet/Smartphone Fray

The debut of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system (OS) signals the beginning of Microsoft’s struggle to establish a beachhead in the tablet/smartphone wars currently being waged between rivals Google and Apple. With the new OS comes an entirely new, and revolutionary, interface: one that is both designed to usher […]

Hurricane Sandy Expected to Affect Approximately 20% of United States Population

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that approximately 20% of the total population of the U.S., across the eastern coast, will be affected by the destructive force of now-Superstorm Sandy. You can follow the New York Times live-feed of the storm as it passes through New York City by clicking here.

Iranians Discover Monitoring Device Near Fordow Nuclear Site

Iranian Revolutionary Guards reportedly discovered a listening device at the Fordow Nuclear Site disguised as a rock. When the soldiers attempted to move the rock it exploded. The transmitting device within was capable of intercepting computer transmissions.

Iran to Create Nationwide Intranet to Combat Un-Islamic Web Activity

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the creation of a nationwide intranet to supplant the majority of the functions of the internet so that citizens of Iran can enjoy a web free of un-Islamic activity and materials. Currently Iran labors under some of the toughest international sanctions that can be levied against a country because […]

Are the World’s Oceans Running Low of Fish?

Could we be the last generation to harvest food from the world’s oceans? Worldwide fish stocks are depleting rapidly with estimates at 85% of the world’s fisheries being over-harvested or depleted already.

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Wal-Mart to Stop Selling Amazon’s Kindle Tablets and eReaders

In a sign of the growing overlap in product lines between the two retail giants, Wal-Mart has announced it will stop selling competitor Amazon’s Kindle in its stores once the current inventory runs through. Though Wal-Mart is massive in terms of brick-and-mortar stores, it is small in the online space where Amazon is king and […]

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Harvard Scientists Use DNA to Store 700 Terabytes of Data

Scientists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have embedded 5.5 petabits of data into a single gram of DNA. The revolutionary work conducted by George Church and Sri Kosuri treats DNA like any other digital storage unit by synthesizing 96 bit strands of DNA with TGAC representing binary numbers (T and G as 1, A and C as […]

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The Global Network Initiative and Silicon Valley’s Relationship with the People’s Republic of China

The internet is a place known both for its anonymity and for the privacy this allows. In the modern age, the networks that connect people around the globe are a nightmare for any regime seeking to oppress its people. The relationship between major Silicon Valley tech companies Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft and the People’s Republic […]