Miami-Dade County’s Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah confirmed 55 apartment units on the building’s northeast side had totally collapsed, with 35 people rescued from the wreckage of the 12-story building and ten “assessed and treated” on site. A further two were sent to nearby hospitals, where one died. While estimates …
Read More »Federal investigators execute search warrant at NYC apartment of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani
The feds seized Giuliani’s electronic devices, according to one of the three sources who spoke to the New York Times about the investigation on Wednesday. Investigators are examining Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine and whether he illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials. Spokespeople from the FBI and …
Read More »Search underway for Indonesian submarine missing north of Bali, 53 on board – military
National Armed Forces Commander Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters that the KRI Nanggala disappeared 95 km (60 miles) north of Bali. The vessel went missing northwest of the port town Singaraja and was in the area to conduct a torpedo drill, according to Janes, the defence intelligence information publisher. The vessel …
Read More »FBI receives ‘search warrant’ to INFILTRATE & FIX hundreds of systems affected by ‘Chinese hack’ of Microsoft Exchange servers
In what appears to be the first action of such kind ever, the FBI removed “web shells” belonging to “one early hacking group,” the DOJ said on Tuesday. Web shells are malware left on the servers by people who used the zero-day exploit on the popular email server software to …
Read More »Google accused of allowing advertisers to search for ‘white supremacist’ keywords on YouTube – including ‘All lives matter’
An investigation by the Markup found that advertisers could find relevant videos for their ads by using terms like “white lives matter,” “all lives matter” and “white power.” Citing the Southern Poverty Law Center, the outlet noted that some of these phrases are popular with white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Anyone …
Read More »Google threatens to REMOVE search engine in Australia if legislators force it to share profits with news content creators
As Australian legislators continue to debate the controversial law – which would compel internet platforms to hand over a cut of revenues to press agencies for sharing their content – Google stepped into the fray on Friday, insisting the move would make its operations unfeasible in the country. “The code’s …
Read More »Search operation launched after Indonesian jet carrying more than 50 people loses contact
The plane was travelling from Indonesian capital Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province and lost contact shortly after taking off on Saturday. Sriwijaya Air said in a statement it is still gathering more detailed information regarding the flight before it can make any statement. FlightRadar24 data indicates the plane …
Read More »Cosmonauts to intensify search for leak on ISS amid concerns over DEPLETING oxygen reserves
“Practically, we don’t understand in what part of the intermediate chamber we currently have an extra leak,” a specialist from the Russian Mission Control Center in the town of Korolyov in the Moscow Region told the crew, according to a broadcast by NASA. “Regrettably, we won’t be able to do …
Read More »Trump becomes top search result for ‘loser’, Biden for ‘winner’ on Twitter, as platform denies rigging algorithm
Trump began popping up as a “loser” in Twitter’s “People” search tab after his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, declared victory in the US presidential election on Saturday. The Democratic candidate addressed the nation after several major television networks called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for the 77-year-old, which put him …
Read More »Liberal bias? Google appears to be hiding search suggestions that cast Black Lives Matter in a negative light
As protests and riots swept the nation following the death of George Floyd in May, Google searches for ‘Black Lives Matter’ spiked a hundredfold. Given that these protests have resulted in multiple deaths, widespread looting, and the burning down of parts of several major urban centers, one would expect that a …
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