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Mystery Man on Jetpack Might Be Mannequin Drone
Americans love a good mystery, especially one that involves an unidentified flying object. Just a guess, but the pandemic may have facilitated more than your average usage of the FBI’s
Fallout at Hyundai, Kia After Apple Car Talks Break Down
Reuters has tabulated just how much damage Hyundai and partner company K...
Biden Order Will Review Critical Supply Chains
Multiple news outlets reported last week that President Biden will soon issue an executive order aimed at reviewing critical US supply chains and ultimately find ways to reduce the country’s reliance on foreign suppliers for technology, raw mat...
House Panel Investigating Meat Plant Deaths, Infection
A congressional panel is opening an investigation into widespread COVID-19 infections and deaths of U.S. meatpacking plant employees, saying that the Trump administration didn’t do nearly enough to protect workers.On Feb. 1, the chairman...
Marines Want Autonomous Boats with Kamikaze Drones
Metal Shark. Loitering munitions. Collaborative swarming behaviors.That’s who and what this episode will cover, thanks to a recent agreement between the Marine Corps. and Louisiana-based boat builder Metal Shark for a new type of long-di...
Say Goodbye to the Hellcat V8
When Fiat Chrysler announced its intention to merge with European car company Groupe PSA, industry analysts warned that there would be casualties: specifically by way of trimming down the number of vehicles in Dodge and Chrysler’s slow-movin...
MIT Backs Engineer Charged in China Crackdown
More than two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new effort, known as the China Initiative, to crack down on the ...
'Disturbing' New Bot Allows You to Talk to Dead People
When you’re on the cutting edge of AI development, it’s all but guaranteed that some of your more extreme ideas will wind up in a development holding pattern. And for Microsoft, this is one of those times, as company leaders recently released m...
Researchers Grow Mice Meat
Researchers from McMaster University in Canada have cultivated a new meat using a method they say offers a more natural flavor and texture than other other alternatives to traditional meat. The first sample was cultivated using cells from mice....
Chobani Giving Employees 6 Paid Hours to Get Vaccinated
While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is still slowly being rolled out, one major food manufacturer is already going public with its plan to encourage employees to get the shot.Chobani president and COO Peter McGuinness said in a January 22...
Unilever to Drop Suppliers That Fail to Pay Living Wage
Unilever is one of the world’s largest consumer goods conglomerates, and it wants its suppliers to pay up… to their employees.The London-based company announced a sweeping set of social equity initiatives on January 21st, topping them wi...
Musk Offers $100M for Carbon Capture Technology
Despite the fact that the world’s richest increased their wealth dramatically during the pandemic, there were still some moments of philanthropy that might even warm the heart,
SUV Stops Bullets Without Spilling the Minibar
In case you were wondering if customization in the automotive realm was beginning to slow, the Sentry Civilian is here to reassure you that is not the case.Designed and manufactured by Toronto-based Inkas, a provider of bullet-resistant ...
Juice Maker Shut Down for 'Grossly Insanitary Conditions'
The Food and Drug Administration this week announced a settlement with a Washington state juice producer over unsanitary conditions and contaminated products.The FDA said a federal judge, at its request, entered a consent decree between ...
Fire Extinguisher Maker Gets $12M Penalty
Fire extinguisher manufacturer Walter Kidde Portable Equipment has been ordered to pay a $12 million civil penalty following allegations that the company failed to inform the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of product defects in a tim...
Apple Finds Partner for Long-Secret Car Project
Nearly seven years ago, in an effort to branch out beyond a maturing market for its flagship product, Apple began working on something quite different.The iPhone maker tried its best to keep what was known as “Project Titan” under wraps,...
Authorities Raid ‘Ghost Gun’ Maker
Gun enthusiasts and hobbyists have long been able to assemble their own firearms at home without running afoul of laws regarding registration.But as those do-it-yourself options became easier to use in recent years, critics have warned t...
Medical Device CEO Charged in COVID-19 Test Fraud Scheme
Keith Berman, 67, is the CEO of Decision Diagnostics, a medical device company based in Westlake Village, CA. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury indicted Berman in connection with an alleged scheme to defra...
Hydrogen-Powered Flying Car to Debut at CES 2021
MACA, based in southern France, is a new startup in the flying-car game with a concept they call the Carcopter. And while the name doesn't suggest it, this one is pretty.The brainchild of ex-fighter pilot Thierry De Boisvilliers and 12-y...
Average New Car Price Hits Record High
While the pandemic has attacked the economy with brutal force, the impact COVID-19 has had on our pocketbooks has not been equal. Studies show that layoffs have disproportionately affected those in certain industries like retail, hospitality an...
SpaceX Sees Offshore Spaceports Around the Globe
Fresh off its historic and successful mission to the International Space Station, last week SpaceX announced even grander plans.Company founder Elon Musk, took to Twitter, if you can believe it, to announce that the company is planning ...
Attorneys Guilty in $200 Million Extortion Scheme
According to the Department of Justice, a pair of Virginia attorneys pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges on Friday. 38-year-old Timothy Litzenburg and 41-year-old Daniel Kincheloe admitted to participating in a scheme to ext...
Air Force Adds To ‘Boneyard'
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is often referred to as the Boneyard.That’s because it houses approximately 4,000 retired military aircraft – more than anyplac...
