Ripped from today’s headlines.
The shooting of Sammy Yatim provokes a number of uncomfortable questions. Amongst them, what happens when you’re the one with pictures or video of police behaving badly? It’s happening more and more—remember the Kelowna Mountie who kicked a guy in the face, and only got busted because of the video? … Read More
Anyone who thinks that investigative reporting is dead has never read Peter Lance. Lance, no doubt aided by graduate degrees in both journalism and law, was the first mainstream journalist to argue that Ramzi Yousef was a chief architect of both World Trade Centre attacks, documented the many intelligence failures … Read More
Elon Musk has debuted his new radical idea, outlining a project that’s straight out of futuristic science fiction. It’s called the Hyperloop and it could possibly get you from L.A. to San Francisco in half an hour. The Hyperloop would work by using electromagnetic energy to propel pods through an … Read More
Apparently the state of California looks down on sheriffs who mess with a citizen’s right to pizza. Authorities charged Deputy Sheriff Juan Tavera with a misdemeanour after he sprayed a teenager’s pizza with pepper spray while no one was looking. The teenager then went home and ate the pizza with … Read More
For a technology that is supposed to change the world, Google Glass sure is getting banned in a lot of places. This time its being barred on the United Kingdom’s roads. The U.K’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced they are against drivers wearing the device while behind the wheel. According … Read More
