Why Johnny Depp And Saudi Arabia Are New BFFs
The Red Sea Film Foundation, led by Prince Badr, previously chair of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, is providing postproduction financing and producing Johnny Depp’s latest feature, ‘Jeanne du Barry’. Earlier this year, Johnny Depp was given a VIP tour of AlUla (pronounced AL-yoo-lah), the historic region of Saudi Arabia being heavily touted as both a tourism and […]
Before His Killing, Tech Executive Bob Lee Led An Underground Life Of Sex And Drugs
According to people who also participated, before his killing, tech executive Bob Lee led an underground life of sex and drugs. In certain wealthy tech circles it is known as “The Lifestyle,” an underground party scene featuring recreational drug use and casual sex. A successful tech executive named Bob Lee liked to hang out with that crowd, […]
Architect Of Biden’s China Policy To Resign
The State Department announced that the architect of Biden’s China policy, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, is set to resign. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is set to retire, the State Department said on Friday. The 73-year-old official was heavily involved in devising Washington’s current strategy toward China and the broader […]
The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know
The article below lists the top 50 organizations to know in the Censorship-Industrial Complex, with Information Futures Lab (IFL) at Brown University topping the list. On January 17, 1960, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years had been a […]
Norway Discovers 1,000 Missiles Dumped In Lake… Plus Several Tons Of Ammo
Norway has discovered approximately 1,000 missiles and several tons of ammunition that were dumped in Lake Mjøsa from Raufoss and the Norwegian Armed Forces between 1940 and 1970. The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) has investigated four dumping areas in lake Mjøsa, from Gjøvik down to Totenvika. Ammunition has been dumped from Raufoss and the […]
Google Historical Satellite Imagery Disappears For India
Google’s historical satellite imagery for India has disappeared, and a spokesperson from Google responded by stating that they are currently reprocessing some of their historical imagery. They reassured that the imagery will be made available again later this year. Satellite historical imagery of India over the past two decades has disappeared from Google Earth. This […]
Signing The WTO IT Pact, A Big Mistake
India’s voluntary decision to join the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) in 1997 was deemed a big mistake by some. India having lost the WTO dispute on customs duties on mobile phones and certain other IT products is now old news. But an important facet of the dispute appears to have escaped attention of the […]
The Silent Strings Of ChatGPT
There are silent strings behind ChatGPT that decide the views it presents. For example, it defended communism and stated that Mao is “often seen as a controversial figure” but that he was also “a visionary leader” and “not afraid to take bold steps to achieve his goals.” By now, many are familiar with ChatGPT. Based […]
NIH Restarts ‘Bat Virus Grant’ To Peter Daszak And Ecohealth Alliance
The NIH has restarted the ‘Bat Virus Grant’ to Peter Daszak and EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit research organization in New York City, which is a new 4-year grant that represents a stripped-down version of the original grant. Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to suspend a research grant […]
Information ‘Deleted’ From The Human Genome May Be What Made Us Human
A new study led by Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has discovered that information ‘deleted’ from the human genome may be what made us human.