Here's a great story about cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc.: A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack. ....Fortinet, who was attributed as the source of the article, has not published any information ...continue reading "You are safe from your toothbrush . . . for now"
A CBO report published today says that economic growth over the next decade is likely to be higher than previous projections. Why? Mostly because of the surge in immigration over the past couple of years. So hooray for immigration? Not really. I suspect CBO's estimates of net immigration are too high, but even if they're ...continue reading "Does immigration really boost GDP?"
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ST. LOUIS - Four days after the flames, demolition is underway for a St. Louis warehouse, and the enormity of the loss is settling in, as is the possibility that this fire was no accident. An ATF investigator has been to the scene just north of downtown, where at least three other warehouse fires have [...]
It’s not often when three of your biggest interests all intersect at once, but here we are. Readers here will know that I am a regular when it comes to writing about trademark disputes, bullying, and news. You may also know that I have quite the affinity for wine. You probably don’t know, however, that […]
There's a $22,938.69 question for one Missouri lawmaker after property records reveal he owed thousands of dollars in taxes—or at least he did—up until FOX Files investigators started looking into it.
A friend of mine told me today that 60 Minutes ran an episode on Sunday about a gap in the border wall near Jacumba Hot Springs. Here's what it looked like: The implicit question from the 60 Minutes piece is, why can't the government fill this four-foot gap "between the 30-foot steel border fence and ...continue reading "What’s up with that gap in the border fence?"
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