American Airlines Comfortable With 737 Modifications; Passengers Won’t Be

American Airlines has announced that it will be replacing its older fleet of the wide-bodied Boeing 767 planes with 787 Dreamliners, starting in 2020. They will offer “improved fuel efficiency, lower maintenance costs, greater range, and enhanced customer experience” over …

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Scientists Call for Boycott of South Korean University Over “Killer Robots”

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) made headlines last month for announcing a partnership with defense company Hanwha Systems to develop artificial intelligence. There is now growing concern that the partnership will lead to the creation of

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Vladimir Putin Responds to Facebook Shutting Down 270 Russian Accounts Involved in Scandal

Social media giant Facebook has announced the deletion of more than 270 accounts reportedly operated by the Internet Research Agency, a Russian disinformation operation. All in all, 138 pages, seventy-five accounts and sixty-five Instagram accounts to tide the IRA were …

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Donald Trump Takes Credit for Immigrant Caravan Being Stopped Short of The United States

A caravan of 1,000 men, women and children migrants hoping to seek asylum in the United States has reportedly been disbanded according to Mexican authorities.  The group made headlines last weekend when it crossed into the Mexico with the goal …

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U.S. Surgeon General, In Rare Public Advisory, Urges Americans to Carry Anti-Opioid Overdose Drug

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued the first public health advisory in years, calling on Americans to carry Naloxone, a drug that reverses the deadly effects of opioid overdoses. Surgeon General Jerome Adams characterized the advisory as the best, …

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