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Leave it to Zendrive to create a safe driving app that can turn your smartphone into an insurance surveillance device.

Zendrive encourages people and companies to download their safe driving app which uses a person’s smartphone to detect unsafe driving habits.  Continue reading “Zendrive Can Turn Drivers Smartphones Into Insurance Surveillance Devices”

The Charlotte Observer

A series of Special Forces military training exercises — including gunfire with blanks — is being staged across 21 North Carolina counties starting Aug. 30, and the Army is telling the public not to be alarmed at the suspicious-looking activity.

Known as Robin Sage training, the unconventional warfare exercises can be likened to live-action role playing in the extreme, with hostile engagement playing out between Special Forces students, volunteer civilians and soldiers out of Fort Bragg. It continues through Sept. 12, said a press release.  Continue reading “Secretive warfare training being staged in 21 North Carolina counties, Army says”

Vox

American Factory

The premise: In December 2008, the last truck rolled off the assembly line of the GM plant in Dayton, Ohio. Thousands of people were out of work. Then in 2014, a Chinese company reopened the factory and rehired a workforce to make automotive glass. American Factory is a documentary about the factory’s reopening, and the cultural clashes that put some bumps in the road. (It’s also the first film from Higher Ground, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, which has partnered with Netflix to distribute a slate of programming.)  Continue reading “American Factory, the first film in the Obamas’ Netflix slate, is one of the year’s best docs”

The Week

So that just happened.

Yes, President Trump, when asked about his ongoing trade war with China, deemed himself “the chosen one” when talking with reporters outside the White House on Wednesday. As Trump put it, when it comes to dealing with China’s trade practices, “somebody had to do it.” He then added “I am the chosen one” as he looked up to the sky.  Continue reading “Trump: ‘I am the chosen one’”

ABC 7

FRESNO, Calif. (KABC) — Allegations of excessive force are being aimed at a police officer in Fresno after bodycam video shows a teen being repeatedly punched.

This video shows officers at an apartment complex looking for wanted gang members.

After one teen is frisked and told to sit down, an officer jumps on him and starts punching him multiple times.  Continue reading “Fresno police officer punches teen multiple times”

Fox News

Is it a bird? Or is it a bunny?

That’s the question sparked by a video that’s gone viral. The clip shows a bird, with its beak in the air, and a human stroking its head. But looked at from a different angle, the beak appears similar to bunny ears.  Continue reading “Bunny or bird: What do you see in this viral optical illusion video?”

The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat

When people typically imagine Southern California, a few things come to mind: vast freeways, heavy traffic, the storied SoCal car culture, and a huge urban expanse surrounded by suburbia and covered in pavement.

Lost in outsiders’ popular perception of the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is the vast wildlife that once resided where suburban towns have been built. To this day, the Santa Monica Mountains looming above the region’s communities still teem with wildlife such as large raptors, mountain lions, bears, coyote, deer, lizards, and snakes—but their numbers have rapidly faded in recent years.  Continue reading “California Set to Build World’s Largest Animal Bridge Over Major Highway Near L.A.”