A class action lawsuit was brought against Facebook by some of its content moderators claiming their job gave them PTSD. Facebook has agreed to pay out $52 million to the affected workers and is expected to be signed off on later this year. The social media platform uses a combination of human employees and AI to sort through reported content ... Read More »
While the coronavirus pandemic has spread to all parts of the globe, certain U.S. cities have been hit harder than others. The top 100 metro areas in the U.S. have been examined in order to determine which ones have the best and worst chance of overcoming the coronavirus. Overall the smaller college towns are in the best position to recover, ... Read More »
Army Special Forces veteran Luke Denman would normally go off the grid for days or weeks at a time before popping back up. His older brother Mark has stated that until he saw the videos and pictures of the failed coup in Venezuela, he assumed that Luke was off the grid or working on an oil rig. Mark has said ... Read More »
U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to use small surveillance aircraft that can provide support to ground troops. These aircraft are outfitted with cameras, hellfire missiles, and laser-guided rockets. The goal is to locate and target the enemy with an airstrike first in order to diminish the amount of engagement the ground troops have to face. This will decrease the ... Read More »
On April 17th retired Army Col. Andrew Morgan returned to earth after spending nine months in space. While on the International Space Station Morgan kept tabs on the coronavirus and shared his support for medical personnel during this time. He landed in Baikonur, Kazakhstan before traveling to Houston. “I don’t know that I expected things would change quite as much; ... Read More »
Three U.N. troops were killed, and three others were seriously wounded on Sunday morning in northern Mali. Their convoy struck a roadside bomb while on a routine patrol in the Aguelhok commune. Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, has confirmed the event and stated that reinforcements have been sent to the area. Currently the U.N. ... Read More »
While many of the people who contract the coronavirus recover, there have been over 2,000 deaths in the UK. BBC has spoken with three people who had to be hospitalized after catching the virus. Karen Mannering was six months pregnant when she came down with a cough and fever that would not go away before it progressed into breathing difficulty. ... Read More »
While on a mountain in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam, Ken David and his battalion were attack by the North Vietnamese Army. Six U.S. troops were killed and 14 more were wounded, including David. He has since been credited with saving his 13 wounded comrades by drawing the enemy’s attention toward himself and emptying 27 magazines worth of return ... Read More »
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has commented that he is excited and hopeful for the reopening of Disney World in Florida. The Shanghai Disneyland has reopened first and has been a success so far. The Florida location has been prepping for an open date of May 20th with limitations on capacity and operating hours. Disney Springs in Orlando does not have ... Read More »
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he has restarted a factory in Fremont, California despite it violating the local regulations. “I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me,” he stated on Twitter. The plant normally employs around 10,000 workers, and the parking lots seem to be at ... Read More »
Buying a home is considered to be one of the biggest investments you can choose. Many are wondering what they should do if they were looking to buy a home during the coronavirus pandemic. “In most historic recessions, the property market has either remained largely resilient or was only impacted across certain real estate sectors,” commented Dhruv Arora, CEO of ... Read More »
A raid in the central province of Logar resulted in the death of 11 Taliban fighters, and four more were wounded. The Ministry of Interior released a statement on the raid, as well as another one conducted in the Ahmadzai Village of Mohammad Agha district where two Taliban members were arrested. The General Command of Police Special Unit carried out ... Read More »
A high-ranking military official has commented that Taiwan’s Military Police Special Services Company will be training counter-terrorism troops in the Middle East. Taiwan is one of the only Asian countries capable of maintaining and training special forces troops, as well as provide training to other countries. The Middle Eastern country that will receive the training has not been released. The ... Read More »
The Air Force Research Laboratory has looked to the Air Force pararescue community for an innovative way to help fight the coronavirus. With medical personnel being stretched thin as the number of cases continues to rise, they needed a way to help care for patients remotely. The solution they found was the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit, or BATDOK. ... Read More »
At least 19 sailors were killed when the Iranian support ship Konarak was hit with a new anti-ship missile during testing. The Jamaran was testing and training with the new missile when it fired at a target that the Konarak had not moved far enough away from. The incident took place near the Strait of Hormuz and at least 15 ... Read More »
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