Black-Market Mineral Powering Today’s Smart World
Black-market coltan likely making its way to high-tech manufacturers’ supply; it’s used in everything from smart phones to smart bombs By Emilia Diaz-Struck and Joseph Poliszuk for iWatch News...
View ArticleCoal Giant Duke Energy Powering Apple’s Largest Data Center in the U.S.
by Climate Desk You’ve heard about the Foxconn factory in China where your iPad is assembled. But have you ever considered the energy required to store your emails, photos and videos in the cloud? As...
View ArticleU.S. Drones Patrol Border at High Cost to Taxpayers
At U.S. border, expensive drones generate lots of buzz, few results by Andrew Becker & G.W. Schulz for CIR TUCSON, Ariz. – An aerial drone, zooming somewhere out of sight high above the cooling...
View ArticleBuilding Tracks: Laos and the Trans-Asian Railway Network
Trans-Asian Railway Unlocks Laos Borders “Unlocking Laos” examines the mega Tran-Asia railway project through the perspectives of academics and rural villagers in Laos. By Ore Huiying August for...
View ArticleCyberspies Target Natural Gas Pipelines, Stealing Valuable Information
Exclusive: Cyberattack leaves natural gas pipelines vulnerable to sabotage A government report says a cyberattack against 23 natural gas pipeline operators stole crucial information that could...
View ArticleCEO Compares Drone Killings to Martians & Cannibalism
Drone Makers Gather to Defend Their Much-Maligned Machines by Cora Currier for ProPublica “I have some d-word difficulty,” said Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned...
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