Daily Archives: 11/07/2019


Prehistoric Human-Built Mammoth Traps Found in Mexico 

Anthropologists have found skeletons of at least 14 woolly mammoths that died after falling into traps built by humans 15,000 years ago.    The two pits were found in Tultepec, just north of Mexico City, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and …


Mental Health Disorders Drive Youths to Risky Conduct, UN Agencies Say

Two leading U.N. agencies are warning that growing mental health disorders among children and adolescents are driving them to engage in increasingly risky, self-destructive behavior. The World Health Organization and the U.N. children’s fund, which on Thursday opened a three-day conference …


US: Saudis Recruited Twitter Workers to Spy on Critics

Saudi Arabia, frustrated by growing criticism of its leaders and policies on social media, recruited two Twitter employees to spy on thousands of accounts that included prominent opponents, prosecutors alleged Wednesday.   The complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in …


Study: Russia’s Web-censoring Tool Sets Pace for Imitators

Russia is succeeding in imposing a highly effective internet censorship regime across thousands of disparate, privately owned providers in an effort also aimed at making government snooping pervasive, according to a study released Wednesday.The study by University of Michigan researchers …


Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees of spying on users on behalf of Saudi Arabia.The charges unsealed in a San Francisco court said Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo used their employee credentials to access information about …


CGI James Dean Cast in New Film, Sparking Outcry

James Dean hasn’t been alive in 64 years, but the “Rebel Without a Cause” actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War.The filmmakers behind the independent film “Finding Jack” said Wednesday that a computer-generated Dean will …