Archive for July, 2013

Child hunger on the rise in America

Child hunger on the rise in America

The USA is one of the richest countries on the planet, with more billionaires within their population than almost any other nation in the world. But despite this, child hunger is on the rise, as is poverty. A recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled “2013 Data Book, State Trends in Child Well-being” has found that child poverty[Read More…]

Thousands of protesters gather in Germany against mass surveillance

Thousands of protesters gather in Germany against mass surveillance

Protesters have taken to the streets to campaign against a mass spying program that is currently sweeping across Europe. The surveillance is being carried out in collaboration with US spy agency the NSA, together with other Nato countries. Demonstrations have taken place in several German cities with protesters angry at their country’s participation in the NSA global espionage program. Thousands[Read More…]

Privacy and security of sim cards ‘compromised by security flaw’

Privacy and security of sim cards ‘compromised by security flaw’

The privacy and security of over half a million sim cards could be compromised, thanks to a series of “security flaws” which was uncovered recently. According to German security expert, Karsten Nohl, a cryptographer, the flaw could potentially enable hackers to send hidden text messages to affected handsets and infect them with a virus – regardless of what operating system[Read More…]

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

95 year old pensioner dies after being tasered by police

A 95 year old man has died after US police officers tasered him to death following a confrontation. John Warna, who was living in a retirement home in Park Forest, Illinois died  after police shot him with a stun gun after being called out to intervene in a dispute between the man and staff at the facility. The police alleged[Read More…]

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

New figures show boost in the number of people shunning hard drugs

The number of people turning to hard drugs like heroin or cocaine has fallen to a record low, according to new figures. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) has recently revealed that in  2005 and 2006 there were 332,090 drug users, but this dropped to 298,752 users in 2010/2011. Part of this is due to drug treatment programmes[Read More…]