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Daily Archives : Aug 5, 2016

How USA Basketball Is Avoiding the Hardships Other Olympians Have to Endure

With the Rio Olympics starting today — and complaints mounting about unlivable conditions in the Olympic Village — a report this week reveals that the USA men’s and women’s basketball teams will be living aboard a luxury yacht during the…

Whoa! More Than 1,000 U.S. Spies Are in Brazil Protecting the Rio Olympics, Which Start Today

As part of a highly classified operation to protect the Summer Olympics, U.S. intelligence agencies have assigned more than 1,000 spies to Rio, NBC News reports. “Hundreds of analysts, law enforcement and special operations personnel are already on the ground…

George Zimmerman Gets Punched and the Twitterverse Cheers

George Zimmerman was trending again on social media today after he was allegedly punched in the face at a Florida restaurant, USA Today reports. And the trend was decidedly cheerful about the apparent assault on the admitted killer of Trayvon…

This Is Scary. Car Hackers Say They’ve Been Able to Hijack a Jeep’s Brakes

Hackers demonstrated this week how they were able to take over a Jeep’s braking system while the vehicle was at speed. The hack was accomplished by automotive cybersecurity researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, who expanded on their successful hacking…

PBS Hopes to Fill the ‘Downton Abbey’ Void by Giving Fans the Royal Treatment

When the ornate doors of “Downton Abbey” closed earlier this year — despite the fact that creator Julian Fellowes gave nearly all of the beloved characters a happy series-ending sendoff — millions of viewers around the world were left with…