Alex Jones’ Infowars parent company for sale

Alex Jones’ Infowars parent company for sale

Interested in owning Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory empire, Infowars? Its parent company, Free Speech Systems, is now officially up for sale following the approval of a Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. Everything from the Infowars.com domain, to its social media accounts, subscriber list, and even production equipment and studio set will be auctioned … Read more

Barrow AFC has huge year thanks to Canada

Barrow AFC has huge year thanks to Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A soccer game in England on Tuesday night drove a spike in online traffic across the Atlantic to a website launched by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. Newfoundland and Labrador has its name and website emblazoned on the jerseys of the Barrow AFC soccer team from Northern England, in … Read more

Global tech outage: Crowdstrike apologizes to U.S. Congress

Global tech outage: Crowdstrike apologizes to U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON – An executive at cybersecurity company CrowdStrike apologized in testimony to Congress for sparking a global technology outage over the summer. “We let our customers down,” said Adam Meyers, who leads CrowdStrike’s threat intelligence division, in a hearing before a U.S. House cybersecurity subcommittee Tuesday. Austin, Texas-based CrowdStrike has blamed a … Read more

Titan sub investigation: Engineer testifies

Titan sub investigation: Engineer testifies

The carbon fibre hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process and behaved differently after a loud bang was heard on one of the dives the year before the tragedy, an engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. … Read more

B.C. councillor blames ‘extremists’ after blackface photo surfaces

B.C. councillor blames ‘extremists’ after blackface photo surfaces

Warning: this story contains sensitive content A city councillor in British Columbia says an online mob of “extremists” and “politically motivated hackers” is responsible for uncovering and publicizing a photo of him wearing a blackface costume to a Halloween party in 2007. Colwood Coun. Ian Ward on Monday addressed the photo in a statement on … Read more