Posted by Basbibi Kakar. According to American and European officials, United States and Iran’s are closing in on a historic agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program. But the parties are facing problems, including when United Nations sanctions would be lifted and how inspections would be conducted. President Obama is strongly against an agreement with Iran …
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Tyco Scandal Revisited
Posted by Kate Robinson. Tyco International, Limited, is a corporation that provides over three million customers globally with fire protection and security products and services. It is currently the world’s largest pure-play fire and security company. Tyco is incorporated in Switzerland and its operational headquarters are located in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2002, Tyco’s former CEO, …
Defect Found in Apple Watch
Posted by Marlon Javier Tatis. As roughly a million Apple customers impatiently wait for their watches to arrive, they now have an answer as to what’s the holdup. Apple claims to have found a defect in the “taptic engine of the watch, which mimics the sensation of being tapped on the wrist, the newspaper said Wednesday.” …
AT&T Fires President Aaron Slater Over Racist Text
Posted by Jenifer Canas-Benavides. What’s worse than saying something racist? Sending something racially inappropriate with not only your personal phone, but also the business work phone. President of AT&T Aaron Slater was sued for sending a racist photo to a co-worker. The co-worker, Knoyme King, is of African descent. The photo was of an African …
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McDonald’s in Hot Water Again
Posted by Leonardo Terzulli. McDonald’s has recently been involved in a case of a customer, Lynn Gipson, having hot water spill on her at a McDonald’s drive-through. The incident happened in 2012 when a cup’s lid popped off, “spilling the scalding water and causing second-degree burns on Ms. Gipson’s thigh and stomach,” a quote from …
Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling
Posted by Ryan Neligan. Earlier in the month, the state of New York banned the use of Fanduel and Draftkings, both websites in which people use to bet on daily fantasy sports. These websites are run daily in which people place down money and compete against each other in order to see who the best …
Commercial Mining in Space
Posted by Ryan Neligan. Human beings have a natural tendency to expand upon whatever the present is. In America, pilgrims settled in the state of Massachusetts and eventually expanded all the way to California. This trend of expanding continues today, as now people look forward to what is beyond Earth: Outer Space. This week Congress …
Opinion on DraftKings and FanDuel Cases
Posted by Leonardo Terzulli. Two new cases that have just arose, DraftKings and FanDuel, two one-day fantasy sports websites that guarantee immediate cash payouts, have been banned in the state of New York. New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, sent a cease-and-desist letter earlier this past week accusing FanDuel and DraftKings to be considered illegal …
Student Pleads Guilty in Wire Fraud Case
Posted by Ilse Narvaez. Oladipupo Kupoloyi, an 18-year-old Nigerian living in Binghamton, NY, pleaded guilty to his participation in a wire fraud conspiracy. Kupoloyi was a student at SUNY Brome Community College through a student visa. The wire fraud statute involves fraud by wire, radio or television. According to the statute 1343, it applies to …
Tracking Americans’ Phones
Posted by Samar Baeshen. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads” The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place …