Andrew Blake

‘Smart gun’ technology sought by Obama through executive action

Executive action being taken by President Obama in an effort to curb gun violence will involve having multiple government agencies weigh possible technological solutions intended to keep firearms from ending up in the wrong hands, the White House said this week.

January 5, 2016

General Motors investing $500M in Lyft to work on fleet of on-demand, self-driving cars

General Motors and Lyft -- titans of the automobile and rideshare industries, respectively -- announced a partnership on Monday that aims to bring on-demand, self-driving cars to American roadways within the next decade.

January 4, 2016

Ex-NFL players urge league to roll back pot ban

A prescription drug abuse epidemic inside the NFL has prompted a group of former professional football athletes to urge the league to roll back its ban on marijuana.

January 4, 2016

Darryl Gene Scoggin, Oklahoma man, accused of having sex with a goat

Oklahoma City police arrested a man on Christmas Eve after he was allegedly caught having sex with a goat.

December 29, 2015

Bacon ‘desecration’ puts Las Vegas mosque at center of anti-Muslim hate crime probe

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who was caught on camera wrapping raw bacon on the door handles of a local mosque over the weekend as they investigate the incident as a possible hate crime.

December 29, 2015

Islamic State looks to step up cyberterror attacks

The Islamic State currently lacks the capability of launching a sophisticated cyberattack against the United States, but experts and officials alike say the terror group is striving towards being able to cripple America's critical infrastructure as it continues to recruit computer-savvy extremists.

December 29, 2015

California law allowing seizure of guns without notice begins Jan. 1

Gun control legislation going into effect in California next week will allow authorities to seize a person's weapons for 21 days if a judge determines there is potential for violence.

December 29, 2015

Journalist Brian Krebs says PayPal’s ‘lazy’ security practices let hackers link him to terror group

PayPal has been accused of failing to adopt adequate security measures by a journalist who says his account was taken over twice in 20 minutes recently by hackers who attempted to siphon funds to a slain recruiter for the Islamic State terror group.

December 28, 2015

Fernando Sanchez, ex-NJ cop, fired for having sex in patrol car

A Plainfield, New Jersey, police officer was terminated from the force for having sex with a woman in his patrol car while on-duty after previously telling investigators otherwise, newly released court documents reveal.

December 28, 2015

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, urges India to adopt ‘free’ Internet

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg published an opinion piece in one of India's biggest newspapers on Monday in defense of the social network's attempt at bringing free but limited Internet to the country's roughly 1 billion residents.

December 28, 2015

‘Vote Donald Trump’ message appears on hacked highway sign in California

Digital signage on the side of a busy southern California roadway was reprogrammed over the weekend to display to drivers a message supporting presidential hopeful Donald Trump, an official with the state transportation department said.

December 28, 2015

Hyatt Hotels investigating security breach affecting 318 properties

Hyatt Hotels admitted this week that it discovered malicious programs on company computers that had compromised the payment processing systems affecting hundreds of the company's locations.

December 24, 2015

Oregon man cited for unleashing chickens in state revenue office

An Oregon man was banned from the state's Department of Revenue office in Eugene this week after he reportedly let loose a flock of chickens inside department headquarters.

December 24, 2015

Texas auto dealer accused of refusing non-white customers

A high-end car dealership in Houston, Texas, was sued in federal court this week by a former employee who claims he was retaliated against for objecting to a policy that allegedly prevented him from making deals with non-white customers.

December 24, 2015

Hackers post anti-refugee tweets after taking over Czech PM’s Twitter account

The Twitter account of Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka advocated for beheading refugees on Wednesday after it was compromised by hackers who unleashed a wave of anti-migrant tweets over the course of several hours before their access was revoked.

December 24, 2015