Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
Apple Will Make 5G Parts On US Soil With Broadcom
Some manufacturing jobs are set to return onshore to America as the largest company in the world, Apple, announced it will begin producing 5G components on U.S. soil in a “new multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement” with...
China Faces New COVID Wave With 65 Million Infections Per Week, According to Party Media
A new wave of the XBB variant of the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is being estimated by Chinese government officials as infecting 65 million people per week, Communist Party media...
Ferrari CEO Says Company Will Maintain Internal Combustion Engines as ‘Essential Part of the Company’s Heritage’
Legendary supercar manufacturer Ferrari says it will maintain its internal combustion engine despite pressures to replace petrol engines with battery-powered electric systems. CEO Benedetto Vigna made the statements in an interview with the BBC published...
Australia Schools Revert To COVID Masking, Stay at Home Measures
Nearly 3.5 years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) came and went, some Australian schools have brought back mask mandates and stay at home measures. After “an increase...
Railcar Loses 30 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate, Authorities Baffled
60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a compound that serves as an ingredient in fertilizer and as a highly potent explosive, disappeared from a railway car in April somewhere between Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Mojave Desert,...
Target CEO Warns Organized Retail Theft Will Cost Shareholders $1.3 Billion This Year
Brian Cornell, CEO of retail giant Target, told analysts and shareholders in a May 17 conference call for its Q1 2023 corporate earnings report that an “unfortunate fact” of doing business in America right now...
Apple Engineer Allegedly Stole Self-driving Car Secrets, Source Code, Before Jumping Ship to Baidu
The Department of Justice has charged a Chinese national who worked as a software engineer for the bedrock of the U.S. equities market, Apple, on the development of autonomous driving technology, alleging the man stole...
Influencer Pleads Guilty To Crashing Plane In YouTube Video For Clicks
A plea bargain emerging from charges related to a California light airplane crash featured in a video by a social media influencer reveals that the man staged the event as part of a sponsorship deal...
Japanese Take Smiling Lessons as 3 Years of COVID Mask Habits Change
Japanese citizens are taking classes to learn how to smile during social interactions again after three years of masking during the coronavirus pandemic, according to local media reports. Trainer Keiko Kawano told Japan’s Asahi Shimbun...
Toronto Anti-capitalist Coffee Shop Goes Bust After Just 14 Months in Business
A coffee shop in Toronto, Canada created and operating with heavy leftist and anti-capitalism overtones is going out of business after only 14 months in operation. In question is a shop called The Anarchist located...
Rockwell Automation Rumored To Be Under Investigation For NatSec Breaches at Dalian Facility
Washington is rumored to be investigating a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity and software company providing services used in America’s power grid, the U.S. Navy, and Coast Guard for a potential security breach involving “access to software codes”...
Jordan Peterson Shows ChatGPT May Backtrack On Controversial Narrative Framing if Challenged
A May 11 Twitter thread by former University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson has shown that the ChatGPT artificial intelligence text prediction algorithm may backtrack on propaganda when firmly challenged. In the thread, Peterson showed...