Report on big data

Chris Woodyard USA TODAY Published 11:00 AM EST Mar 9, 2019 YUMA, Ariz. — Ingrid Brown had already piloted her big rig from the maddening rush-hour traffic of Southern California to the desert vistas of Arizona when she pulled into the grimy freight terminal. A chorus of idling diesel engines rumbled as rows of male truckers whiled away time in their cabs, waiting for their refrigerated trailers to be filled with pallets of lettuce, green onions, cilantro, parsley and other produce.  Never one to fade into the crowd, 5-foot 2-inch Brown, dressed in blue jeans and a green plaid shirt, hopped out of her 80-foot-long truck and marched into the chilly warehouse. She watched a gang of men wearing thick parkas and steering forklifts, silently willing them to load her trailer, headed East. Brown, 57, was the only woman in sight. And so went her day. After repeating the process at three other … [Read more...] about Women truck drivers: Women endure sexism, long days away on big-rigs

William Cummings USA TODAY Published 4:15 PM EST Jan 13, 2019 President Donald Trump reacted sharply to a New York Times report published Friday, which said that after he fired FBI director James Comey, the bureau began to investigate whether Trump was "knowingly working for Russia or had unwittingly fallen under Moscow’s influence."  "Are you now or have you ever worked for Russia, Mr. President?" Fox News host – and vocal Trump supporter – Jeanine Pirro asked Trump during a phone interview Saturday night.  "I think it's the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked," Trump replied. "I think it's the most insulting article I’ve ever had written. And if you read the article, you'd see that they found absolutely nothing."  The article said, "No evidence has emerged publicly that Mr. Trump was secretly in contact with or took direction from Russian government officials." But Trump felt the Times' headline was unfair and … [Read more...] about Trump slams New York Times report on FBI fear he worked for Russia

BERLIN — Germany is scrambling to identify who is behind a major hack that exposed data on hundreds of politicians, journalists, comedians and activists. In a "countdown" to Christmas, hackers used a Twitter account to leak details of private emails, Facebook messages, cell phone numbers and photographs on an almost daily basis over a four-week period starting in early December. The data dump included information about Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as members of the national parliament, regional state parliaments, the European Parliament and local officials. Among political parties, only the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) appears not to be affected. In a country still alarmed by a large-scale hack in 2015 when intruders roamed around freely in the German parliament’s network for weeks, officials are not just worried about the breach itself. They are also alarmed that nobody apparently noticed it had happened until early January. From December 1 to … [Read more...] about Germany whacked by big data hack