Our government shouldn’t be spying on journalists. Nor should law enforcement agencies force journalist to identify their confidential sources or go to prison. To fix this, we need to change the law. Now, we’ve got our best chance in years. The House of Representatives has passed the Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act, H.R. 4250and it’s one of the strongest federal shield bills for journalists we’ve seen. Take Action Tell Congress To Pass the PRESS Act Now The PRESS Act would do two critical things: first, it would bar federal law enforcement from surveillance journalists by gathering their…

MILLS, Wyo. — On Tuesday, City of Mills councilmembers approved further changes to an amended ordinance — changes that add an option to advertise public notices using a centralized electronic system maintained or authorized by the State of Wyoming. At their Oct. 10 regular meeting, Mills City councilmembers, on the second of three readings, passed the city’s newest version of a proposed ordinance addressing legal advertisements. The newly added clause would give the City of Mills the option to use a central electronic publication system through the state if the state established such a system, City Attorney Pat Holscher said…

We think a lot about where products come from when we buy them, less so about where they go when we’re finished. When we throw things away, this is “away”: mountains of garbage across acres of land, with tens of thousands of people shifting through it, in places like the African nation of Ghana. In Ghana, e-waste exported by the West is mined for valuable metals and other materials. CBS News It is not the kind of image we see in the glossy advertisements enticing us to buy a new cell phone, laptop or TV, but they should be part…

key role in electron transport, reveals a recent study conducted by researchers at Tokyo Tech. Through simultaneous surface-enhanced Raman scattering and current–voltage measurements, they found that a single dimer junction of naphthalenethiol molecule shows three different bondings, namely π—π intermolecular and through-π and through-space molecule–electrode interactions. The π—π interaction is a type of noncovalent interaction that occurs when the electron clouds in the π orbitals of aromatic rings or π-conjugated molecular systems overlap. This interaction enables an efficient movement of electrons between the molecules, offering the potential to design materials with unique electronic properties. The structure of the junctions formed…

In a groundbreaking move to boost domestic electronics production, the Government of India has recently implemented restrictions on the import of laptops, tablets and personal computers falling under HSN 8741 category. As per the government notification, the import of restricted items will be allowed only against a valid license. Reacting to this, Hari Om Rai, Chairman and Co-founder of Lava International, praised the government’s initiative and called it a “leadership move” that will benefit both the industry and consumers. In his statement to ANI, Rai emphasized the significance of this restriction, which aims to drive electronics manufacturing within India’s borders.…

HYDERABAD: The Indian Army‘s electronic warfare needs will be met in Hyderabad as ECIL will be involved in the supply of Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS).Electronics Corporation of India Limited has bagged the prestigious IEWS contract for supply of COM segment systems to ministry of defense from Bharat Electronics Limited, Hyderabad. The total contract value is approximately 980 crore.The project provides a significant leap in developing indigenous capabilities towards achieving self-reliance in electronic warfare systems for the defense sector, ECIL said on Saturday.This will be executed in collaboration with BEL as prime production agency and DLRL as the design agency.…

Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the search were returned. The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have been sharply criticized, putting Marion, a central Kansas town of about 1,900 people, at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Attorney Bernie Rhodes, who represents the newspaper, said…

Following a thorough assessment of potential solutions and a competitive public bidding process, WVU has selected the Huron Research Suite as its new electronic research administration platform. The Huron Research Suite will replace WVU+kc (Kuali) for proposal submission, award management, protocol management, conflict of interest and more. The WVU Research Office, Information Technology Services and other partners across the University will begin implementation this year. WVU will implement six modules from the Huron Research Suite, including: • Grants • Agreements • Conflict of Interest (COI) • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) • Institutional Review Board (IRB) • Animal…