On Friday, November 16, the Central Intelligence Agency released a report concluding that the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was responsible for ordering the assassination of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October. Khashoggi,…
Mexico on Track to Legal Marijuana
Mexico’s current Congress is controlled in both houses by the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional—or National Regeneration Movement— (MORENA) party, a socially democratic party thatsupports "development through private and social business, promoting competition, but exercising State responsibility…
Professor Moodle, PhD
Tonight, you must upload a rough draft of your essay to Moodle. Tomorrow, you have to post on every social media account to promote your club event. You fill out Google forms, share your presentations…
Cryptojacking: Should you be afraid for the future?
On October 29, students, faculty, and staff received an email from NJIT’s Information, Services & Technology (IST) Service Desk with the subject line, “What is Cryptojacking? How to prevent, detect, and recover from it”. In…
Australia Shows Promise for Preventative HIV/AIDS Treatments
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), an estimated 5,000 new cases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occur every day across the globe. Finding feasible healthcare solutions to the HIV/AIDS epidemic…
Newark Tech Week Initiative: City-Wide Celebration of Technology
Last week, from October 16 - 20, Newark celebrated innovation and technology by hosting the Newark Tech Week Initiative. More than 15 events were featured over the course of 4 days, ranging from Venture…
Canada, Cannabis, and Blockchain
For those of you keeping up with cannabis legalization, it should bring you much joy that our neighbor to the north, Canada, officially legalized recreational marijuana on October 17. Those aged 18 or older can…
Canada Hosts International Economic Conference
Starting on October 24, Canada will be hosting an economic conference in Ottawa regarding the future of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thirteen parties have been invited to the two-dayevent: Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European…
Cannabis Set for Canada Legislation
Cannabis is set to be legalized in Canada on October 17, making it the largest country to do so at this time. While the ban is currently nationwide, individual provinces have set up different systems…