Monday, September 30, 2019
Twitter Is OK With A Pro-Trump Militia's Tweets About A "Full-Blown 'Hot' Civil War"
Submitted October 01, 2019 at 04:17AM by westondeboer https://ift.tt/2o2ihCo
Facebook Touts Bans While Taking Hate Groups’ Cash
Submitted October 01, 2019 at 04:05AM by dingo8yobb https://ift.tt/2n4ebtF
Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type
Submitted October 01, 2019 at 02:31AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2oL6jh5
Watch Steve Jobs Assure Americans in 1981 That Computers Wouldn't Be a Privacy Nightmare
Submitted October 01, 2019 at 03:12AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2o3lKR7
Stealthy no more? A German radar vendor says it tracked the F-35 jet in 2018 — from a pony farm
Submitted October 01, 2019 at 12:14AM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2nTIO54
Microsoft Just Hid The ‘Use Offline Account’ Option For Installing Windows 10, Here’s Where To Find It
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 08:52PM by 1_p_freely https://ift.tt/2oxwV4T
Massive Study Proves Once And For All That No, Net Neutrality Did Not Hurt Broadband Investment
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 07:27PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ovOF0v
For First Time Ever, Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Plant Them to Stop Climate Crisis
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 06:34PM by symbiosa https://ift.tt/2nPwKli
Researchers trying to prevent a repeat of 2016's election misinformation in 2020 are struggling thanks to a lack of data from Facebook
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 05:24PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2oBMkkR
China’s tech ambition is ‘unstoppable’ — with or without the trade war, analyst says
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 11:21AM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2n02bZQ
Thousands of ships fitted with ‘cheat devices’ to divert poisonous pollution into sea
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 12:27PM by Vorbitor https://ift.tt/2mghvRW
Sunday, September 29, 2019
On Twitch, women who stream say their biggest obstacle is harassment
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 07:33AM by MobsCanParry https://ift.tt/2mesI5w
Switch Lite added to class action lawsuit over controller drift
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 05:28AM by dapperlemon https://ift.tt/2oqJCyw
First fully rechargeable carbon dioxide battery is seven times more efficient than lithium-ion and carbon neutral
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 05:15AM by jsalsman https://ift.tt/2oqJ77C
Facebook will not fact-check politicians
Submitted September 30, 2019 at 02:37AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2nK0LTg
Amazon may soon be able to track your phone’s location even if you don’t use any of its products or services
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 10:02PM by PAsInPsychology https://ift.tt/2nDxwBG
Ahead of 2020, Facebook Falls Short on Plan to Share Data on Disinformation
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 05:53PM by khayrirrw https://ift.tt/2m3jQzs
Amazon may soon be able to track your phone’s location even if you don’t use any of its products or services
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 07:59PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2nJCXPp
Australia Is Using New Technology to Catch Drivers on Phones
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 07:19PM by granophyricim https://ift.tt/2olFM9R
I study vaccine misinformation. Big tech must do more to fight it. Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest have made inroads in preventing their platforms from being overrun with disinformation. But more change is still needed.
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 05:42PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mDS90E
NASA wants to send nuclear rockets to the Moon and Mars - Nuclear propulsion, first floated in the ’60s, is hot again.
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 05:14PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2oiu9jT
Only 36% of US companies consider digital skills a priority investment
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 03:09PM by da8415 https://ift.tt/2mNMVz9
The Satellites Were Never Supposed to Launch - Two years after illegally launching tiny satellites into orbit, a start-up is trying to convince regulators it’s going to play by the rules.
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 11:13AM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2nzKH6N
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Kickstarter To Workers and Project Creators: Drop Dead
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 05:22AM by Bannakaffalatta1 https://ift.tt/2m0K8m3
The Impossible burger has 1 major flaw to overcome: It's nearly triple the price of normal ground beef
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 04:38AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lX1XSP
Piracy will Surge if More Legal Streaming Services Launch, Research Shows
Submitted September 29, 2019 at 01:31AM by psychothumbs https://ift.tt/2odqRhX
To Invent a Quantum Internet - The physicist and computer scientist Stephanie Wehner is planning and designing the next internet—a quantum one
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 10:38PM by tocreatewebsite https://ift.tt/2obp3pH
Hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare, with 176.4 million patient medical records exposed over the last 8 years, per a new study. These records sell for $300-$400 on the dark web, making them hundreds of times more valuable than credit card info.
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 11:30PM by mods_blow_goats https://ift.tt/2lYWYRK
How 'organized climate change denial' shapes public opinion on global warming
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 09:49PM by Wagamaga https://ift.tt/2o5zxGY
China unveils 500 megapixel camera that can identify every face in a crowd of tens of thousands
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 10:20PM by userndj https://ift.tt/2mCZ9L3
TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content - Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 06:27PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lX6F38
This green cement company says its product can cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 70%
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 07:34PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2nvBagM
Tesla's $7 billion gigafactory in China to commence operations at the end of this year
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 03:00PM by subsonico https://ift.tt/2mxzzqL
Tesla violated labor laws by blocking union organizing, judge rules
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 10:51AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2nrr4NS
Friday, September 27, 2019
Elizabeth Warren wants to reinstate the Office of Technology Assessment
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 07:24AM by temporarycreature https://ift.tt/2lHXNOy
Facebook confirms employee death was suicide after protest outside its headquarters
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 02:58AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mpsw3n
The Real Side of Fake News: How Reddit Enables Propaganda Through Anonymity
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 03:37AM by NikeJustDont https://ift.tt/2lOf4pw
Researchers easily breached voting machines for the 2020 election - The 'ethical hackers' bought a bunch of the machines on eBay and broke into every one.
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 02:56AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mp9F8B
Texas could get more power from wind than coal next year — a new milestone in an energy revolution
Submitted September 28, 2019 at 02:00AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lGNURe
Researchers Assembled over 100 Voting Machines. Hackers Broke into Every Single One.
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 10:00PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2lKP26A
Study Proves The FCC's Core Justification For Killing Net Neutrality Was False - The biggest study yet finds Ajit Pai’s repeated claims that net neutrality hurt broadband investment have never been true.
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 07:23PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2nRY2Yf
Facebook is top target for disinformation campaigns, new Oxford study shows - Business Insider
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 05:16PM by bobbyw24 https://ift.tt/2nOYPZX
Facebook is the most popular social network for governments spreading fake news and propaganda
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 05:14PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mgpRJ6
4 Lessons From Launching And Selling A Tech Startup In Just 3 Years
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 03:11PM by NoFilm https://ift.tt/2mgVfXV
FTC Sues Owner of Online Dating Service Match.com for Using Fake Love Interest Ads To Trick Consumers into Paying for a Match.com Subscription
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 01:12PM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2lBgTWI
TikTok censors references to Tiananmen and Tibet
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 11:48AM by Tanvi54 https://ift.tt/2mdzUyz
Thursday, September 26, 2019
US immigration uses Google Translate to scan people's social media for bad posts – Er, don't do that, says everyone else
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 06:33AM by darkdeeds6 https://ift.tt/2n7MuiU
Google Makes It More Difficult To Find Old Images
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 10:12AM by fbutterfield96 https://ift.tt/2nJ5Nj9
DoorDash hack spills loads of data for 4.9 million people
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 06:44AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2m7PxHO
White House Abused Highly Classified Computer System, Whistleblower Complaint Claims
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 05:31AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2nAnoJS
Microsoft: Customers are entitled to know about federal data requests - "The secrecy order was too broadly drawn," Microsoft lawyer writes.
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 05:25AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lYhv98
DOJ reportedly launches its own Facebook probe at AG Barr’s urging
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 04:04AM by Eurynom0s https://ift.tt/2mZAOis
Some Voting Machines Still Have Decade-Old Vulnerabilities
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 01:43AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2m4YXE4
DoorDash confirms data breach affected 4.9 million customers, workers and merchants
Submitted September 27, 2019 at 02:22AM by LyricalMonkey https://ift.tt/2nyfOiU
Facebook Is Making Millions by Promoting Hate Groups’ Content
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 07:13PM by lolpolice88 https://ift.tt/2lPvrlO
Facebook confirms its “standards” don’t apply to politicians
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 06:01PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2mWcYEk
Jeff Bezos says Amazon is writing its own facial recognition laws to pitch to lawmakers - The tech giant’s hope is that federal lawmakers will adopt much of its draft legislation.
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 12:47PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lS7qud
Chinese Authorities Call For Internet Companies To Add Bias To AI Algorithms -- In Order To 'Promote Mainstream Values'
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 12:54PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lk76nQ
At Least 70 Countries Have Engaged in Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 10:01AM by khayrirrw https://ift.tt/2mPZjye
No, it wasn’t a virus; it was Chrome that stopped Macs from booting
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 08:39AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2nmHWFJ
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Uber stopped its own investigators from reporting crimes to the police - ‘We’re not law enforcement’
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 03:05AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lPI7Jh
Match.com connected daters to fake accounts to boost subscriptions, US regulators say
Submitted September 26, 2019 at 12:17AM by i_love_anachronisms https://ift.tt/2ngIfSu
Why did President Trump mention CrowdStrike to the Ukrainian president? - CyberScoop
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 09:18PM by bearlick https://ift.tt/2lJfWeP
The White House is blocking Congress from auditing its offensive hacking strategy
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 09:55PM by nick314 https://ift.tt/2mIFR6Q
This Guy Made an Ad Blocker That Works on Podcasts and Radio: "Ads exploit the weaknesses of many defenseless souls," the creator of AdBlock Radio says.
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 07:44PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lFouU9
Ireland among first countries in the world to phase out fossil fuel extraction
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 05:27PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mGRmLH
The world's largest offshore wind farm is nearly complete. It can power 1 million homes
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 06:42PM by pnewell https://ift.tt/2mBIozw
Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 01:18PM by CrankyBear https://ift.tt/2l4dv6w
Hackers set up a fake veteran-hiring website to infect victims with malware
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 12:05PM by Tanvi54 https://ift.tt/2l2UD7U
Ring experimented with activating all nearby cameras after a 911 call
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 02:36AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lrPoyJ
Facebook says it won’t remove politicians’ posts for not following community rules
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 07:16AM by payso8848 https://ift.tt/2llevmW
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 09:56AM by LineNoise https://ift.tt/2mWczl0
Sprint took FCC cash for “serving” 885,000 people it wasn’t actually serving - Sprint admits mistake, promises to pay money back but could be punished by FCC.
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 02:32AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2myz4MD
Google tech contractors in Pittsburgh just voted to unionize
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 07:10AM by payso8848 https://ift.tt/2kRRYO6
About 80 Contracted Google Employees To Join United Steelworkers Union
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 12:40AM by RedditGreenit https://ift.tt/2lgXw5f
Google Contractors Officially Vote to Unionize
Submitted September 25, 2019 at 01:35AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2msAGHQ
FCC loses in court, judges say agency would fail “intro statistics class”
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 11:47PM by Doraemon1973 https://ift.tt/2mPtwNY
Facebook removes Trump propaganda page after it was revealed it was in fact run from Ukraine
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 09:37PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2lpOR05
Volkswagen’s current CEO and chairman are being charged with Dieselgate crimes
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 07:22PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2kOpbdj
Court Says FCC Ignored Hard Data In Rush to Help Media Monopolies - The court found the FCC failed to consider the negative impact pandering to media monopolies has on the broader public.
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 07:24PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mKWoqC
'If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 06:19PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2mn8MNp
Billionaire Threatens to Sue YouTuber For Calling Him 'Fatty McFuckhead' and Photoshopping Him as Trump's Baby
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 05:39PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2lju4v6
Any form of threatening, harassing, or violence / physical harm towards anyone will result in a ban
We have posted this before, but this needs to be reiterated.
We understand that many of you are emotionally driven to discuss your feelings on recent events, most notably the repeal of Net Neutrality - however inciting violence towards others is never ok. It is upsetting that we even have to post this.
Do we enjoy banning people for these types of offences? No... Many of us feel as if the system has failed and want some form of repercussion. But threats of violence and harassment are not the answer here.
And to be clear - here are some examples of what will get you banned:
I hope this PoS dies in a car fire
I want to punch him in the face til his teeth fall out
And if you are trying to be slick by using this form
I never condone violence but...
I would never say he should die but...
Im not one to wish death upon but...
Let's keep the threads civil.
If you violate this rule, you will be banned for 30 days, no exceptions
Submitted December 15, 2017 at 03:56AM by zathegfx https://ift.tt/2kvcL62
Monday, September 23, 2019
Federal court strikes down FCC effort to relax media ownership rules - The Third Circuit once again chastises the agency for not considering how local media consolidation will affect women and minorities.
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 05:25AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2kEZo7k
ICE is on the hunt for a new DevOps company thanks to a software engineer's protest
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 02:37AM by westondeboer https://ift.tt/2mA9E1b
A Nevada Law That Fines Companies for Selling Private Data Is About to Go Into Effect
Submitted September 24, 2019 at 03:26AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2kE9qWp
My father was IBM's first black software engineer. The racism he fought persists in the high-tech world today
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 09:29PM by l_hazlewoods https://ift.tt/2mc5DA8
Massive "I Love America" Facebook page, pushing pro-Trump propaganda, is run by Ukrainians
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 10:10PM by skepticalspectacle1 https://ift.tt/2kyDi6o
Scotland ‘will soon generate 100% of its power through renewables’ - Wind, solar and hydropower are now Scotland’s main source of electricity, providing around three-quarters of all generation
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 07:23PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2m5h6RW
Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles. Journal of the Electrochemical Society describing a lithium-ion battery that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1 million miles” while losing less than 10 percent of its energy capacity during its lifetime.
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 05:25PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2mrpACR
Silicon Valley Is One of the Most Polluted Places in the Country: "Microchip manufacturers contaminated the groundwater in the 1980s. Almost 40 years later, the cleanup still isn’t complete."
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 03:36PM by -AMARYANA- https://ift.tt/2Vb6nmv
How to check if Yahoo owes you $358 — You could be entitled to a portion of a huge data breach settlement.
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 02:57PM by itsmyusersname https://ift.tt/2ADA8mj
Facial recognition at music festivals: new scorecard shows which events have committed to not use invasive surveillance
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 09:32AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2AFtLik
IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by 2020 - It hopes to be 'climate positive' by 2030.
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 10:09AM by mvea https://ift.tt/332r72y
China Steps Up Government Presence at Alibaba, Private Giants
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 09:46AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/332r86C
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Germany to join alliance to phase out coal: In the wake of the global student climate strike, Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said Germany would move further in its efforts to phase out coal. Berlin is hoping to shut down all its coal-powered plants by 2038.
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 03:26AM by mvea https://ift.tt/30dLKM9
Scientists Can't Agree on Whether Genetically Modified-Mosquito Experiment Went Horribly Wrong
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 08:08AM by thebloodyaugustABC https://ift.tt/2QoDzYH
For too long Lyft and Uber have abused drivers like me. Not any more. A new California law will finally give thousands of misclassified workers the rights and protections that everyone deserves
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 03:11AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2Ohr26K
Teen Scientists Discover Bacteria That Can Turn Plastic Waste Into Valuable Chemicals
Submitted September 23, 2019 at 03:51AM by Aeleths https://ift.tt/2QqNEVh
Google Chrome is in danger of becoming Windows – everyone uses it, but no one loves it
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 10:16PM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2OcFjlf
Climate change: Did we just witness the beginning of the end of Big Oil?
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 07:30PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ADvHbm
A deepfake pioneer says 'perfectly real' manipulated videos are just 6 months away
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 06:31PM by Fr1sk3r https://ift.tt/31IpDtY
Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 06:09PM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/34XmBnL
California Is Investing $95 Million Into Clean Transportation
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 05:08PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2Mbz8LF
Drones could help during your next car breakdown - A towing company in Texas plans to use drones to assess situations before sending a truck.
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 04:45PM by mvea https://ift.tt/31HLthb
Apple neutered ad blockers in Safari, but unlike Chrome, users didn't say a thing
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 01:16PM by acacia-club-road https://ift.tt/2V8OZ1v
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Twitter Bans Saudi Official Implicated in Khashoggi Murder, Hundreds of Other Pro-Saudi Accounts
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 08:43AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LHtXnB
IKEA is investing $2.8 billion in renewable energy infrastructure. "Weaning off fossil fuels isn’t just about a social good initiative, We have to do this because we’re here for the long term."
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 05:57AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2IfQINg
The United Arab Emirates has hired american hackers from the NSA to attack rivals, political dissidents and journalists
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 08:34PM by DazzlingWeather https://ift.tt/32WbWYm
Bernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of business Sanders’s campaign is calling for a public credit registry, where you can get your credit score for free.
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 02:52AM by drbosshere https://ift.tt/2V7NBMu
Bernie Sanders wants to put credit reporting companies like Equifax out of business | Sanders’s campaign is calling for a public credit registry, where you can get your credit score for free
Submitted September 22, 2019 at 12:34AM by puppuli https://ift.tt/32T8dLe
Google researchers have achieved "Quantum Supremacy", reaching the point where a computer is shown to be capable of performing a task that’s beyond the reach of even the most powerful conventional supercomputer.
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 06:16PM by OldWitchOfCuba https://ift.tt/30fmYew
Google reportedly attains 'quantum supremacy': The quantum computer's processor allowed a calculation to be performed in just over 3 minutes. That calculation would take 10,000 years on IBM's Summit, the world's most powerful commercial computer
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 05:01PM by WildAnimus https://ift.tt/331xH9v
11% of the Military Budget Could Fund Enough Renewable Energy for Every Home in the US
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 07:01PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2IehOEn
Friday, September 20, 2019
PayPal reinstates controversial policy of pocketing fees from refunds
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 06:53AM by imsteve_t https://ift.tt/2IfsxyH
In tech 'awakening,' U.S. workers at Google, Amazon join climate protests
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 06:07AM by tocreatewebsite https://ift.tt/2M6wwyE
Twitter Suspends Account of Former Adviser to Saudi Crown Prince
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 04:01AM by khayrirrw https://ift.tt/2Np1m8P
An AI learned to play hide-and-seek. The strategies it came up with were astounding.
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 07:25AM by Tok_Kwun_Ching https://ift.tt/31HQczw
Serbian journalists expose a ruling party bot application used to manipulate readers' comments on media websites
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 03:37AM by speakhyroglyphically https://ift.tt/30bff0Z
Anti-union activity is heating up ahead of Google contractor's vote to unionize
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 04:52AM by RedditGreenit https://ift.tt/34UzK0B
'I Agree to the Terms and Conditions:' One of the Largest Lies in Tech
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 12:13AM by adamndsmith https://ift.tt/30e11fY
'Everyone Should Have a Moral Code' Says Developer Who Deleted Code Sold to ICE - Seth Vargo wrote code used in a platform called Chef. When he learned ICE was a customer, he wrestled with ICE using code he had personally written.
Submitted September 21, 2019 at 03:03AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2V7KIeX
New windfarms will not cost billpayers after subsidies hit record low - Cost of supporting offshore turbines drops to less than market price for electricity
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 06:16PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34XUjJB
California Senate Passes Statewide Ban On Facial Recognition Tech Use By Law Enforcement
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 05:49PM by mvea https://ift.tt/32UQWBi
Developer takes down Ruby library after he finds out ICE was using it
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 05:18PM by ga-vu https://ift.tt/30ea9AY
100,000 free AI-generated headshots put stock photo companies on notice
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 04:34PM by alanwong https://ift.tt/30ar2fW
Payment card thieves hack Click2Gov bill paying portals in 8 cities. New wave of attacks comes after previous Click2Gov hack compromised 300k payment cards.
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 03:36PM by swingadmin https://ift.tt/30gYZL2
YouTube creators may lose verified badges as company makes verification program even stricter
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 01:04PM by Barknuckle https://ift.tt/2Ico7Ze
French court rules that Steam’s ban on reselling used games is contrary to European law - Valve pledges to fight ruling
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 10:18AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LFyYgA
Comcast promised not to raise prices—guess what happened next
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 04:12PM by rbartlejr https://ift.tt/2M4kQfH
Google to invest record amount in renewable energy: The announcement comes in advance of the Global Climate Strike
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 04:36PM by -AMARYANA- https://ift.tt/2ObTyH2
Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 06:46AM by jumpchat https://ift.tt/308YxhR
Thursday, September 19, 2019
A strange Twitter glitch is censoring the left — and no one knows if it's a bug or a feature - Twitter is mum about a well-documented "bug" that seems to prevent verified accounts from getting ratioed
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 05:03AM by Bakedschwarzenbach https://ift.tt/32N2zdw
Employee dies at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters in apparent suicide
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 03:40AM by mvea https://ift.tt/350FCFV
Comcast promised not to raise prices—guess what happened next
Submitted September 20, 2019 at 12:16AM by Eurynom0s https://ift.tt/30skyEJ
Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law. Good.
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 10:10PM by LizMcIntyre https://ift.tt/2AuXI4z
Google paid female engineering director less, demoted her for complaining: gender-discrimination lawsuit
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 10:04PM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/30rQPeR
Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies - The cost of wind power has fallen about 50% since 2010. Solar has dropped 85%. That makes them cheaper than new coal and gas plants in two-thirds of the world
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 06:50PM by pnewell https://ift.tt/30b1hfr
The CEO of FedEx finally admitted Amazon is a competitor after months of saying it wasn't
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 06:44PM by mvea https://ift.tt/30eWQk8
Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of going carbon neutral by 2040
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 09:00PM by CyborgTomHanks https://ift.tt/2QjwcSy
California Governor Signs Law Protecting Gig Economy Workers
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 05:58PM by resnica https://ift.tt/307mNBT
AT&T Says Customers Can’t Sue the Company for Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters - Due to the contract fine print, AT&T says customers must instead deal with the company privately rather than in court.
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 06:47PM by mvea https://ift.tt/30b1j73
Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 01:17PM by redhatGizmo https://ift.tt/2IafCOk
Nothing standing in the way of energy storage's 'explosive growth'. The market research company in its latest report identified close to 2,100 energy storage projects globally. And international storage markets are anticipated to grow exponentially over the next decade.
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 07:15AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2Ifc9xU
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
SpaceX wants to beam internet across the southern U.S. by late 2020
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 09:49AM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/305NJRD
New studies find smart TVs are still sending sensitive data to third parties
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 08:35AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2QeDYNf
Arizonans could save $3.5B with quicker coal to solar+storage transition, report finds
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 07:11AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/30tX1Dp
AT&T may spin off DirecTV as customers continue mass exodus, WSJ reports
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 06:16AM by Eurynom0s https://ift.tt/2V4iq51
In human cells and mice, a cure for the common cold, Stanford-UCSF study reports. "Disabling a single, apparently noncritical protein in cells may foil replication of the viruses that cause half of all common colds, polio and other diseases"
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 12:37AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/30riOLN
The FBI Tried to Plant a Backdoor in an Encrypted Phone Network
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 03:09AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2Nn2FF3
Here's every electric vehicle on sale in the US for 2020 and its range
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 04:50AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/30aHLiC
University Of Alabama Is Using A Location-Tracking App To Punish Students For Leaving Football Games Early
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 03:07AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2NogHGI
Barack Obama says any president should avoid TV and social media when making a decision — it 'clouds your judgment'
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 03:00AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2NnexHo
Smart TVs sending private data to Netflix and Facebook
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 11:04PM by ItsJustSugarAndWater https://ift.tt/2Nn0Fwy
AB5, Landmark Bill Protecting Gig Workers in California, Becomes Law
Submitted September 19, 2019 at 12:10AM by FenwayFranks https://ift.tt/2Qs3wXg
A Lunar Space Elevator Is Actually Feasible & Inexpensive, Scientists Find
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 09:54PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/3060mwa
A venture capitalist and a congressman are sounding the alarm on the US losing its science and tech leadership to China
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 06:00PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34Rrfn9
Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps For $60 After Years Of Battling Comcast
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 07:55PM by RattlesnakeJake https://ift.tt/2LCNSEa
Trump bars California from setting auto emissions rules, setting up court fight
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 09:03PM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/2LAov62
Millions of Americans’ Medical Information Is Available on the Internet, Where Anyone Can Take a Peek - 100s of computer servers worldwide that store patient X-rays & MRIs are so insecure that anyone with a web browser or a few lines of computer code can view patient records.
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 07:06PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2M32njy
GitLab More Than Doubles Valuation To $2.75 Billion Ahead Of Planned 2020 IPO
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 03:39PM by CrankyBear https://ift.tt/304gDT8
This algae bioreactor can remove as much carbon dioxide as an acre of trees
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 04:54PM by mvea https://ift.tt/307Upjg
'It will take 300 years before contaminated water is safe to discharge into sea' Nuclear experts from around the world are condemning the Japanese government's possible move to discharge radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 04:10PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2LWHQ0d
Uber is now using your smartphone (and your driver’s) to detect vehicle crashes
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 10:55AM by LogicalRiver https://ift.tt/2IbBs45
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Facebook page ‘Vets for Trump’ was hijacked by a North Macedonian businessman. It took months for the owners to get it back.
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 07:49AM by drbosshere https://ift.tt/2O8WWSQ
Facebook bans more than 200 white supremacist groups, updates terrorism definition
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 04:12AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/34QzX5a
Lawsuit: AT&T signed customers up for DirecTV Now without their knowledge
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 01:36AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/34PDtMR
Fully Transparent Solar Cell Could Make Every Window In Your House A Power Source
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 12:08AM by chalk46 https://ift.tt/2OaatcT
Edward Snowden says he will return to U.S. if guaranteed a fair trial: ‘I’m not asking for a pardon.’
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 10:30PM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2LV7z9m
Edward Snowden: The government can hack your iPhone like a criminal to track you
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 08:02PM by janzzz https://ift.tt/2LCf7P2
On September 20, people around the world will stop work to focus attention on the climate crisis. To support them, many businesses are shutting down or giving workers time off to protest.
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 07:31PM by fightforthefuture https://ift.tt/2QeesI9
Here’s Another Argument For Renewable Energy: No More Wars For Oil
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 07:29PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2AtQ0ri
Colorado Town Offers 1 Gbps For $60 After Years Of Battling Comcast
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 07:12PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2IbjUFn
New Report: Major disruption in food and agriculture in next decade projects collapse of dairy & cattle industries by 2030 as animal protein is replaced by cheaper, higher quality food made from manufactured protein
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 05:39PM by adam_dorr https://ift.tt/2Q9sOJB
Facial recognition tech is a problem; Bernie Sanders became the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 04:22PM by Tmfwang https://ift.tt/301Ez8J
Google Says a Change in Its Algorithm Will Highlight ‘Original Reporting’
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 09:29AM by poppadumz https://ift.tt/34NNnP3
Monday, September 16, 2019
Former Google drone engineer resigns, warning autonomous robots could lead to accidental mass killings
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 07:55AM by Barknuckle https://ift.tt/2Qa5StQ
'Killer robots' could accidentally start World War Three, ex-Google engineer warns
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 10:00AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2LUO9Bt
Microsoft could be axing Intel for AMD in new Surface device
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 09:57AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2LZgC9d
Richard M. Stallman resigns — Free Software Foundation
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 07:40AM by mattfromseattle https://ift.tt/30pgWmC
NRA Ramped Up Facebook Advertising Immediately After Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 04:21AM by MortWellian https://ift.tt/31z3rT6
Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 06:07AM by -Ph03niX- https://ift.tt/2NkyGNY
The new iPhone software update is already catching apps like Facebook being shady
Submitted September 17, 2019 at 02:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/302JoPe
China is trying to steal military space tech. The US is running stings to stop it.
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 08:00PM by rstevens94 https://ift.tt/2LwZrg0
Casey Viner: Teenage US gamer jailed over deadly 911 hoax - A US teenager has been jailed for 15 months for involvement in a prank call leading to an innocent man's death.
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 05:08PM by mvea https://ift.tt/30p6CLw
Google Warns LastPass Users Were Exposed To ‘Last Password’ Credential Leak | Forbes
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 03:45PM by yieldingTemporarily https://ift.tt/2I640Mg
App that cancels subscriptions launches in UK - A service which automatically cancels subscriptions at the end of the free trial period has launched in the UK.
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 05:07PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2I9qlsm
[Mod Post] Proposal banning pay walls and capped visit sites. Looking for input.
Reddit was created as a way to foster discussion; /r/technology is no exception to that. In that spirit, we are going considering a ban on submissions of websites that have a paywall (hard or soft) or have a capped number of visits. Yes, we know that there are work-arounds, but that also works around the purpose of this move. We, the mods of /r/technology, hope that we can encourage websites to allow access to their content for others to enjoy without cost to visitors.
Would you support the idea of blocking these sites?
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 06:12PM by X019 https://ift.tt/2AlKw27
TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 12:43PM by DashaDD https://ift.tt/31rGz7V
On TikTok, Hong Kong protests don’t exist
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 11:30AM by atomicspace https://ift.tt/2LWEwlt
Sunday, September 15, 2019
HP printers try to send data back to HP about your devices and what you print
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 04:57AM by rchaudhary https://ift.tt/2QcBLSK
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Submitted September 16, 2019 at 05:34AM by gm- https://ift.tt/2LRSPI3
Ex-Google worker fears 'killer robots' could cause mass atrocities - Engineer who quit over military drone project warns AI might also accidentally start a war
Submitted September 16, 2019 at 03:10AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LYYGM2
SIM-based attack has been used to spy on people for two years. Researchers say they've discovered a new vulnerability, nicknamed Simjacker, that's being used to surveil people's devices.
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 05:36PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/34HsNA9
Here’s what happened in the impact crater the day it did in the dinos. Rock core allows researchers to create an incredible timeline.
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 06:53PM by swingadmin https://ift.tt/2O1BrDr
Russian billionaire’s 15 million-strong 'Noah’s Ark' plan to create space 'garden of gods'
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 03:28PM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2Q9verS
LA is going to get cheap nighttime power from a massive solar and battery array in the Mojave
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 07:07PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2UW5UED
Netflix co-founder: 'Blockbuster laughed at us ... Now there's one left' - Marc Randolph launched the streaming service that would revolutionize TV and film, upend Hollywood and draw more than 150 million subscribers
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 05:25PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2O41U3k
SIM-based attack has been used to spy on people for two years
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 10:03AM by Barknuckle https://ift.tt/2Nfw9Vh
Twitter blocks accounts of Raúl Castro and Cuban state-run media outlets
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 05:21PM by mvea https://ift.tt/307qzLP
AI is sending people to jail—and getting it wrong
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 11:19AM by SkinnerLives https://ift.tt/2Lya820
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Google is finally changing its algorithm to boost original reporting, which is something that Facebook and Apple News still aren’t great at
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 02:12AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2NgWCls
France and Germany agree to block Facebook's Libra: In a joint statement, the two governments affirmed that “no private entity can claim monetary power, which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations”.
Submitted September 15, 2019 at 12:04AM by -AMARYANA- https://ift.tt/2ZZl8gP
New Lithium Battery Design Eliminates Costly Cobalt and Nickel
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 11:20PM by 2infinitum https://ift.tt/2Iag5Ae
Saudi Arabia is shutting down half of its oil production after drone attack.
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 11:19PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/30eqd12
Electric cars are finally taking a bite out of combustion engine sales
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 10:53PM by treycent https://ift.tt/34NL1Qf
New Zealand to receive first ever floating solar
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 05:51PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/31sBJY8
Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming - It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned.
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 06:23PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2O0jjKj
DOE: U.S. onshore wind projects achieving record capacity, employment. The U.S. land-based wind industry installed 7,588 MW of capacity last year, bringing the overall utility-scale total to more than 96 GW. Employment in the sector is also at an historic support of 114,000 jobs.
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 05:55PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/300ifwg
Study says renewable energy power plants will overtake natural-gas plants by 2035
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 06:15PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2O1SKEk
Friday, September 13, 2019
Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 08:10AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2NYI5u7
Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison for fatal 'swatting' case
Submitted September 14, 2019 at 03:24AM by MortWellian https://ift.tt/2Q8ClAR
Trump Says Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Make Him 'Look Orange,' Complains About How Expensive They Are
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 07:27PM by Tmfwang https://ift.tt/2I68frn
House committee asks Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Alphabet to turn over documents in antitrust probe
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 06:36PM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/2LtyhXj
MIT scientists accidentally create the blackest material ever
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 05:58PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2ZWKdZN
Tesla misses insurance firm’s ‘Safest Cars’ list because its EVs don’t crash often enough
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 08:16PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/31l0ghA
Google is changing its search algorithm to prioritize original news reporting
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 07:47PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/30d4bf8
Spotify is cracking down on family plan sharing again by asking for user locations
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 05:05PM by NineteenSixtySix https://ift.tt/2I6iZFV
Looks like hydrogen economy could happen. The implications of hydrogen replacing oil are economically and politically far-reaching.
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 06:20PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2NWOLJc
Encrypted DNS could help close the biggest privacy gap on the Internet. Why are some groups fighting against it?
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 09:11AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2I4ZM7v
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Twitter refuses to say who’s behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 06:27AM by mepper https://ift.tt/309a0Kl
Net neutrality's ultimate champion keeps on fighting - Between restoring net neutrality, regulating the tech industry and tackling the state's housing crisis, California state Sen. Scott Wiener never stops moving.
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 05:14AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LGo2xK
Google ordered not to stifle its employees’ ability to speak about work
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 04:39AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2LTyrGO
Forwarding email is a crime, Jerry Falwell Jr. says after leaks to media
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 03:53AM by mattfromseattle https://ift.tt/32DFry8
AT&T expects to lose another 1.1 million TV subscribers this quarter | AT&T forecasts subscriber loss as big shareholder says DirecTV buy was a mistake.
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 01:13AM by swingadmin https://ift.tt/2Lso0dX
Kickstarter Has Fired Two Union Organizers in Eight Days
Submitted September 13, 2019 at 12:47AM by the_artic_one https://ift.tt/34ErGkw
Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 11:13PM by BanX https://ift.tt/2QgWl4u
New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 07:58PM by WillOfTheLand https://ift.tt/2LqxhTU
Facebook spiked a legitimate fact check about abortion after Republicans complained
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 05:03PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZMZ1KH
Google banned employees from discussing politics at work, but the government now reportedly says that restricts free speech rights
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 07:20PM by mvea https://ift.tt/31hOCnG
'Ban kids from loot box gambling in games' - In-game spending should be regulated by gambling laws and so-called loot boxes banned entirely for children, MPs say.
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 05:35PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZRW3EF
Israel Allegedly Installed Stingray Devices Around D.C. to Spy on President Trump
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 05:04PM by mvea https://ift.tt/30bkDMX
Libraries and Archivists Are Scanning and Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 01:45PM by bil-sabab https://ift.tt/2ULVnM6
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Comcast, Cable Giants Sue Maine Over Law Forcing Them to Let Customers Pay for Specific Channels
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 08:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2NXDJmY
Firefox is testing a VPN, and you can try it right now - It’s part of the revitalized Firefox Test Pilot program
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 08:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LrWsWl
Victory! California Senate Votes Against Face Surveillance on Police Body Cams
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 05:27AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2N9YGvx
College student tried to hack into Trump’s taxes by creating a fake FAFSA application - He faces up to two years in prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Submitted September 12, 2019 at 02:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2Q6UvmB
NY Payroll Company Vanishes With $35 Million
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 08:47PM by campuscodi https://ift.tt/307d5e6
iFixit gives Fairphone 3 a perfect 10 for repairability
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 08:57PM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/309oQAo
Information gerrymandering in social networks skews collective decision-making: "An analysis shows that information flow between individuals in a social network can be ‘gerrymandered’ to skew perceptions of how others in the community will vote — which can alter the outcomes of elections."
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 05:49PM by -AMARYANA- https://ift.tt/2I0THt3
Google bans ads for unproven medical treatments
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 04:31PM by Captain-Blitzed https://ift.tt/32KDsZ5
Make broadband an essential service, rural community leader urges province - Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson says internet is similar to clean water, hydro, health care, education
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 05:38PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2I0Zv5E
Trump administration considers monitoring smartphones of people with mental health problems
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 07:07PM by plato_thyself https://ift.tt/2Q2VHrb
California is close to reclassifying gig economy workers as employees - It's now headed to State Assembly and waiting for the governor's signature.
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 05:25PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2UMOwll
New AI neural network approach detects heart failure from a single heartbeat with 100% accuracy
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 04:36PM by mvea https://ift.tt/32txcVk
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy - Requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 10:16AM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/2N9IN8t
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
51 companies tell Congress it's time to tackle data privacy
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 06:59AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2AadNfO
Victory! California's Legislature Pulls AT&T and Comcast Bill That Protected Their Monopolies
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 05:27AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/308pHkS
Zero gravity kills cancer cells | After just one day in zero gravity conditions, researchers found over 80% of cancer cells died in a trial. Now, their plan is to send them to space. The initial results confirm earlier findings from German researchers.
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 12:08AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2A5RzLZ
Much Of The Assault On 'Big Tech' Is Being Driven By 'Big Telecom'
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 07:19PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LpNo4n
Musicians and fans call for ban on facial recognition at festivals and shows
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 07:58PM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2N6FZJb
UK Government Plans to Collect 'Targeted and Personalized' Data on Internet Users to Prepare For Brexit: Report
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 07:17PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34zZhvZ
China's data centers emit as much carbon as 21 million cars
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 05:05PM by mvea https://ift.tt/32zRgp6
California passes law that prevents cities from taxing energy generated by solar rooftop projects
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 08:18PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LI6Fgg
'Ban all watches from exams to stop cheating' - All watches should be banned from exam halls to discourage cheating, says an inquiry into the extent of malpractice in exams taken by pupils across the UK.
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 05:31PM by mvea https://ift.tt/31csDhI
AT&T TV Looks a Little Too Much Like Traditional Cable - The company's new streaming service costs $93 a month. What the heck?
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 05:19PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2A4Pq3f
Monday, September 9, 2019
Americans Deserve Their Day in Court About NSA Mass Surveillance Programs
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 12:17AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2N8rjta
Bernie Sanders Says DMVs Should Stop Profiting From Drivers’ Personal Data
Submitted September 10, 2019 at 03:04AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2HWjjar
Amazon Employees Will Walk Out Over Climate Change Inaction: The planned event will mark the first time in Amazon's 25-year history that workers at the company's Seattle headquarters have participated in a strike.
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 11:25PM by -AMARYANA- https://ift.tt/318C16j
Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 11:38PM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/2PZVi8N
Gas Plants Will Get Crushed by Wind, Solar by 2035, Study Says
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 07:09PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34yF7T6
Period Tracker Apps Used By Millions Of Women Are Sharing Incredibly Sensitive Data With Facebook
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 10:53PM by DragonPup https://ift.tt/2IbTR0P
Amazon Employees Are Walking Out Over the Company's Huge Carbon Footprint - Nearly 1,000 employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to demand the company go to zero emissions by 2030.
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 07:17PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34AjQbs
Dozens of Google employees say they were retaliated against for reporting harassment
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 07:12PM by mvea https://ift.tt/34AVZIL
The Pentagon Wants More Control Over the News. What Could Go Wrong?
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 06:34PM by Newman1651 https://ift.tt/2A48wGM
Apple and Foxconn admit to hiring too many temporary workers - That violates Chinese labor laws, according to a rights group.
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 04:10PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZNe6MY
How a cheap mineral could make a better battery — and help the planet: Calcium could replace lithium in batteries that store solar and wind power.
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 03:26PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2HXvX8X
Russia accuses Facebook and Google of illegal election interference.
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 11:14AM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2ZI9ZBM
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Facebook, Google didn’t plan on being monopolies, but now they’re ‘too pervasive,’ tech investor says
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 09:30AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/303z4lP
JPMorgan creates ‘Volfefe Index’ to gauge impact of Trump’s tweets on US interest rates. - The ‘Volfefe Index’, named after Trump’s mysterious ‘covfefe’ tweet, suggests that the president’s tweets have a statistically significant impact on Treasury yields
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 08:57AM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2ZOTJ10
Australian Internet Providers Ordered to Block Eight Sites Found Hosting Christchurch Footage
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 06:51AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZJa34o
China's "great cannon", a tool used to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), now aimed at a Reddit-like forum in Hong Kong
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 03:22AM by cos https://ift.tt/316MwXF
NYC is suing T-Mobile for allegedly selling used phones as new and using other shady tactics - TheVerge
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 10:54PM by 11igor https://ift.tt/2ZTFV1r
Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack
Submitted September 09, 2019 at 01:10AM by CrankyBear https://ift.tt/2QcYm1B
How an Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 08:53PM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2ZUS45Z
A cyborg magician explains why she implanted 26 microchips and magnets in her body
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 08:42PM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2ZI8F17
Trump admin threatens California, automakers over emissions deal
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 07:47PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2A4HYoA
First Long-Distance Heart Surgery Performed Through a Robot
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 04:37PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2LAJYdJ
Homeland Security to collect social media usernames on immigration and visitor applications
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 05:19PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2HV5Yiv
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Saturday, September 7, 2019
Firefox will encrypt web domain name requests by default - You can expect to see DNS over HTTPS by the end of September.
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 09:25AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2LCWpFS
EA Received A Guinness World Record For Most Downvoted Comment In Reddit History
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 09:22AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZFnzVV
Facebook quietly ditched the 'It’s free and always will be' slogan from its homepage
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 05:01AM by Jezon https://ift.tt/2Lxdhhn
Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Outcry Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 12:35AM by StcStasi https://ift.tt/2HRITNK
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Submitted December 15, 2017 at 03:56AM by zathegfx https://ift.tt/2kvcL62
US to collect social media profiles from immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees (not just visa applicants)
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 11:17PM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2HSPYxD
Apple takes flak for disputing iOS security bombshell dropped by Google. Apple statement alienates the security community when the company needs it most.
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 07:33PM by swingadmin https://ift.tt/2ZMSaSk
Automatic Listening Exploitation Act would fine a company $40K for each recording their smart home device makes without a user’s permission
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 09:29PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2LwPGxk
Facebook broke democracy — now it's coming for your marriage | The "Secret Crushes" feature on Facebook Dating seems — hmm, tailor-made for those considering steppin' out
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 04:27PM by Fr1sk3r https://ift.tt/2HS69eq
Unsolicited nudes detected and deleted by AI - Software that can detect and delete unsolicited penis pictures sent via private messages on Twitter is being developed by researchers in Seattle.
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 05:37PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZQM3HL
The Many Ways Planned Obsolescence Is Sabotaging How We Preserve Internet History
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 02:00PM by bil-sabab https://ift.tt/2ZBNfmS
Cops Digitally Erase Suspect's Facial Tattoos To Make Him Look More Like The Robbery Suspect Caught On Camera
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 10:46AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2zXbI79
Friday, September 6, 2019
Wikipedia is intermittently down due to a DDOS attack
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 08:12AM by Account3372 https://ift.tt/34sOt2H
Google Maps Is Still Directing Women Seeking Abortions to Pro-Life Clinics — and a Memorial for the ‘Unborn’
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 09:27AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2ZGpSsC
DOJ launches probe of automakers that agreed to California emissions rules
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 05:44AM by dapperlemon https://ift.tt/2MZ48kL
Facebook's Dating Service is Full of Red Flags
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 03:24AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/312kuMW
It looks like Uber is getting into the small loan business for its drivers. Uber told drivers this week that it’s building a new financial product and asked them about loans. Critics are concerned it could be a payday loan system that’s predatory.
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 03:21AM by mvea https://ift.tt/312bszB
Russia Says Facebook, Google Must Ban Political Ads During Moscow Election
Submitted September 07, 2019 at 01:47AM by MortWellian https://ift.tt/2MXnBT2
Exclusive: Feds Order Apple And Google To Hand Over Names Of 10,000+ Users Of A Gun Scope App
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 09:52PM by trot-trot https://ift.tt/2ZToXQP
Facebook hit by US antitrust probe from eight attorneys general
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 06:19PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2ZTZLcS
New York attorney general is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 06:23PM by habichuelacondulce https://ift.tt/2zVQ6I7
DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators - You gave them your data in exchange for a driver’s license. DMVs are making tens of millions of dollars selling it, documents obtained by Motherboard show.
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 07:38PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZJJOtG
How social networks can be used to bias votes - Evidence is stacking up that a small number of strategically placed bots can influence the choices of undecided voters.
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 05:57PM by mvea https://ift.tt/31bIIEk
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Crops under solar panels can be a win-win - In dry places, photovoltaic shade can even reduce water use
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 08:39AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2PP0PyI
Volkswagen will help turn old Beetles and microbuses electric
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 04:43AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2ZHu4r8
Facebook doesn't care about your mental health
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 07:24AM by tocreatewebsite https://ift.tt/2HRcyq6
T-Mobile Metro stores sell used phones as new, charge “fake taxes,” NYC says
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 03:12AM by mepper https://ift.tt/2zUIndn
T-Mobile Metro stores sell used phones as new, charge “fake taxes,” NYC says
Submitted September 06, 2019 at 03:12AM by mepper https://ift.tt/2zUIndn
600,000 GPS trackers left exposed online with a default password of '123456.'
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 10:46PM by AdamCannon https://ift.tt/2ZGSPDT
One More Time: Just Because The Internet Didn't Explode Doesn't Mean Killing Net Neutrality Was A Great Idea
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 11:29PM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2MWB9hr
Activists demand facial recognition ban for law enforcement in major new push
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 07:01PM by evanFFTF https://ift.tt/2PKfNGn
Trump Tweeted a Sensitive Photo. Internet Sleuths Decoded It
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 07:00PM by suckit2me https://ift.tt/2PL7E4s
Europe will not accept US verdict on 737 Max safety - Europe's aviation safety watchdog will not accept a US verdict on whether Boeing's troubled 737 Max is safe.
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 04:13PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/32wLPXT
Google accused of secretly feeding personal data to advertisers
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 05:34PM by luag https://ift.tt/2HPb7Zl
Over 400 million Facebook users' phone numbers exposed in privacy lapse
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 03:36PM by MrRayAnders https://ift.tt/34A1bwK
Facebook Data On 419 Million Users Found On the Internet
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 11:25AM by Telebrus https://ift.tt/32woFRr
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Phone numbers for as many as 419 million Facebook users were reportedly found sitting online in a file where anybody could have found them
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 02:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2ZTtzXa
Senator: Mark Zuckerberg should face "the possibility of a prison term" for repeatedly lying to the American people about their privacy
Submitted September 05, 2019 at 01:24AM by MossVoss https://ift.tt/2PMFFBs
Brave uncovers Google’s GDPR workaround
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 07:20PM by rchaudhary https://ift.tt/2HKMHjD
Trump Administration Rolls Back Rules Requiring More Energy-Efficient Bulbs
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 08:33PM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/34qDFSz
YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 06:41PM by pipsdontsqueak https://ift.tt/2NNC1ob
Electric Car Charge Posts To Be Installed In Every New Home In England
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 05:38PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2HJwHyh
Mozilla won't follow Google in limiting APIs in coming Extensions Manifest v3
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 01:28PM by a_Ninja_b0y https://ift.tt/2UBaVlT
Former Amazon Employees Helped Make a Hotline to Report Unsafe Working Conditions
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 09:52AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2UqvEbI
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Google Has My Dead Grandpa’s Data And He Never Used The Internet
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 09:17AM by mynameisalex1 https://ift.tt/2ZGVVrf
Senator Wyden says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg should face 'possibility of a prison term'
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 02:52AM by bobbyw24 https://ift.tt/30SKA53
Fraudsters deepfake CEO's voice to trick manager into transferring $243,000
Submitted September 04, 2019 at 01:43AM by FortuitousAdroit https://ift.tt/30U3Dfe
YouTube Removes 17,000 Channels for Hate Speech
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 11:41PM by Philo1927 https://ift.tt/2HFgM48
Firefox 69 now blocks cryptominers and tracking cookies by default
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 09:49PM by shehzad https://ift.tt/2ZG2oPm
Scammer Successfully Deepfaked CEO's Voice To Fool Underling Into Transferring $243,000
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 09:01PM by job_van_dam https://ift.tt/32rzTXr
E-bikes are now allowed in US national parks, for better or worse - There are concerns they could be unsafe and harmful to the parks.
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 04:27PM by mvea https://ift.tt/32quMGK
Hong Kong ISPs Refuse To Help China Censor The Internet
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 08:09PM by AntifaTaipei https://ift.tt/32n3YY1
Firefox is now blocking third-party ad trackers by default
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 07:51PM by section43 https://ift.tt/2HGhZs0
Today’s Firefox Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptomining by Default
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 06:52PM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2PEWRZI
Europe should ignore 'treacherous promises' of Facebook's Libra currency: ECB's Mersch
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 05:47AM by stereomatch https://ift.tt/2HDfpmI
'Can't rely on governments alone': Atlassian leads push for staff to attend global climate strike
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 12:56PM by kaphi https://ift.tt/32l8Xsj
Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685% - [Forbes]
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 11:22AM by AnimalChin- https://ift.tt/2LoiurO
Monday, September 2, 2019
Facial recognition technology scrapped at King's Cross site
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 07:38AM by evanFFTF https://ift.tt/2Lh0SPL
The Cult of Positivity: Hulu's "Jawline" Exposes How Social Media Influencers Profit from Despair
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 04:40AM by whatsgum https://ift.tt/2MP89Z6
Facebook is thinking about hiding like counts, too
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 04:08AM by mvea https://ift.tt/34feh2a
YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to $200 Million for Children’s Privacy Violations
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 01:51AM by ThomasMaker https://ift.tt/2LiX28S
25-Year-Old Bitcoin Seller Faces Life Sentence for Unlicensed Exchange
Submitted September 03, 2019 at 02:05AM by WolfgangAlvi https://ift.tt/2NM1DSD
Amateurs Identify U.S. Spy Satellite Behind President Trump's Tweet
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 11:12PM by DragonPup https://ift.tt/2NIET5I
We got inside New York City's first-ever Amazon fulfillment center, where thousands of people work in a building large enough for 18 football fields
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 07:27PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2zH0HX9
Woman is first to receive cornea made from ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 07:14PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2HFZTGF
Ku Klux Klan donation account suspended by PayPal - PayPal suspended an account used to raise funds by one of the US's largest white supremacist groups six days after it was first flagged by an anti-bigotry campaigner.
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 07:44PM by mvea https://ift.tt/2zFgyWr
Google is trying to patent use of a data compression algorithm that the real inventor had already dedicated to the public domain. This week, the U.S. Patent Office issued a non-final rejection of all claims in Google’s application.
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 06:53PM by Lance2150 https://ift.tt/2HF23X7
Another convincing deepfake app goes viral prompting immediate privacy backlash
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 05:46PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2zGLe9G
Google is trying to patent use of a data compression algorithm that the real inventor had already dedicated to the public domain. This week, the U.S. Patent Office issued a non-final rejection of all claims in Google’s application.
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 03:37PM by Lance2150 https://ift.tt/2jTKcmn
Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 01:47PM by aspiroal https://ift.tt/2ljEuKZ
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Ring Says It Doesn't Use Facial Recognition, But It Has “A Head Of Face Recognition Research”
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 07:54AM by MyNameIsGriffon https://ift.tt/2ZJ5T7q
Peloton’s IPO shows the company is serving the wealthy, but not making us healthy
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 03:56AM by mvea https://ift.tt/2HDjK9w
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The trade war has already cost electronics companies $10 billion and it gets worse on Sept. 1
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 03:54AM by mvea https://ift.tt/32eTfyO
Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of 'Biological Boot Loader' for AI
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 01:19AM by FortuitousAdroit https://ift.tt/32ko9WE
International Space Station gets 600 Mbps data rate upgrade
Submitted September 02, 2019 at 12:07AM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2HFK8PM
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 09:09PM by Qipeki https://ift.tt/2LcE9Ek
The Internet Should Be a Public Good
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 05:46PM by futuredude https://ift.tt/2MWb7Lx
When the dog barks, you will get a "woof" text message, allowing your best friend to alert you of danger, even from a far.
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 05:44PM by speckz https://ift.tt/2NIkmyd
Paris is testing 'noise radar' that will automatically ticket loud cars
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 03:47PM by solar-cabin https://ift.tt/2zG0Wlp
Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC Firms.
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 10:24AM by axploreation https://ift.tt/2POqO9R