Archive for November, 2018
Apple and Samsung Fined for Deliberately Slowing Down Phones
November 19th, 2018Via: Guardian: Apple and Samsung are being fined €10m and €5m respectively in Italy for the “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones. An investigation launched in January by the nation’s competition authority found that certain smartphone software updates had a negative effect on the performance of the devices. Believed to be the first ruling of its […]
Inside the British Army’s Secret Information Warfare Machine
November 19th, 2018Via: Wired UK: They are soldiers, but the 77th Brigade edit videos, record podcasts and write viral posts. Welcome to the age of information warfare.
Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email for Government Business
November 19th, 2018Via: Guardian: Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The revelation prompted immediate accusations of hypocrisy. Trump branded his 2016 election rival “Crooked Hillary” Clinton over her use of a private email server and encouraged supporters in chants of […]
ADVChina: “We’ve Been Censoring 70% of What We Say”
November 19th, 2018SerpentZA and Laowhy86 are distancing themselves from China because of the collapsing situation there. If you don’t want to spend the time necessary to watch the videos, it’s easy to sum up: China is a filthy, dangerous, corrupt dictatorship and these guys were worried about their families. Via: ADVChina: More: SerpentZA’s Important Announcement Laowhy86’s Important […]
Triggered: Monopoly for Millennials
November 19th, 2018Via: Independent: Monopoly has released a new edition targeted towards millennials – and it has everything from avocados to thrift stores, but no houses. Hasbro, the game makers behind the iconic board game created the millennial version to appeal to people born between 1981 and 1996 – by including all types of stereotypical millennial content. […]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Official Leading Efforts to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Found Dead
November 19th, 2018Via: cleveland.com: The Nov. 1 death of Daniel Best , a pharmaceutical executive from Bay Village who led U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to lower prescription drug prices, has been ruled a suicide, officials in Washington, D.C., said Thursday. Police say Best was found “unresponsive” near the garage door exit of an […]
Air Force Trying to Secure F-35 Support Systems from Hackers
November 18th, 2018Via: Fifth Domain: The U.S. Air Force is devoting fresh energy to plugging cybersecurity holes in the F-35’s external support systems, as they are deemed the easiest entry points for hackers into the fifth-generation combat jet, according to a key service official. “It’s a software-based aircraft, and any software-based platform is going to be susceptible […]
The Remarkable Brain Waves of High Level Meditators
November 18th, 2018Via: kottke.org: What’s going on in the brains of people who meditate? Anecdotal evidence suggests that meditation does something to people’s minds and bodies…quiets and calms them. In this video, Daniel Goleman reports on research done by his colleague Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Davidson brought a number of “Olympic level […]
Household Debt Hit Record High of $13.5 Trillion Last Quarter
November 17th, 2018Via: NBC: The total debt shouldered by Americans has hit another record high, rising to $13.5 trillion in the last quarter, while an unusual jump in student-loan delinquencies could provide another signal that the nation’s economic expansion is growing old. Flows of student debt into serious delinquency — of 90 or more days — rose […]
Humanoid Robot Prototype Capable of Heavy Labor
November 16th, 2018Via: PhysOrg: Researchers have developed a humanoid robot prototype, HRP-5P, intended to autonomously perform heavy labor or work in hazardous environments. As a 182 cm, 101 kg humanoid robot, HRP-5P was built on HRP series technologies by incorporating new hardware technologies. Within the series, it has unsurpassed physical capabilities. Its robot intelligence comprises environmental measurement […]
