Archive for December, 2018
Real Headline: “Firm Led by Google Veterans Uses A.I. to ‘Nudge’ Workers Toward Happiness”
December 31st, 2018The New York Times, where cringe inducing meets comedy gold. I think that Foxconn should run this software. Maybe there’s a suicide prevention net plugin for it. Sensing that an employee has landed in one of those nets, the employee’s RFID badge could be read and the system could send them a coupon for lunch […]
Blackwater: We Are Coming
December 31st, 2018Via: Russia Today: Blackwater, the controversial US private security firm, has flagged its intent to resume business, taking out a full-page commercial in the latest edition of Recoil magazine with a chilling message declaring “We are coming.” The resurrection within the military contractors’ market of notorious Blackwater, which, after numerous scandals and several rebrandings, is […]
Kevin Spacey, Cup, Pizza [???]
December 31st, 2018The stunt with the cup was interesting, but I wasn’t sure if it was worth posting. Is Spacey simply trolling those of us who notice this stuff, or should the perpetrators actually be afraid of what he might say? Spacey was in Epstein’s pedo group: A list of people who have associated with Jeffrey Epstein […]
How Facebook Tracks You On Android (Even If You Don’t Have A Facebook Account)
December 30th, 2018Via: Chaos Computer Club: In this talk, we’re looking at third party tracking on Android. We’ve captured and decrypted data in transit between our own devices and Facebook servers. It turns out that some apps routinely send Facebook information about your device and usage patterns – the second the app is opened. We’ll walk you […]
Dutch Boyband Hopes to Reverse Brexit Through the Power of Music
December 30th, 2018I’m considering a new category on Cryptogon: Cringe Inducing. Based on the lyrics alone, you might wonder: Is this Engrish? In any event, prepare to squint at your display and grind your teeth. Your choice turns my spine grey. *snort* Via: Register: I cannot believe this is the end (oh no). I still feel your […]
The Battle to Keep Peasants from Walking on Beach in Front of John Kerry’s Family Home in France
December 30th, 2018Via: AFP: Hikers demanding right of way along a pristine stretch of coastal France are locked in a legal war with villa owners in a posh Brittany resort town, not least the family of US statesman and former presidential candidate John Kerry. Unless the latest round of lawsuits seeking to curtail free access to the […]
Der Spiegel Journalist ‘Faked Stories’ for Years
December 30th, 2018“CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014” Via: RTE: Germany’s respected news weekly Der Spiegel has stunned the media world by revealing that one of its award-winning reporters had for years falsified stories. Claas Relotius “made up stories and invented protagonists” in at least 14 out of 60 articles that appeared in the magazine’s print […]
Malware Attack Disrupts Delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune Papers Across the U.S.
December 30th, 2018Via: Los Angeles Times: What first arose as a server outage was identified Saturday as a malware attack, which appears to have originated from outside the United States and hobbled computer systems and delayed weekend deliveries of the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers across the country. Technology teams worked feverishly to quarantine the computer […]
911 Emergency Services Go Down Across the U.S. After CenturyLink Outage
December 28th, 2018Via: TechCrunch: 911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. remain down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center. The outage began after 12pm ET on Thursday, according to CenturyLink’s status page, and continues to cause disruption across 911 call centers. Some states have seen their services restored. CenturyLink has not said […]
Chinese Schools Make Pupils Wear Micro-Chipped Uniforms to Thwart Truancy
December 27th, 2018Via: Telegraph: Schools in southern China are forcing children to wear uniforms embedded with computer chips that track their movement and trigger an alarm if they skip class. More that more than 10 schools in Guizhou province and the neighboring autonomous region of Guangxi are now requiring students to wear “intelligent uniforms”, according to the […]
