Month: March 2021

Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets

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A tech CEO who lied to investors to get funding and then blew millions of it on maintaining a luxury lifestyle, which included private jets and top seats at sporting events, has been sentenced to just over eight years in prison. Daniel Boice, 41, set up what he claimed would be the “Uber of private Read more about Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets[…]

Privacy Laws Giving Big Internet Companies A Convenient Excuse To Avoid Academic Scrutiny – or not? A Balanced argument

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For years we’ve talked about how the fact that no one really understands privacy, leads to very bad attempts at regulating privacy in ways that do more harm than good. They often don’t do anything that actually protects privacy — and instead screw up lots of other important things, from competition to free speech. In Read more about Privacy Laws Giving Big Internet Companies A Convenient Excuse To Avoid Academic Scrutiny – or not? A Balanced argument[…]

OpenSSL fixes high-severity flaw that allows hackers to crash huge amount servers globally

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OpenSSL, the most widely used software library for implementing website and email encryption, has patched a high-severity vulnerability that makes it easy for hackers to completely shut down huge numbers of servers. […] On Thursday, OpenSSL maintainers disclosed and patched a vulnerability that causes servers to crash when they receive a maliciously crafted request from Read more about OpenSSL fixes high-severity flaw that allows hackers to crash huge amount servers globally[…]

One of America’s $135.8 Million Fighter F-35 Jets Shot Itself

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An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter shot itself in the skies above Arizona earlier this month, doing at least $2.5 million in damage. The pilot was unharmed and successfully landed the jet. The Pentagon isn’t quite sure how or why the jet shot itself and the incident is still under investigation. As first reported by Military.com, Read more about One of America’s $135.8 Million Fighter F-35 Jets Shot Itself[…]

Apple Webkit exploited to hack your idevice whilst browsing. Update now!

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iOS 14.4.2 and iPadOS 14.4.2 Released March 26, 2021 WebKit Available for: iPhone 6s and later, iPad Pro (all models), iPad Air 2 and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting. Apple is Read more about Apple Webkit exploited to hack your idevice whilst browsing. Update now![…]

GM, Ford, Tesla, Nio, Nissan, Toyota, VW, Subaru, Fiat – electric car companies shutdown due to global chip shortage

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New York (CNN Business)A computer chip shortage has shut down the Louisville, Kentucky, Ford plant this week, the latest shutdown because of an industry-wide problem that is expected to spread to many other auto plants in the coming months.The Louisville plant employs 3,800 hourly workers, who will receive about 75% of their normal pay during Read more about GM, Ford, Tesla, Nio, Nissan, Toyota, VW, Subaru, Fiat – electric car companies shutdown due to global chip shortage[…]

Data Broker Looking To Sell Global Real-Time Vehicle Location Data To Government Agencies, Including The Military

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[…] utting a couple of middle men between the app data and the purchase of data helps agencies steer clear of Constitutional issues related to the Supreme Court’s Carpenter decision, which introduced a warrant mandate for engaging in proxy tracking of people via cell service providers. But phones aren’t the only objects that generate a Read more about Data Broker Looking To Sell Global Real-Time Vehicle Location Data To Government Agencies, Including The Military[…]

Clothes retailer Fatface: Someone’s broken in and accessed your personal data, including partial card payment details… Don’t tell anyone

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British clothes retailer Fatface has infuriated some customers by telling them “an unauthorised third party” gained access to systems holding their data earlier this year, and then asking them to keep news of the blunder to themselves. Several people wrote into The Register to let us know about the personal data leak, with reader Terry Read more about Clothes retailer Fatface: Someone’s broken in and accessed your personal data, including partial card payment details… Don’t tell anyone[…]

Guns.Com Got Hacked – personal data available on forum

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Watch out, firearm lovers. The subtly-named guns.com, a place where Americans can go to pick out whatever stylish boomstick they like and have it shipped straight to their neck of the woods, seems to have a pretty awful data breach on its hands. Back in January, a hacker temporarily disabled the company’s website, interfering with Read more about Guns.Com Got Hacked – personal data available on forum[…]

Big Tech CEOs Waffle on Banning the 12 Major Anti-Vaxxers that cause 73% of misinformation

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After a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Anti-Vax Watch found that a huge percentage of misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines can be traced back to just a dozen people, the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter told Congress they weren’t sure they would ban them. The CCDH/Anti-Vax Watch report Read more about Big Tech CEOs Waffle on Banning the 12 Major Anti-Vaxxers that cause 73% of misinformation[…]

Venus Flytraps Have Magnetic Fields Like the Human Brain

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[…] a group of mavericks out of Switzerland have detected a magnetic signal in a plant. Using a highly sensitive magnetometer, an interdisciplinary team of researchers have measured signals from a Venus flytrap of up to .5 picotesla. To make matters even more mind-blowing, this signal is roughly equivalent to the biomagnetic field strength of Read more about Venus Flytraps Have Magnetic Fields Like the Human Brain[…]

Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes

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[…] The study, published in the journal Cell, compared ‘brain organoids’ – 3-D tissues grown from stem cells which model early brain development—that were grown from human, gorilla and chimpanzee stem cells. Similar to actual brains, the human brain organoids grew a lot larger than the organoids from other apes. […] During the early stages Read more about Scientists discover how humans develop larger brains than other apes[…]

Rabble Rousing Mob who can’t Read Seek Removal of Richard Stallman and Entire FSF Board

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Richard Stallman’s return to the Free Software Foundation’s board of directors has drawn condemnation from many people in the free software community. An open letter signed by hundreds of people today called for Stallman to be removed again and for the FSF’s entire board to resign. Letter signers include Neil McGovern, GNOME Foundation executive director Read more about Rabble Rousing Mob who can’t Read Seek Removal of Richard Stallman and Entire FSF Board[…]

A Crash Course On Sniffing & Inserting commands into Bluetooth Low Energy

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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is everywhere these days. If you fire up a scanner on your phone and walk around the neighborhood, we’d be willing to bet you’d pick up dozens if not hundreds of devices. By extension, from fitness bands to light bulbs, it’s equally likely that you’re going to want to talk to Read more about A Crash Course On Sniffing & Inserting commands into Bluetooth Low Energy[…]

Cloudflare debuts zero-trust browsing service for remote enterprise workforce

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[…] Working from home, whether as a permanent option or as part of hybrid models, may become standard, and so the corporate world needs to consider how best to keep their networks protected whilst also catering to a remote workforce. To this end, Cloudflare has contributed a new zero-trust solution for browser sessions. On Tuesday, Read more about Cloudflare debuts zero-trust browsing service for remote enterprise workforce[…]

Suez Canal Totally Blocked After One Of the World’s Largest Container Ships Runs Aground

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One of the world’s most important international shipping arteries remains blocked this evening after the MV Ever Given, a 1,300-foot, 220,000-ton container ship, ran aground and got stuck almost completely sideways in the Suez Canal—cutting off a vital shipping lane between Europe and Asia and leading to a massive backup of over a hundred giant Read more about Suez Canal Totally Blocked After One Of the World’s Largest Container Ships Runs Aground[…]

Dutch ISPs and Webhoster TransIP hit by DDOS

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Several internet companies repelled DDOS attacks on Monday night. Among them are at least three Internet providers Freedom Internet, Tweak and Kabelnoord. Web hosting company TransIP also faced a DDOS attack targeting so-called name servers on Monday. While averting this attack and resolving its consequences, the company was hit by a second, more violent attack Read more about Dutch ISPs and Webhoster TransIP hit by DDOS[…]

Yandex’s autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in ‘challenging conditions’ in Moscow

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Yandex Yandex Yandex, Russia’s multi-hyphenate internet giant, began testing its autonomous cars on Moscow’s icy winter roads over three years ago. The goal was to create a “universal” self-driving vehicle that could safely maneuver around different cities across the globe. Now, Yandex says its trials have been a resounding success. The vehicles recently hit a major Read more about Yandex’s autonomous cars have driven over six million miles in ‘challenging conditions’ in Moscow[…]

Double bongcloud: why grandmasters are playing the worst move in chess

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An otherwise meaningless game during Monday’s preliminary stage of the $200,000 Magnus Carlsen Invitational left a pair of grandmasters in stitches while thrusting one of chess’s most bizarre and least effective openings into the mainstream. Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States had already qualified for the knockout stage of the competition Read more about Double bongcloud: why grandmasters are playing the worst move in chess[…]

Hong Kong’s fragile coral reefs boosted by 3D printing

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In jade waters off Hong Kong’s eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city’s fragile coral reefs. […] Around 84 species of coral are found in Hong Kong’s waters, scientists say, more diverse than those found in the Caribbean Sea. Read more about Hong Kong’s fragile coral reefs boosted by 3D printing[…]

26 author report: bottom trawling for fish is responsible for one gigaton of carbon emissions a year—a higher annual total than (pre-pandemic) aviation emissions.

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It’s been well established by now that the agricultural systems producing our food contribute at least one fifth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions—and up to a third if waste and transportation are factored in. A troubling new report points to a previously overlooked source: an industrial fishing process practiced by dozens of countries around the Read more about 26 author report: bottom trawling for fish is responsible for one gigaton of carbon emissions a year—a higher annual total than (pre-pandemic) aviation emissions.[…]

Nissan finds use for old LEAF batteries in their factory. Still no way to recycle them.

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Nissan has found a second-life for old LEAF batteries inside mobile machines that help workers at Nissan factories worldwide. The old batteries are being used in automated guided vehicles or AGVs used for various tasks inside the manufacturing facilities, including delivering parts to workers on the assembly line. AGVs are used as robotic mail carriers Read more about Nissan finds use for old LEAF batteries in their factory. Still no way to recycle them.[…]

Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent

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A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as 82 percent, according to new findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results, published today in the journal PLOS ONE, could pave the way for the sustainable production of livestock throughout the world. “We now Read more about Feeding cattle seaweed reduces their greenhouse gas emissions 82 percent[…]

Microsoft Office 365 Down For Some Users

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Microsoft is reporting an outage of Office 365, including Microsoft Teams. On its status page, Microsoft adds: Users may be unable to access multiple Microsoft services. User impact: Users may be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365 services, including the Service Health Dashboard. More info: Any service that leverages Azure Active Read more about Microsoft Office 365 Down For Some Users[…]