The Final Leaked TPP Text is anti person, pro business. Oh dear, Kapitalist 4th Reich Strikes Again.

Today’s release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears about the agreement, and dashes the few hopes that we held out that its most onerous provisions wouldn’t survive to the end of the Read more about The Final Leaked TPP Text is anti person, pro business. Oh dear, Kapitalist 4th Reich Strikes Again.[…]

Recruiters think of you as smarter, would prefer to hire you when they hear your pitch than when they read it.

In comparison with those who read the transcripts, the evaluators who heard pitches judged the candidates to have greater intellect (to be more rational, thoughtful, and intelligent), on average. They also liked the individuals more, had a more positive overall impression, and — perhaps most important — were more interested in hiring the candidates. Evaluators Read more about Recruiters think of you as smarter, would prefer to hire you when they hear your pitch than when they read it.[…]

Nuclear smugglers repeatedly trying to sell materials to IS in Moldova and getting caught – so far

CHISINAU, Moldova — In the backwaters of Eastern Europe, authorities working with the FBI have interrupted four attempts in the past five years by gangs with suspected Russian connections that sought to sell radioactive material to Middle Eastern extremists, The Associated Press has learned. The latest known case came in February this year, when a Read more about Nuclear smugglers repeatedly trying to sell materials to IS in Moldova and getting caught – so far[…]

EU Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid

The EU courts have found that Safe Harbour means that the 4th Reich may not have EU citizens’ data beamed to it, unless the company doing the beaming (eg Facebook) is prepared to safeguard the data from spying by the KGB. I mean Stazi. I mean NSA. Source: The Court of Justice declares that the Read more about EU Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s US Safe Harbour Decision is invalid[…]

Debloater(Lets remove all that carrier bloat !! Root not required..)

It will disable / block any system and third party application on your device with ease and allow you to enable / unblock the application just as easy. It also reads everything, real-time, directly from your device, so that there are no messy batch files, scripts and txt files, etc. that you have to maintain Read more about Debloater(Lets remove all that carrier bloat !! Root not required..)[…]

Parcl – forwards packages from e-tailers in countries that don’t ship to yours

Shop anywhere, choose your forwarder, ship anywhere and save. Worldwide shipping assistance of your buys for less. Source: Parcl Neat idea, if you want that package and the shop doesn’t want to send it to you, you pay a forwarder in the country for their time to order it for you and send it on Read more about Parcl – forwards packages from e-tailers in countries that don’t ship to yours[…]

WifiWatch virus infects poorly defended routers and then hardens them for you

Wifatch’s code does not ship any payloads used for malicious activities, such as carrying out DDoS attacks, in fact all the hardcoded routines seem to have been implemented in order to harden compromised devices. We’ve been monitoring Wifatch’s peer-to-peer network for a number of months and have yet to observe any malicious actions being carried Read more about WifiWatch virus infects poorly defended routers and then hardens them for you[…]

SolarCity claims it has created the world’s most powerful solar panel

Solar City said it has created a photovoltaic panel capable of 22% efficiency, 7 percentage points higher than average solar panels. The new panels produce 30% to 40% more power over the current models, but they cost the same to manufacture — about .55 cents per watt, according to Bass. The panels, which are 1.61 Read more about SolarCity claims it has created the world’s most powerful solar panel[…]

Experian hacked, loses 15m U.S. T-Mobile customer records, offerts 2 years of credit monitoring

The data included some personally identifiable information for approximately 15 million consumers in the US, including those who applied for T-Mobile USA postpaid services or device financing from September 1, 2013 through September 16, 2015, based on Experian’s investigation to date. This incident did not impact Experian’s consumer credit database Source: Experian Notifies Consumers In Read more about Experian hacked, loses 15m U.S. T-Mobile customer records, offerts 2 years of credit monitoring[…]

New tool could reduce smartphone battery drain by intelligently suppressing background activities

he first large-scale study of smartphones in everyday use by consumers has revealed that apps drain 28.9 percent of battery power while the screen is off. To address the problem, researchers have created a software tool that reduces the energy drain by about 16 percent. Researchers at Purdue University, Intel Corp. and startup company Mobile Read more about New tool could reduce smartphone battery drain by intelligently suppressing background activities[…]

Prosthetic hands can now feel

A 28-year-old who has been paralyzed for more than a decade as a result of a spinal cord injury has become the first person to be able to “feel” physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain, and even identify which mechanical finger is being gently touched.The advance, made possible by sophisticated Read more about Prosthetic hands can now feel[…]

Let’s Encrypt – free, browser trusted, automatically renewable SSL certificate authority signs first certificate.

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). ISRG is a California public benefit corporation, and is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Source: Blog It will hopefully be live in about a month.

New stealth technology uses  ceramics instead of metal with teflon – actually works against modern radars… mostly

Angle limitations lead the list. The experiment tested the cloak with light hitting at a 45 degree angle, and works effectively only within a 6-degree range of angles. Kante said his team is working on ways to expand that. His study states that the math behind the effectiveness of this experiment indicates a “large range” Read more about New stealth technology uses  ceramics instead of metal with teflon – actually works against modern radars… mostly[…]

AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October

We collect non-personal data to make money from our free offerings so we can keep them free, including: Advertising ID associated with your device. Browsing and search history, including meta data. Internet service provider or mobile network you use to connect to our products. Information regarding other applications you may have on your device and Read more about AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October[…]