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BT, Sky, and Virgin Media are hijacking people’s web connections to force customers to make a decision about family-friendly web filters. The move comes as the December deadline imposed by prime minister David Cameron looms, with ISPs struggling to get customers to say yes or no to the controversial adult content blocks. The messages, which Read more about UK gov putting a massive internet censorship scheme online[…]
World's Biggest Data Breaches – Static | Information Is Beautiful.
Staples believes that point-of-sale systems at 115 Staples locations were infected with malware that thieves may have used to steal customers’ names, payment card numbers, expiration dates and card verification codes, Staples said on Friday. At all but two of those stores, the malware would have had access to customer data for purchases made between Read more about Staples: Breach may have affected 1.16 million customers’ cards[…]
The Netherlands is now officially moving towards becoming a banana republic. Foreign media hasn’t really seemed to catch on to this, but there’s a very important cabinets crisis happening in the Netherlands at the moment. A translated version for English people: An incredibly stupid law* was stopped in the senate by 3 brave PvdA** senators Read more about The end of Democracy in NL[…]
Scientists at the University of B.C. searching for ways to slow the deterioration of blood vessels may have stumbled on to the key to youthful skin. While exploring the effects of the protein-degrading enzyme Granzyme B on blood vessels during heart attacks, professor David Granville couldn’t help noticing that mice engineered to lack the enzyme Read more about Rresearchers may have stumbled upon the secret to youthful skin[…]
This site looks at surprisingly few browser attributes to see how unique you are. Currently you are being compared to 37753 other browsers, but as more people check on the site, the representation will be more accurate. It’s pretty scary to see how individual your browser settings are, even with javascript disabled. via Am I Read more about Am I unique? – see how identifiable you are by your browser fingerprint[…]
How Greenpeace Wrecked One of the Most Sacred Places in the Americas. Fuck off Greenpeace, stop destroying shit in the name of your terrorist agenda.
The fourth reich is inevitable! GOP rep attempted late bid to kill spy bill | TheHill.
Egocentric cameras are being worn by an increasing number of users, among them many security forces worldwide. GoPro cameras already penetrated the mass market, and Google Glass may follow soon. As head-worn cameras do not capture the face and body of the wearer, it may seem that the anonymity of the wearer can be preserved Read more about Identify the maker of a movie by the way the screen shakes[…]
The European Parliament has reached a deal with national ministers to introduce a mandatory “eCall” system for all new cars from April 2018. However, although the system would automatically call the 112 emergency number in the event of a crash, euro lawmakers say that cars will not be continuously tracked. “It will be illegal to Read more about EU Mandates eCall tracking system in your new car from 2018[…]
“Today, we celebrate an achievement that will define the point at which the old world order of passwords and PINs started to wither and die,” said Michael Barrett, president of the FIDO Alliance. “FIDO Alliance pioneers can forever lay claim to ushering in the ‘post password’ era, which is already revealing new dimensions in Internet Read more about FIDO v1 out – broadly adopted passwordless authentication for (eventually) everything[…]
Users of Watson Analytics feed in their own raw data, say, in the form of a spreadsheet, which the service then crunches with its own statistical analysis to highlight associations between different variables. It saves execs from needing to know how to write their own scripts or understand statistics in order to derive meaning from Read more about IBM’s Watson Analytics enters public beta | ZDNet[…]
This site is a huge country and brand directory listing of surveillance cameras that are online and still have the default password or no protection set. It’s bizarre to see how many of them there are. View net surveillance online cameras.
FlexFoil is a shape-changing assembly that replaces the flaps on a wing and can alter shape in flight to produce seamless bendable and twistable aerofoil surfaces. This allows the FlexFoil to act like a flap in its various positions while still providing an unbroken air surface. This makes for a more streamlined wing and reduces Read more about NASA tests aircraft with shape shifting wings[…]
Upload your spreadsheet, choose your chart type, axis and tweak your design, download your graph or chart as an svg or png. Easy! RAW.
The data dump, which was reviewed extensively by BuzzFeed News, includes employee criminal background checks, salary negotiations, and doctors’ letters explaining the medical rationale for leaves of absence. There are spreadsheets containing the salaries of 6,800 global employees, along with Social Security numbers for 3,500 U.S. staff. And there is extensive documentation of the company’s Read more about Sony Data Breach gets worse and worse[…]
GlassWire displays your network activity on an easy to understand graph while searching for unusual Internet behavior that could indicate malware or violations of your privacy. Once unusual network activity is discovered you’re instantly alerted with detailed information so you can protect your computer, privacy, and data. via GlassWire Network Security Monitor & Firewall Tool.
Excel and Word documents plainly expose thousands of computer log-in, financial, and web services passwords, including the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace passwords for hundreds of major motion picture accounts. via It Gets Worse: The Newest Sony Data Breach Exposes Thousands Of Passwords – BuzzFeed News. Oh dear, Sony is really hammering themselves on this Read more about The Newest Sony Data Breach Exposes Thousands Of Passwords[…]
When a user who had downloaded music from a rival service tried to sync an iPod to the user’s iTunes library, Apple would display an error message and instruct the user to restore the factory settings, Coughlin said. When the user restored the settings, the music from rival services would disappear, he said. via Apple Read more about Apple Deleted Rivals’ Songs from Users’ iPods[…]
We present a method for creating three-dimensional haptic shapes in mid-air using focused ultrasound. This approach applies the principles of acoustic radiation force, whereby the non-linear effects of sound produce forces on the skin which are strong enough to generate tactile sensations. This mid-air haptic feedback eliminates the need for any attachment of actuators or Read more about Touch 3D shapes in mid-air using ultrasound[…]
That captures the most solar energy over the course of the day, which benefits the homeowner, but does so at hours that are not so helpful for the utility and the grid as a whole. Mount them to catch the sunlight from the west in the afternoon, and the panels’ production over all would fall, Read more about Why More Solar Panels Should Be Facing West, Not South[…]
Devuan – the GNU/Linux by Veteran Unix Admins.. From the email: “If systemd had just been an interchangeable init system it wouldn’t be so problematic. It’s the scope creep and mess of poorly-defined interdependencies that are truly shocking. ” “With sysvinit great effort was taken never to break existing configurations, and that appears to have Read more about Debian forks into Devuan over systemd[…]
The spacecraft broke up after being released from a carrier aircraft at high altitude, according to Ken Brown, a photographer who witnessed the plane breaking apart. One pilot was found dead inside the spacecraft and another parachuted out and was flown by helicopter to a hospital, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said. Friday’s flight marked Read more about Spaceship Two breaks up in flight[…]
HTML5. Finally final!
Now thin air can be a touchscreen. Yasuaki Monnai and his team at the University of Tokyo have created a virtual screen you can feel. Called HaptoMime, it uses reflective surfaces to create a holographic display. via Ultrasound makes hologram keyboard touchy-feely – tech – 28 October 2014 – New Scientist.