Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Kenya Will Start Teaching Chinese to Elementary School Students from 2020
January 9th, 2019Via: Quartz: Kenya will teach Mandarin in classrooms in a bid to improve job competitiveness and facilitate better trade and connection with China. The country’s curriculum development institute (KICD) has said the design and scope of the mandarin syllabus have been completed and will be rolled in out in 2020. Primary school pupils from grade […]
Golden Globe Flu Shot Gag
January 8th, 2019Desperation? Via: YouTube:
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 […]
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 […]
Dr Tenpenny: Infanrix Hexa Vaccine
December 27th, 2018Via: Dr. Tenpenny: The first vaccine they thoroughly tested was Infanrix Hexa – a six-in-one vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that is *supposed* to contain the following antigens: tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis toxoids; inactivated poliomyelitis viral strains 1-2-3; and hepatitis B surface antigen. Shockingly, Corvelva found NONE of these antigens in the vaccine, meaning, that […]
Something Very Weird with Google’s Autocomplete, Searching on Google vs. Duckduckgo
December 16th, 2018Yep. I tried it. Via: Reddit:
Mastercard and Microsoft Have a Frightening Plan to Create Universal “Digital Identities”
December 4th, 2018Via: FastCompany: Sometimes a business inadvertently drops the pretense and just tells the world its real intentions. We saw this yesterday, when Amazon bragged about how it “allowed” an employee to lose 100 pounds by endlessly delivering boxes. Amazon saw this as a heartwarming tale about how great it is to work for the e-commerce […]
France: “State of Insurrection” as Fuel Tax Riots Engulf Central Paris
December 1st, 2018There are many images at Daily Mail. Via: Reuters: Rioters ran amok across central Paris on Saturday, torching cars and buildings, looting shops, smashing windows and clashing with police in the worst unrest in more than a decade, posing a dire challenge to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. The authorities were caught off guard by the escalation […]
Gender X [???]
November 29th, 2018Dark Journalist: X Series I don’t watch any TV. Is this what TV is like now? Via: Hedgehog:
Chinese Government Gets Real Time Location Tracking Data On Electric Vehicles
November 29th, 2018Via: East Bay Times: When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn’t know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government. Tesla is not alone. China has called upon all electric vehicle manufacturers in […]
