Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
One Dedicated Ebola Hospital for Each State
October 14th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: U.S. and local health officials want to set up dedicated hospitals in each state for Ebola patients, part of a new emphasis on safety for health-care workers after a nurse caring for an infected patient in Dallas tested positive for the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also reconsidering […]
Texas Health Worker Is Positive for Ebola, 1st Known Ebola Transmission in U.S.
October 12th, 2014Via: CNN: A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state’s health agency said. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The employee helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person ever diagnosed […]
Ebola Vaccine Trials Under Way in Mali
October 11th, 2014Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Health workers in Mali have been given an experimental vaccine against Ebola designed to boost the immunity of those on the frontline of the battle against the disease, which has so far claimed more than 3,800 lives in west Africa. Mali has no Ebola cases but it borders Guinea, where the […]
Are the World’s Religions Ready for E.T.?
October 1st, 2014Via: Vanderbilt University: Realization that the nature of the debate about life on other worlds is about to fundamentally change led Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy David Weintraub to begin thinking seriously about the question of how people will react to the discovery of life on other planets. He realized, as Einstein had observed, that people’s […]
One Person Diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas
September 30th, 2014Update: Initially Sent Home from Hospital Via: Bloomberg: A man with Ebola in Dallas was initially sent home from the hospital with antibiotics after seeking treatment for an unknown illness, officials said. The man, whose name wasn’t released, is the first case of the deadly viral infection to be diagnosed outside of Africa. He traveled […]
Los Angeles County Planning Massive Biometric Database
September 30th, 2014Via: KPCC: Without notice to the public, Los Angeles County law enforcement officials are preparing to widen what personal information they collect from people they encounter in the field and in jail – by building a massive database of iris scans, fingerprints, mug shots, palm prints and, potentially, voice recordings. The new database of personal […]
Tinkering with Brain’s Decision Circuits Makes Rats Go Random
September 27th, 2014Via: Los Angeles Times: “Our brains have evolved to be strategic, so we have evolved to use our past experience to optimize future choice,” said lead investigator Alla Y. Karpova, a neuroscientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus in Virginia. “Against weak competitors, a strategic approach is probably useful, because if you […]
School Districts Got Military Gear from Pentagon
September 26th, 2014Via: CBS: A CBS News review shows campus police across the country have received millions of dollars worth of military gear from the Pentagon. Now, there are calls to halt those transfers, even though some agencies say the weapons are necessary. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from the University of Texas, Arlington, that the […]
Australian Government Scrambles to Authorize Mass Surveillance
September 24th, 2014Via: EFF: This week, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott used recent terrorist threats as the backdrop of a dire warning to Australians that “for some time to come, the delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift. There may be more restrictions on some, so that there can be more protection for others.” […]
Sydney Beheading Plot Accused Was a Small-Time TV Actor
September 18th, 2014Let me get this straight: “The Terrorists” talk about beheading people on the phone? Everyone knows about mass surveillance except, “Australia’s most senior Islamist militant,” and his TV actor minion? Mmm hmm. Via: New Zealand Herald: The 22-year-old Sydney man arrested in the nation’s largest counter-terrorism operation allegedly conspired with Australia’s most senior Islamist militant […]
