Archive for January, 2014
Botnet Made Up of Hacked Refrigerators and Other Appliances Sent Hundreds of Thousands of Spam Emails
January 21st, 2014Via: The Age: Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators. Computer security researchers say they have discovered a large “botnet” which infected internet-connected home appliances and then delivered more than 750,000 malicious emails. The California security firm Proofpoint, which announced its findings, said this may be the first proven “internet of things” based cyber […]
Tesla Motors Does Over-the-Air Repairs
January 21st, 2014Wow. I wonder what else they can do to those cars from remote? I wonder if they have disabled one for any reason? Via: MIT Technology Review: Tesla and GM have both issued fire-related recalls, but Tesla’s fix doesn’t require owners to bring their cars in. Tesla Motors is using over-the-air software updates to quickly […]
Spoiled Onions: Exposing Bad Tor Exit Relays
January 21st, 2014Via: Spoiled Onions: As of January 2014, the Tor anonymity network consists of 5,000 relays of which almost 1,000 are exit relays. As the diagram to the right illustrates, exit relays bridge the gap between the Tor network and the “open” Internet. As a result, exit relays are able to see anonymised network traffic as […]
Britain: 26% of Young Adults Live with Parents
January 21st, 2014Via: BBC: A quarter of young people in the UK now live with their parents, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said more than 3.3 million adults between the ages of 20 and 34 were living with parents in 2013, 26% of that age group.
World’s 85 Richest People Have as Much Wealth as Poorest 3.5 Billion
January 21st, 2014Via: Independent: The 85 richest people on the planet have accumulated as much wealth between them as half of the world’s population, political and financial leaders have been warned ahead of their annual gathering in the Swiss resort of Davos. The tiny elite of multibillionaires, who could fit into a double-decker bus, have piled up […]
Night Work ‘Throws Body Into Chaos’
January 21st, 2014How about sitting for hours, at night!?!?! *shrill screams of horror* Via: BBC: Doing the night shift throws the body “into chaos” and could cause long-term damage, warn researchers. Shift work has been linked to higher rates of type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer. Now scientists at the Sleep Research Centre in Surrey have […]
The Brazilian Ranch Where Nazis Kept Slaves
January 21st, 2014Via: BBC: It’s well known that pre-war Brazil had strong links with Nazi Germany – the two were economic partners and Brazil had the biggest fascist party outside Europe, with more than 40,000 members. But it was years before Maciel – thanks to detective work by history professor Sidney Aguilar Filho – learned the grim […]
47% Of Today’s Jobs Automated In Next Two Decades, “No Country Is Ready For It”
January 20th, 2014What’s the solution, according to the The Economist? Online classes and video games! Via: The Economist: Today’s governments would do well to start making the changes needed before their people get angry.
Poll: U.S. The Biggest Threat to World Peace in 2013
January 20th, 2014Via: Gallup: WIN/Gallup International, the leading global association in market research and polling, has today published, in collaboration with The BBC’s Today programme, the results of its annual End of Year Survey which explores the outlook, expectations, hopes and fears of people from 65 countries around the world. … US is considered to be the […]
Nissan Has 48% of Global Pure Electric Car Market
January 20th, 2014Via: Inside EVs: This past weekend Nissan announced that after just more than 3 years on the market, the LEAF had reached the 100,000 vehicles sold level. … Overall, Nissan has captured 48% of pure electric sales worldwide since 2010 according to the company.
