Archive for March, 2014
NSA Infiltrated RSA Security More Deeply than Thought
March 31st, 2014Via: Reuters: “We could have been more sceptical of NSA’s intentions,” RSA Chief Technologist Sam Curry told Reuters.
Attempt to Deposit Fake Bonds in Vatican Bank
March 31st, 2014Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Vatican police have apprehended a US man and a Dutch man trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank. The men were stopped by the police when they approached one of the guarded gates at the Vatican and asked to be let through […]
When One New Zealand School Tossed Its Playground Rules and Let Students Risk Injury
March 31st, 2014Many New Zealand parents went to Playcentre as children and they remember how good it was. What’s described in the piece below sounds a bit like Playcentre for older kids—if only for recess periods. Via: National Post: It was a meeting Principal Bruce McLachlan awaited with dread. One of the 500 students at Swanson School […]
Diet Drinks Linked with Heart Disease, Death
March 30th, 2014Via: CNBC: Women who drink the most diet sodas may also be more likely to develop heart disease and even to die, according to a new study published Saturday. Researchers found women who drank two or more diet drinks a day were 30 percent more likely to have a heart attack or other cardiovascular “event,” […]
Florida: Millionaire Couple Receiving Food Stamps
March 30th, 2014It’s like “defense” contractors, but different. Via: CBS: The search is on for a South Florida couple who authorities said were living a lavish lifestyle while collecting food stamps. Prosecutors are describing Colin Chisholm,III and his wife Andrea as, “rich folks ripping off the system.” Authorities said the couple got $167,000 in welfare from the […]
GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
March 29th, 2014Shocker. Via: Spiegel: Documents show that Britain’s GCHQ intelligence service infiltrated German Internet firms and America’s NSA obtained a court order to spy on Germany and collected information about the chancellor in a special database.
Possible Classified Aircraft Photographed Over Texas
March 29th, 2014Via: Aviation Week: The photos tell us more about what the mysterious stranger isn’t than what it is. The size is very hard to determine, for example, although the image size at contrailing height suggests that it is bigger than an X-47B. However, the basic shape – while it resembles Boeing’s Blended Wing Body studies […]
After Seven Years, Exactly One Person Gets Off the Government No-Fly List
March 28th, 2014Via: Ars Technica: A hearing in federal court Tuesday has apparently marked the conclusion of a drawn-out, costly, and, to use the judge’s own term, “Kafkaesque” legal battle over the government no-fly list. Malaysian college professor Rahinah Ibrahim sued the government back in 2006, after Dr. Ibrahim’s name mistakenly ended up on a federal government […]
IBM: Mass Biometric Surveillance Unstoppable
March 28th, 2014Via: Wired: It’s already too late to stop the ubiquitous tracking and monitoring of the public through biometrics, says Peter Waggett, Programme Leader at IBM’s Emerging Technology Group. We need to stop worrying about prevention, and start working out how to make the most of data garnered from that kind of surveillance. “We’re fighting the […]
1 in 68 U.S. Children Has Autism
March 28th, 2014Via: CNN: One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 30% increase from 1 in 88 two years ago, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This newest estimate is based on the CDC’s evaluation of health and educational records of all 8-year-old […]
