Archive for June, 2015
Texas Kids Told ‘It’s Illegal’ to Sell Lemonade Without a Permit
June 11th, 2015Kafkaesque adjective Kaf·ka·esque \?käf-k?-?esk, ?kaf-\ Definition of KAFKAESQUE : of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality Via: ABC: Two young sisters with an “entrepreneurial spirit” set up a lemonade stand in Overton, Texas, to raise money for their dad’s Father’s day […]
Hackers Have Personnel Data on Every U.S. Government Employee
June 11th, 2015Via: AP: Hackers stole personnel data and identity numbers for every federal employee, a government worker union said Thursday, saying that the cyber theft of U.S. employee information was more damaging than the Obama administration has acknowledged.
One Nation, Under Sedation: Medicare Paid for Nearly 40 Million Tranquilizer Prescriptions in 2013
June 11th, 2015Via: Propublica: In 2012, Medicare’s massive prescription drug program didn’t spend a penny on popular tranquilizers such as Valium, Xanax and Ativan. The following year, it doled out more than $377 million for the drugs.
Surgical Anesthesia in Young Children Linked to Effects on IQ, Brain Structure
June 11th, 2015Via: Science Daily: Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. … Loepke and his research colleagues have published previous studies showing widespread cell death, permanent deletion […]
Obama Lawyers Asked Secret Court to Ignore Public Court’s Decision on Spying
June 11th, 2015Via: Guardian: The Obama administration has asked a secret surveillance court to ignore a federal court that found bulk surveillance illegal and to once again grant the National Security Agency the power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans for six months. The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed […]
Manufacturing of Asus Graphics Cards Now 100% Automated
June 11th, 2015Via: Geek: According to Asus, every single graphics card in use today has been manufactured with the help of one or more human workers. But that is no longer the case. Asus has figured out how to make graphics cards in a completely automated process, with the first human to interact with a card being […]
Prime Minister of New Zealand on Mobile Phones: “You can use it as a listening device, whether it is on or not”
June 10th, 2015Via: New Zealand Herald: Prime Minister John Key gets rid of his mobile phone every few months for security reasons. Mr Key has also revealed that he would never take his phone into sensitive meetings – whether it was turned on or not – for fear that it could be turned into a listening device […]
Tesla Doubles Powerwall Output Specifications Without Raising Prices
June 10th, 2015Disclosures: I sell solar power systems in NZ. I’m long Enphase Energy. — Panasonic, Mercedes, Enphase and Trina are also jumping in. Via: Electrek: Tesla Motors held its 2015 Annual Shareholders Meeting today at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. During his presentation, Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, announced that Tesla will be doubling the […]
The Upcoming ISIS Dirty Bomb…
June 10th, 2015In other news: Israel Built, Exploded ‘Dirty Bombs’ Via: Independent: The Isis militant group has seized enough radioactive material from government facilities to suggest it has the capacity to build a large and devastating “dirty” bomb, according to Australian intelligence reports. Isis declared its ambition to develop weapons of mass destruction in the most recent […]
Mass Snooping Fake Mobile Towers Uncovered in UK
June 10th, 2015Via: BBC: Fake mobile towers that scoop up data from passing phones are routinely being used in London, an investigation by Sky News suggests. Working with German security company GMSK Cryptophone, it claims to have uncovered direct evidence, the first in the UK, of at least 20 instances of the use of these cell site […]
