Archive for November, 2016
A Demonstration of Browser Events Used to Monitor Online Behaviour
November 19th, 2016Via: clickclickclick.click: A browser-based game on online profiling.
Michigan Fights Order to Deliver Bottled Water to Flint Residents After Lead Poisoning Disaster
November 18th, 2016Via: Detroit News: A federal court order requiring Michigan and Flint to deliver bottled water to all city residents without a verified filter at their home places is unnecessary and places an “insurmountable” burden on state government, the Snyder administration argued in a motion seeking relief. Snyder officials argued the court order would require a […]
“Pizzagate”: How 4Chan Uncovered the Sick World of Washington’s Occult Elite
November 18th, 2016This is a very bad one. I was trying to follow this on 4chan a couple of weeks ago, but I just couldn’t stand it. Thankfully, Vigilant Citizen has put this summary together. Via: Vigilant Citizen: Posters over at 4Chan and Reddit have been conducting an extremely bizarre investigation following the John Podesta e-mail leak […]
SpaceX Plans Worldwide Satellite Internet with Low Latency, Gigabit Speed
November 17th, 2016Anyone remember Teledesic? Via: Ars Technica: SpaceX has detailed ambitious plans to bring fast Internet access to the entire world with a new satellite system that offers greater speeds and lower latency than existing satellite networks. The private spacecraft company founded by CEO Elon Musk filed an application Tuesday for satellite space station authorizations with […]
Citibank To Stop Accepting Cash At Some Branches
November 17th, 2016Via: ZeroHedge: Less than a week after India’s surprise move to scrap its highest denomination cash notes, another front in the War on Cash has intensified down under in Australia. Yesterday, banking giant UBS proposed that eliminating Australia’s $100 and $50 bills would be “good for the economy and good for the banks.” (How convenient […]
Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight
November 17th, 2016Via: The Intercept: Documents obtained by The Intercept from the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden do not explicitly name 33 Thomas Street as a surveillance facility. However — taken together with architectural plans, public records, and interviews with former AT&T employees conducted for this article — they provide compelling evidence that 33 Thomas Street has served […]
Oil Company Announces Installation of Solar Panels at 5,000 Gas Stations
November 16th, 2016Via: Electrek: Total, the major French multinational oil and gas company, announced today a $300 million investment to install about 200 MW of solar capacity at 5,000 gas stations around the world. The investment is being presented as a way for Total’s operations to reduce its carbon footprint, but what if its the first step […]
Mike Pence Orders Lobbyists Be Removed From Transition Team
November 16th, 2016Yep, make sure to drain one’s own swamp first… Via: NBC: Vice President-elect Mike Pence has ordered all lobbyists be removed from Donald Trump’s White House transition team, NBC News has learned. This would bring the transition more in line with Trump’s campaign-trail pledge to “drain the swamp” of veteran politicians and special interests in […]
CRISPR Gene-Editing Tested in a Person for the First Time
November 16th, 2016Via: Nature: A Chinese group has become the first to inject a person with cells that contain genes edited using the revolutionary CRISPR–Cas9 technique. On 28 October, a team led by oncologist Lu You at Sichuan University in Chengdu delivered the modified cells into a patient with aggressive lung cancer as part of a clinical […]
The Post Virtual Reality Sadness
November 16th, 2016Via: Tobias van Schneider: I think about it this way. I just spent a couple hours painting with fire or any material I want in a 3D space in Virtual Reality. I’m so confident & fluid using these VR tools, they feel almost native. I scale my environment up and down, rotate objects and teleport […]
