Archive for February, 2019
Warning Issued Over Attacks on Internet Infrastructure
February 23rd, 2019Keep this in mind: Russia to Disconnect from Internet to Test Cyber Defenses. Via: AFP: Key parts of the internet infrastructure face large-scale attacks that threaten the global system of web traffic, the internet’s address keeper warned Friday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) declared after an emergency meeting “an ongoing and […]
AI Taking Fast Food Orders
February 22nd, 2019Via: San Francisco Chronicle: “The system takes a lot of friction out of interactions between customers and employees,” Carpenter said, noting that the AI was designed to sound like an amiable woman’s voice. “The AI never gets offended and it will just keep talking to you in a very calm and friendly voice.” There’s an […]
China’s CRISPR Twins Might Have Had Their Brains Inadvertently Enhanced
February 22nd, 2019Via: MIT Technology Review: The brains of two genetically edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance cognition and memory, scientists say. The twins, called Lulu and Nana, reportedly had their genes modified before birth by a Chinese scientific team using the new editing tool CRISPR. The goal […]
Federal Prosecutors Broke Law in Jeffrey Epstein Case, Judge Rules
February 22nd, 2019Via: Miami Herald: Federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage victims who had been sexually abused by wealthy New York hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled Thursday. While the decision marks a victory for crime victims, […]
David Icke Banned from Australia
February 22nd, 2019Via: David Icke:
Heavily Armed Foreigners Arrested in Haiti Sent to United States
February 21st, 2019Via: Reuters: A heavily armed group of foreign nationals, who were arrested in Haiti on Sunday after days of massive anti-government protests, were handed over to U.S. authorities on Wednesday, Haitian and U.S. authorities said. It was unclear if all the members of the group, which reportedly included five Americans, a Serb and a Russian, […]
China’s Social Credit System: Millions Banned from Taking Flights, Trains
February 20th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post: Millions of Chinese individuals and businesses have been labelled as untrustworthy on an official blacklist banning them from any number of activities, including accessing financial markets or travelling by air or train, as the use of the government’s social credit system accelerates. The annual blacklist is part of a broader […]
Uncle Sam Wants Your DNA: The FBI’s Diabolical Plan to Create a Nation of Suspects
February 20th, 2019Via: The Rutherford Institute: Uncle Sam wants you. Correction: Uncle Sam wants your DNA. Actually, if the government gets its hands on your DNA, they as good as have you in their clutches. Get ready, folks, because the government— helped along by Congress (which adopted legislation allowing police to collect and test DNA immediately following […]
Airplane Seat Cameras Could Be Your New Spy in the Sky
February 20th, 2019Don’t worry, the cameras are disabled. *chortle* In other news: Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was ‘never supposed to be a secret’ Via: Cnet: Twitter user Vitaly Kamluk shared a photo of what looked like a camera installed directly beneath the inflight entertainment screen on a Singapore Airlines aircraft. […]
U.S. Steps Up Winter-Warfare Training
February 20th, 2019‘Cause I was looking for war in all the cold places Lookin’ for war in too many places Via: AP: After 17 years of war against Taliban and al-Qaida-linked insurgents, Marines are going through advanced cold-weather training to prepare for future wars against foes such as Russian and North Korea.
