Archive for September, 2019
Health Fears Prompt Swiss 5G Revolt
September 18th, 2019Via: AFP: Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G, but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt. Demonstrators against the technology are due to fill the streets of Bern later this month, but already a number of cantons have been pressured […]
Facebook to Train AI Systems Using Police Video
September 17th, 2019Via: AP: Facebook will work with law enforcement organizations to train its artificial intelligence systems to recognize videos of violent events as part of a broader effort to crack down on extremism. Facebook’s AI systems were unable to detect live-streamed video of a mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The effort will […]
Canada: High Ranking RCMP Official Arrested After Vancouver Company Sold Encrypted Cellphones to International Drug Traffickers and Money Launderers
September 17th, 2019If the devices are so secure, why are we reading about this? Hmm… Via: CBC: The investigation into top RCMP civilian official Cameron Ortis began with a shadowy, multimillion-dollar Vancouver-based company run by Canadians that sold encrypted cellphones to drug traffickers and money launderers around the world. The key figures behind Phantom Secure Communications even […]
Blast Sparks Fire at Russian Laboratory Housing Smallpox Virus
September 17th, 2019Via: Guardian: A gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Russian laboratory complex stockpiling viruses ranging from smallpox to Ebola, authorities have said. The State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology denied that the fire had exposed the public to the pathogens stored inside, some of the deadliest on Earth. The blast took place […]
Volkswagen Is Creating a New Car Operating System
September 16th, 2019Via: Ars Technica: The cars we drive are increasingly defined as much by the software they run as their engines or chassis. It started slowly. Discrete electronic control units started to appear under the hood, controlling fuel management or anti-lock brakes. New functions required new code, run on new little black boxes, metastasizing to the […]
Russia Carried Out a ‘Stunning’ Breach of FBI Communications System
September 16th, 2019Via: Yahoo News: American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt certain types of secure communications and had successfully tracked devices used by elite FBI surveillance teams. Officials also feared that the Russians may have devised other ways to monitor U.S. intelligence communications, including hacking into computers not connected to […]
U.S. Blames Iran for Saudi Oil Attack, Trump Says ‘Locked and Loaded’
September 15th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States was “locked and loaded” for a potential response to the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, after a senior U.S. administration official said Iran was to blame.
ICE Is Building State-Of-The-Art Urban Warfare Training Facility, Hyper-Realistic Simulations Of Homes In Chicago And Arizona
September 15th, 2019Via: Newsweek: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is looking to build a “state-of-the-art” “urban warfare” training facility that will include “hyper-realistic” simulations of homes, hotels and commercial buildings in Chicago and Arizona. In an acquisition form for the procurement of “hyper-realistic training devices” for a new training facility for its expanding Special Response […]
Saudis Race to Restore Oil Output After Aramco Attacks
September 15th, 2019Flashback: Trump and Saudi Arabia Both Want Higher Oil Prices Mission accomplished. Via: Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia is racing to restore oil production after a brazen drone strike on a key Aramco facility slashed its output by half, or about 5% of world supply, an assault that the U.S. has blamed on Iran. State energy producer […]
South Africa’s Xenophobic Crisis
September 15th, 2019Via: serpentza:
