More than 20GB of Intel Source Code and Proprietary Data Dumped Online
August 6th, 2020When it rains, it pours.
Via: Ars Technica:
Intel is investigating the purported leak of more than 20 gigabytes of its proprietary data and source code that a security researcher said came from a data breach earlier this year.
The data—which at the time this post went live was publicly available on BitTorrent feeds—contains data Intel makes available to partners and customers under NDA, a company spokeswoman said. Speaking on background, she said Intel officials don’t believe the data came from a network breach. She also said the company is still trying to determine how current the material is and that, so far, there is no signs the data includes any customer or personal information.
“We are investigating this situation,” company officials said in a statement. “The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. We believe an individual with access downloaded and shared this data.”
Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe Tries to Buy a Shotgun
August 6th, 2020Via: Project Veritas:
China Helped Saudis Build Secret Nuclear Site For Extracting Yellowcake
August 6th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge:
When it comes to America’s allies in the Middle East, Washington has long “looked the other way” while they recklessly pursue questionable weapons technology. Think Pakistan’s nuclear program at a time when the Reagan administration prioritized fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, or Israel’s estimated 100 to possibly 200 undeclared nukes.
This has more recently been the case with Saudi Arabia, where the kingdom has long been rumored to pursue nukes to gain dominance over Shia rival Iran. And now this willful looking the other way on banned weapons is coming back to bite Washington hard.
“Saudi Arabia has constructed with Chinese help a facility for extracting uranium yellowcake from uranium ore, an advance in the oil-rich kingdom’s drive to master nuclear technology, according to Western officials with knowledge of the site,” The Wall Street Journal writes in a bombshell investigative report.
What’s Wrong with Intel, and How to Fix It
August 6th, 2020The disaster at Intel will definitely continue to get worse before it gets better.
AMD’s Zen3 chips are only a few months away and Intel… has been busy rearranging the deck chairs.
That’s the bad news for Intel.
The good news might be that Zen3 will be so horrific for Intel that the situation will finally cause a genuine shakeup over there.
Via: PC World:
The principal engineer who worked on CPUs from the Pentium III to Core i7 says Intel has lost focus, and it’s “lucky” AMD can’t make enough CPUs to do more damage.
UK Gives Town Councils Power To Bulldoze ‘Contaminated’ Homes To Contain Outbreak [???]
August 6th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge:
Britons were shocked and angered this week when an internal government guide meant to inform local councils and town authorities on possible strategies in dealing with rising coronavirus cases throughout the country explored scenarios wherein demolition of ‘contaminated’ homes would be allowed.
It’s unclear if the UK guide, called Covid-19 Contain Framework and produced by the Department of Health and Social Care, was intended to gain broad public circulation, given it contains what’s widely seen as oppressive overkill measures that are absolutely Orwellian and downright tyrannical in terms of the power assumed by local councils.
Here’s the headline in The Telegraph that went viral late in the day Tuesday: Councils can demolish contaminated buildings under powers to stop second coronavirus wave.
New York City: COVID Checkpoints
August 5th, 2020Via: MarketWatch:
New York City will set up checkpoints at bridges and tunnels into the five boroughs to help enforce a state-mandated quarantine order for people traveling from high-risk states.
“We’ve got 35 states now that have dangerously high infection rates. There’s a lot to be concerned about,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said as he announced the checkpoints on Wednesday. “We have to focus on people coming in from outside.”
Up To 300,000 Left Homeless In Beirut After Blast Collapsed Walls Miles Away
August 5th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge:
After Tuesday’s deadly blast in Beirut which Lebanon’s PM linked to 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which had unsafely sat in storage on the port going back to 2013, the governor of Beirut has estimated the damage is so pervasive throughout the city as to have left hundreds of thousands homeless.
U.S. Government And Yale Hold Trials On How Best To “Persuade” Americans To Take COVID-19 Vaccine
August 5th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge:
The study essentially looks at the best possible messaging that can be used on Americans, ranging from expressing vaccine benefits, to using messaging about economic impact, making someone feel guilty or embarrassed for not taking the vaccine, and so on.
The study looked at around 4000 participants aged 18 years and up, all of whom had to be US residents of course.
The various ‘arms’ used in the study when it came to messaging were as follows:
Other: Control message
Other: Baseline message
Other: Personal freedom message
Other: Economic freedom message
Other: Self-interest message
Other: Community interest message
Other: Economic benefit message
Other: Guilt message
Other: Embarrassment message
Other: Anger message
Other: Trust in science message
Other: Not bravery message
Deputies Accused of Being in Secret Societies Cost L.A. County Taxpayers $55 Million
August 5th, 2020Via: Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles County has paid out roughly $55 million in settlements in cases in which sheriff’s deputies were alleged to belong to a secret society, records obtained by The Times show, illuminating the entrenched nature of a subculture that has plagued the Sheriff’s Department for years.
The figure comes from a list that includes payouts in dozens of lawsuits and claims involving deputies associated with tattooed groups accused of glorifying an aggressive style of policing. The report, prepared by L.A. County attorneys, lists nearly 60 cases, some of them still pending, and names eight specific cliques.
The county has paid out nearly $21 million in cases that began in the last 10 years alone, according to the document.
The high cost underscores how these deputy groups — with monikers such as the Vikings, Regulators, 3000 Boys and the Banditos — have operated out of several Sheriff’s Department stations and jails for decades, exhibiting what critics have long alleged are the violent, intimidating tactics similar in some ways to criminal street gangs. The cases involve incidents that date to 1990.
Over the years, a succession of elected sheriffs has failed to bring the subgroups under control despite multiple internal investigations and, more recently, a probe by the FBI. Many civil liberties advocates and county watchdogs have accused the Sheriff’s Department of turning a blind eye.
Starship SN5 150m Hop
August 5th, 2020One for your: You Don’t See That Everyday file folder.
Via: SpaceX:
