Topic: TV - on July 22, 2016 at 5:13:00 PM CEST
JonStewart Takes Over ColbertLateShow's Desk - what we've all been waiting for!
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 22, 2016 at 11:47:00 AM CEST
WSJ Reporter: Homeland Security Tried to Take My Phones at the Border
On Thursday, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter claimed that the Department of Homeland Security demanded access to her mobile phones when she was crossing the border at the Los Angeles airport. The case highlights the powers that border agents purport to have, and how vulnerable sensitive information can be when taken through airports in particular. “I wanted to share a troubling experience I had with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the hopes it may help you protect your private information,” Maria Abi-Habib, a WSJ journalist focused on ISIS and Al Qaeda wrote in a post on Facebook. (Abi-Habib confirmed to Motherboard that the Facebook account was hers, but declined to comment further.)
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 22, 2016 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Thiel für Trump: Rede von Paypal-Mitgründer schockt Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley-Investor und "Arbeitsgeber" von Laura Rudas bekennt sich offen zu Trump Peter Thiel ist für seine politischen Ansichten berüchtigt: Schon 2009 schrieb er, dass seiner Meinung nach Freiheit und Demokratie nicht kompatibel seien. Außerdem beschwerte er sich über den Sozialstaat, die Übernahme der USA durch "Hippies" und US-Universitäten wie Harvard und Stanford, die er mit der "katholischen Kirche im Jahr 1514" verglich. Zuletzt sorgte Thiel für Aufsehen, indem er das umstrittene Medienportal Gawker an den Rande des Ruins brachte. Thiel hatte Ex-Wrestler Hulk Hogans Prozess gegen Gawker finanziert.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 22, 2016 at 11:39:00 AM CEST
Forget Trump: Peter Thiel Is So Dangerous and Fascinating
Tonight, Peter Thiel, an openly gay immigrant hailing from San Francisco, will address the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. His speech will close out the coronation of Donald Trump as the nominee claof his party, which three days earlier finalized a platform affirming the definition of marriage as “between one man and one woman.” Thiel may seem an unlikely warm-up act for a raving nativist like Trump. But the pair are actually an impeccable ideological tag-team. In fact, Thiel outmatches Trump both in the preposterousness of his capitalistic ambition and in the sheer pathology of his political inconsistency.
theintercept.com Peter Thiel thinks he’s a Trump supporter. But really he’s Trump’s enemy. kottke.org
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on July 22, 2016 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
In "Pokémon Go" vertieft, Joint in der Hand, Polizei übersehen
Kurioser Vorfall in München – Spieler bat Polizei, Pokémon-Arena noch einnehmen zu dürfen Eines ist mittlerweile klar: "Pokémon Go" macht viele Menschen süchtig – und sorgt dafür, dass sie ihre Umwelt nur mehr nach Gesichtspunkten der Monsterjagd wahrnehmen. In München hat das nun für einen besonders kuriosen Vorfall gesorgt. Ein Spieler, der offenbar gerade einen Marihuana-Joint rauchte, übersah dank "Pokémon Go" eine Polizeistreife und wurde prompt angezeigt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 22, 2016 at 11:35:00 AM CEST
The High Priests of Marijuana Fitness
Jim McAlpine’s plan to open the world’s first gym for marijuana enthusiasts is coming along well. Pot-related businesses are having their moment in the United States, especially in the Bay Area, where McAlpine lives and plans to open his gym, Power Plant Fitness. Arcview Market Research estimates the size of America’s marijuana industry at a fast-growing $7.2 billion, and Y Combinator, the esteemed startup accelerator, made its first investment in a cannabis business—an “uber for cannabis” delivery app—in 2015. “I’ve raised money before, and it’s been an arduous, shitty process that I hated,” says McAlpine. “This time so far it’s been a pleasure. We’re in the position where we’re picking and choosing who’s going to invest in us. A lot of professional athletes and celebrities want to get involved.”
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Topic: IoT - on July 22, 2016 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Now You Can Hide Your Smart Home on the Darknet
The privacy software Tor has aided everything from drug dealing marketplaces to whistleblowing websites in evading surveillance on the darknet. Now that same software can be applied to a far more personal form of security: keeping hackers out of your toaster. You can still get to your baby monitor via an app or the web, but a potential hacker won’t even be able to find it. On Wednesday, the privacy-focused non-profit Guardian Project, a partner of the Tor Project that maintains and develops the Tor anonymity network, announced a new technique it’s developed to apply Tor’s layers of encryption and network stealth to protecting so-called “Internet of things” or “smart home” devices. That growing class of gadgets, ranging from refrigerators to lightbulbs to security cameras, are connected to the Internet to make possible new forms of remote management and automation. They also, as the security research community has repeatedly demonstrated, enable a new breed of over-the-Internet attacks, such as the rash of hackers harassing infants via baby monitors or the potential for hackers to steal your Gmail password from your fridge.
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Topic: ham - on July 22, 2016 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
Turkey government revokes 3213 ham radio licenses
It has been confirmed by Supreme Council of radio and television of Turkey (RTUK) the news that Mr. Erdogan – the president of Turkey has revoked 3213 national ham radio licenses. The HF radio in Turkey is now silent. No transmissions are allowed.
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