Topic: War and Peace - on June 13, 2016 at 6:17:00 PM CEST
Gun Industry Describes Mass Shootings Like Orlando as a “Big Opportunity”
In recent corporate presentations, leading gun makers celebrated the fact that consumers bought more firearms because of the December terrorist attack in San Bernardino. And, prior to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Saturday night, executives were telling investors to expect another big bump — because of the upcoming elections.
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Topic: EU - on June 13, 2016 at 5:55:00 PM CEST
Anti-Terror-Gesetz in Polen: Abschalten, Überwachen, Zensieren
In Polen gab es in den letzten 70 Jahren keinen nennenswerten Terroranschlag. Dennoch ist Polen jetzt die erste Demokratie, die eine gezielte Abschaltung der Telekommunikation durch die Polizei möglich macht. Diese Maßnahme ist nur ein Punkt einer umfassenden Anti-Terror-Gesetzgebung.
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Topic: WEB - on June 13, 2016 at 5:54:00 PM CEST
US-Regierung mischt sich in Schrems-Prozess zu Facebook und NSA ein
Will vor dem irischen High Court aussagen, die Befragung wäre unter Eid – Schrems: "Einmalige Chance" Die US-Regierung will sich offenbar vor einem europäischen Gericht zur Massenüberwachung durch ihre Geheimdienste äußern. Dabei geht es um jenen Prozess gegen Facebook, den der österreichische Jurist Max Schrems initiiert hatte. Die US-Regierung beantragte, vor dem irischen High Court als sogenannter "amicus curiae" aufzutreten.
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Topic: Phone - on June 13, 2016 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
New Fallout Pip-Boy replica is a $350 ‘smartwatch' for phone calls and text messages
Remember last E3, how Bethesda announced a real-life Pip-Boy? And remember how it was essentially a crummy smartphone shell? Well, this E3 Bethesda has revealed a new Pip-Boy and this one looks maybe — just maybe — like it’s the Pip-Boy Fallout fans wanted all along. Unlike the old version, the Pip-Boy Deluxe Bluetooth Edition has "an integrated screen and its own on-board software and hardware." The gadget pairs to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth, and allows wearers to take calls, view contacts, read messages, and display various Fallout related screens.
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Topic: IoT - on June 13, 2016 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
Catalog of 81 open-spec, hacker friendly SBCs
These summaries of 81 Linux friendly, open-spec SBCs accompanies our 2016 Hacker SBC Survey. Cast your vote — and maybe win a free board. After checking out the these descriptions of 81 single board computers under $200, as well as our 2016 Hacker SBCs Comparison Table, vote for your favorites in our 2016 Hacker SBC Survey.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2016 at 10:57:00 AM CEST
Scientists found something strange when they looked at the brains of pot smokers
Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug – something with "no accepted medical use" – means it is pretty tough to study. Yet numerous anecdotal reports, as well as some studies, have linked marijuana with several purported health benefits, from pain relief to helping with certain forms of epilepsy. Still, experts say more rigorous scientific analyses are needed. Use of marijuana, a psychoactive drug, can come with risks, especially in people who may be prone to addiction or mental illness. And now, for the first time, researchers have found a link between daily decade-long weed use and a difference in how the brain processes reward.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2016 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
Nevada’s Largest Paper Used To Support Marijuana Legalization. Then Sheldon Adelson Bought It.
Last summer, the Las Vegas Review-Journal published an editorial proclaiming that the paper’s editorial page “has long supporting the decriminalizing, regulating and taxing the sale of currently illegal drugs,” including marijuana. It was on record as supporting an effort to legalize marijuana in the state that will go before voters this November, and as recently as late last year called for all presidential candidates to champion “removing marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.”
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2016 at 10:52:00 AM CEST
Ketamine Research In A New Light
A few weeks ago, Nature published a bombshell study showing that ketamine’s antidepressant effects were actually caused by a metabolite, 2S,6S;2R,6R-hydroxynorketamine (don’t worry about the name; within ten years it’ll be called JOYVIVA™®© and you’ll catch yourself humming advertising jingles about it in the shower). Unlike ketamine, which is addictive and produces scary dissociative experiences, the metabolite is pretty safe. This is a big deal clinically, because it makes it easier and safer to prescribe to depressed people.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2016 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
Scientists found something strange when they looked at the brains of pot smokers
Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug – something with "no accepted medical use" – means it is pretty tough to study. Yet numerous anecdotal reports, as well as some studies, have linked marijuana with several purported health benefits, from pain relief to helping with certain forms of epilepsy. Still, experts say more rigorous scientific analyses are needed. Use of marijuana, a psychoactive drug, can come with risks, especially in people who may be prone to addiction or mental illness. And now, for the first time, researchers have found a link between daily decade-long weed use and a difference in how the brain processes reward.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 13, 2016 at 10:48:00 AM CEST
Fear and loathing in Amsterdam or This time I went to a conference on psychedelic research
Oh, Amsterdam, the city of sex and drugs! Just kidding, there is certainly more to it than that. Like, for example, piss-drunk British teenagers coming in on these EasyJet weekend flights. Just kidding again! Amsterdam is a great city which I love dearly and just this weekend it hosted the third Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research. So I guess you can say, I came to Amsterdam for drugs. Psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, ayahuasca, mescaline, ibogaine -- everything was covered. It was great seeing how many research groups are investing their efforts in what can be called the psychedelic Renaissance and how many non-scientists were there to gain some knowledge about these often still stigmatised drugs. So here you go, your fresh fix of psychedelic research!
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 13, 2016 at 10:15:00 AM CEST
EMS Synthi A
SYNTHI-JS is an emulator of the legendary EMS Synthi A modular synthesizer, built in JavaScript on top of the Flocking library.
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Topic: Appelbaum - on June 13, 2016 at 10:12:00 AM CEST
Die letzte Schlammschlacht von Gawker - Rufmord an Appelbaum
Mit Lügen in die Insolvenz: Mit einem haltlosen Bericht über einen angeblichen sexuellen Übergriff in Hamburg zeigt der amerikanische Blogkonzern, was er kann – und warum er untergeht. Es sah einfach zu gut aus. Auf der einen Seite steht scheinbar allein das Böse, der bekannte Netzaktivist Jacob Appelbaum, früher ein wichtiger Mitarbeiter des TOR-Verschlüsselungsdienstes, heute ein gejagter Mann, dem anonym im Internet durch eine Prangerseite sexuelles Fehlverhalten vorgeworfen wird. Ein Star der Szene, der zum Paria geworden ist, nachdem er das TOR-Projekt letzte Woche verlassen hat. Auf der anderen Seite stehen die Guten: Wütende Feministinnen, die den Bösen als Vergewaltiger bezeichnen, eine Netzöffentlichkeit, die nach weiteren Details der Übergriffe verlangt, und drei Helden, die bereit sind, offen und mit Klarnamen zu berichten, wie sie Augenzeugen bei einem Übergriff von Appelbaum wurden.
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