Topic: Appelbaum - on June 14, 2016 at 10:58:00 AM CEST
The Weaponising Of Social Part 1: The Crucifixion of IOError
Thanks to a small group of supposed anonymity-protecting privacy activists thousands of people now know the name of Jacob Appelbaum’s fiancée`. Even those that didn’t want to. We found it out by reading an extremely controversial website launched a week ago, that had a few sparse accounts of some nasty sounding happenings allegedly involving Jacob, with promises of more to come.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: SECURITY - on June 14, 2016 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
Police informant hacks into online communications of hundreds of individuals
The correspondence between the informant and two detectives indicates engagement in unlawful invasion into private communications of police suspects. Initially, the police found no irregularities, but later reported one of the detectives to the Prosecutor’s Office.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: logisch - on June 14, 2016 at 10:53:00 AM CEST
What Happens If GPS Fails?
Despite massive reliance on the system’s clocks, there’s still no longterm backup. In only took thirteen millionths of a second to cause a whole lot of problems. Last January, as the U.S. Air Force was taking one satellite in the country’s constellation of GPS satellites offline, an incorrect time was accidentally uploaded to several others, making them out of sync by less time than it takes for the sound of a gunshot to leave the chamber.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: BOARD NEWS - on June 14, 2016 at 12:39:00 AM CEST
Salzburger Museum widmet sich der Kulturgeschichte des Klos
Töpfchen, Abort, Latrine, Toilette, Klosett, WC, Lokus oder Häusl - für das „stille Örtchen“ gibt es viele Begriffe. Eine Sonderausstellung der Walser Bachschmiede in Salzburg widmet sich derzeit der Kulturgeschichte des Klos.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.”
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
