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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive-idUSKCN2591ML
local moderators were instructed by a team from ByteDance’s Beijing headquarters to delete articles seen as “negative” about Chinese authorities
Norges Handelshøyskole har latt døra til internett stå ulåst
Feilen vart retta for meir enn eitt år sidan, men NHH installerte aldri oppdateringa.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time
The nuclear waste buried far beneath the earth will be toxic for thousands of years. How do you build a warning now that can be understood in the far future?
https://arr.am/2020/07/31/human-intelligence-an-ai-op-ed/
Here’s an essay written by an Artificial Intelligence about how it’s doubtful that what humans are doing with their messy biological processes can really be considered thinking. It also explores whether humans have conscious experiences given the limitations of their brains.
https://nrkbeta.no/2020/08/06/nhh-utsatt-for-datainnbrudd-over-300-studenter-og-ansatte-rammet/
NRKs gjennomgang av datalekkasjen tilsier at over 300 studenter og ansatte er kompromittert.
Det skal ha skjedd etter et større internasjonal datainnbrudd som har påvirket flere hundre organisasjoner.
Ifølge teknologinettstedet ZDNet skal 900 VPN-servere være rammet.
In April, new technology “capabilities” allowed authorities to probe the encrypted device
after failed extortion attempt.
If a victim refuses to pay the fee to decrypt their files and decides to restore from backups, the Maze gang creates an entry on a “leak website” and threatens to publish the victim’s sensitive data in a second form ransom/extortion attempt.
The victim is then given a few weeks to think over its decision, and if victims don’t give in during this second extortion attempt, the Maze gang will publish files on its portal
https://www.cyberscoop.com/twitter-ftc-fine-data-breach-passwords/
Twitter users could share their phone numbers with the company to improve their account security via its two-factor authentication feature
used for targeted advertising
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.
https://www.nrk.no/urix/tiktok-_-sa-kan-du-vaere-i-lomma-pa-en-fremmed-makt-1.15105847
Musikk- og danse-appen TikTok lastes ned for uskyldig moro og tidtrøyte. Men kan den bli et redskap for å undergrave demokratiske land?
multiple flyGarmin services used by aircraft pilots are down, including the flyGarmin website and mobile app, Connext Services (weather, CMC, and position reports) and Garmin Pilot Apps (Flight plan filing unless connected to FltPlan, account syncing, and database concierge).
inReach satellite tech (Service Activation and Billing) and Garmin Explore (Explore site and Explore app sign) used for location sharing, GPS navigation, logistics, and tracking through the Iridium satellite network are also down.
Garmin did a hard shutdown of all devices hosted in a data center as well to prevent them from possibly being encrypted.
This company-wide shutdown is what caused the global outage for Garmin Connect and other connected services.
https://newatlas.com/robotics/theia-blind-handheld-robotic-guide-dog/
Key to this is what’s known as a control moment gyroscope, which often features as part of spacecraft attitude control systems, including that used on the International Space Station. This enables Theia to provide force feedback depending on where it’s headed and move the user’s hand as a way of leading them to a desired direction, much like a guide dog’s brace.
Theia would find its way around through a lidar and camera system that enables it to build a three-dimensional image of the environment
http://paulgraham.com/conformism.html
One of the most revealing ways to classify people is by the degree and aggressiveness of their conformism.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53455092
The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter’s internal systems,” it said in a statement
A Twitter insider was responsible for a wave of high profile account takeovers on Wednesday, according to leaked screenshots obtained by Motherboard and two sources who took over accounts.
On Wednesday, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber, and Apple tweeted cryptocurrency scams in an apparent hack.