https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/11/na-jobber-zuckerbergs-tidligere-mentor-for-a-bryte-opp-facebook/
– At det å kunne forutsi folk oppførsel har blitt den mest profitable businessen uten at vi har blitt klar over det bør skremme oss alle
https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2019/nuclear-goes-retro-much-greener-outlook
start-ups are developing a new kind of reactor that promises to be much safer and cleaner than current ones.
the three big advantages of molten salt reactors — no meltdown, no proliferation, burning up nuclear waste.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gyakgw/the-prototype-dev-fused-iphones-that-hackers-use-to-research-apple-zero-days
Very few people have heard of them, but “dev-fused” iPhones sold on the grey market are one of the most important tools for the best iOS hackers in the world.
https://www.nrk.no/urix/klaer-av-traer-_-finsk-oppfinnelse-kan-revolusjonere-klesindustrien-1.14460780
helt uten restavfall eller kjemikalier.
kan komposteres på samme måte som papir [eller] gjenbrukes […] mange ganger uten at kvaliteten forringes.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613054/cybersecurity-critical-infrastructure-triton-malware/
In a worst-case scenario, the rogue code could have led to the release of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas or caused explosions, putting lives at risk
https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/04/w3c-approves-webauthn-as-the-web-standard-for-password-free-logins/
The specification lets users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/03/facebook-phone-number-look-up/
Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” their profile.
Worse, Facebook doesn’t give you an option to opt-out.
https://threatpost.com/xiaomi-m365-scooter-hack/141731/
Hackers up to 100 meters away could take over Xiaomi M365 scooters to brake or accelerate them.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/26/18241632/google-deepmind-wind-farm-ai-machine-learning-green-energy-efficiency
To help make that energy more valuable to the power grid
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/facebook-lookups-by-two-factor-authentication-numbers/
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/technology/youtube-conspiracy-stars.html
YouTube’s stars are primarily homegrown, and many feel — not entirely unreasonably — that after years of encouraging them to build their audiences with viral stunts and baseless rumor-mongering, the platform is now changing the rules on them.
https://t.co/809LqgTjyb
At the heart of the issue is an analytics tool Facebook offers developers, which allows them to see statistics about their users’ activities
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/17/study-blames-youtube-for-rise-in-number-of-flat-earthers
they had not considered the Earth to be flat two years ago but changed their minds after watching videos promoting conspiracy theories on YouTube
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/
the attacks can carried out with radio equipment costing as little as $200
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2019/02/22/lime-scooter-software-glitch-causes-random-braking-dozens-of-rider-injuries/
caused the scooters’ front wheels to lock up randomly mid-ride. The sudden braking caused at least 30 injuries in 155 known incidents
usually occurred when riders were going downhill at high speeds
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/google-software-is-never-going-to-be-able-to-fix-spectre-type-bugs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/china-xinjiang-uighur-dna-thermo-fisher.html
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/25/18239433/1tb-microsd-card-sandisk-micron-price-release
$449.99
the new 512GB card in the same line will sell for $199.99.