Two people with paralysis walk again using an implanted device - The Verge
The researchers are still investigating how this all works.
Why I’m done with Chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. […] Google developers claim this will not actually start synchronizing your data to Google — yet.
How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/12/technology/kids-apps-data-privacy-google-twitter.htm
The review of 20 children’s apps […] found examples on both platforms that sent data to tracking companies, potentially violating children’s privacy law; the iOS apps sent less data over all.
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How to hack an election—and what states should do to prevent fake votes - MIT Technology Review
We need paper verifiable ballots, no internet voting, and we need to ensure we can audit ballots properly.
How citizen journalists and scholars are using the internet to find Uighur internment and “reeducation” camps and expose the persecution of minorities in China - The Atlantic
Tesla Model 3 Stolen From Mall of America Using Only a Smartphone - The Drive
http://www.thedrive.com/tech/23599/tesla-stolen-from-mall-of-america-using-only-a-smartphone
A little bit of social engineering can go a long way.
How the Weather Channel Made That Insane Hurricane Florence Storm Surge Animation – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/
It fills in the gaps of your imagination, and hopefully underscores for anyone in a flood zone all the reasons they should not be.
Sykehuset måtte avbryte narkose fordi PC ble oppdatert – NRK
https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/sykehuset-matte-avbryte-narkose-fordi-pc-ble-oppdatert-1.14206040
PC-en som ble brukt begynte automatisk å oppdatere programvaren midt i undersøkelsen, som derfor måtte avbrytes fordi sykehuset ikke hadde en reserve-PC tilgjengelig.
GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules – The Guardian
GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, the European court of human rights has ruled.
How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump - MIT Technology Review
To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.
Dozens of popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to monetization firms – TechCrunch
To name a few: ASKfm, NOAA Weather Radar, Homes.com, Perfect365
As Germans Seek News, YouTube Delivers Far-Right Tirades - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/world/europe/youtube-far-right-extremism.html
the platform’s recommendation system consistently directed people toward extremist videos on the riots — then on to far-right videos on other subjects.
Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/world/middleeast/hacking-united-arab-emirates-nso-group.html
leaked documents and emails that directly challenge the company’s repeated assertions that it is not responsible for any illegal surveillance conducted by the governments that buy its spyware.
Swedish Study Notes Surge in Automated Twitter Accounts - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/08/30/world/europe/ap-eu-sweden-elections-twitter.html
The FOI agency noted that “it is 40 percent more common that the bots express support for the Swedish Democrats compared to what genuine accounts do.”
First Ever Life-Size and Drivable LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron - LEGO.com
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2018/august/technic-bugatti-chiron-build-for-real/
non-glued, fully-functional and self-propelled LEGO Technic model can fit two passengers inside and accelerate to over 20km/h
Two cryptographers have run a blockchain timestamping hash once a week in the New York Times classified section since 1995 - Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nzx4/what-was-the-first-blockchain
the world’s oldest blockchain predates Bitcoin by 13 years and it’s been hiding in plain sight
Analysis of all 88 traffic accidents involving autonomous vehicles in California from 2014-2018 shows that autonomous vehicles were at fault in seven accidents - Axios
at the moment, self-driving car tech doesn’t seem to be advanced enough to handle all these humans.
World’s Leading Human Rights Groups Tell Google to Cancel Its China Censorship Plan
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/28/google-china-censorship-plan-human-rights/
represents “an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights” and could result in the company “directly contributing to, or [becoming] complicit in, human rights violations.”
Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals – The Guardian
Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’