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.

How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump - MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611806/how-social-media-took-us-from-tahrir-square-to-donald-trump/

To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves.

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.

Dozens of popular iPhone apps caught sending user location data to monetization firms – TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/07/a-dozen-popular-iphone-apps-caught-quietly-sending-user-locations-to-monetization-firms/

To name a few: ASKfm, NOAA Weather Radar, Homes.com, Perfect365

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

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

https://www.axios.com/california-people-cause-most-autonomous-vehicle-accidents-dc962265-c9bb-4b00-ae97-50427f6bc936.html

at the moment, self-driving car tech doesn’t seem to be advanced enough to handle all these humans.

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

Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals – The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals

Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’