Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You By Clay Dillow, popsci.com Or, how to accessorize in Waziristan. The increasingly vast suite of surveillance tools available to state authorities has certainly given privacy advocates something to bristle at. In an exhibition launching this week, NYC-base… http://flip.it/6pCFQ Related articles The Anti-Drone Hoodie (hoodieblog.com) Stealth Wear: … Continue reading Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking
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US cities employ precog algorithm to predict murder
US cities employ precog algorithm to predict murder By Kim Zetter, wired.co.uk Politics Who needs the freaky precogs of Minority Report to predict if someone’s likely to commit murder when you have an algorithm that can do it for you? New crime-prediction software used in Maryland and Pennsylvania, U… http://flip.it/4MS8c Related articles Movie Review : … Continue reading US cities employ precog algorithm to predict murder
US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels
US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels By Noah Shachtman, wired.co.uk Politics The Syrian military used an exotic chemical weapon on rebels during an attack in the city of Homs, some US diplomats now believe. That conclusion — first reported by Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin and laid out in a… RT @WiredUK: US … Continue reading US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels
The Amazon will message authorities when loggers strike
The Amazon will message authorities when loggers strike By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Technology Brazilian authorities hope to combat deforestation in the Amazon by fitting trees with wireless location devices that send out alerts if their host tree is cut down. Invisible Tracck is a device about the size of a… RT @WiredUK: The Amazon will … Continue reading The Amazon will message authorities when loggers strike
Keith Ratliff, YouTube’s most famous gun lover, found dead
Keith Ratliff, YouTube’s most famous gun lover, found dead By Chris Welch, theverge.com Keith Ratliff, whose gun enthusiast YouTube channel FPSRussia is among the most popular on the video site, was found dead on January 3rd — killed by a single shot to the head. Ratliff’s body was discovered in the office where he stored… … Continue reading Keith Ratliff, YouTube’s most famous gun lover, found dead
FDA finally tries to regulate pharma social media, God Help Them
FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information pharma-mkting.com Two days after Christmas, on December 27, 2011, while most of us were still on vacation, the FDA quietly issued “Guidance for Industry Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical… RT @pharmaguy: FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests … Continue reading FDA finally tries to regulate pharma social media, God Help Them
Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers
Since most information and knowledge workers don't spend nearly as much time chatting on a phone these days as managing data in other forms (email, messages, sites, social media), it increasingly makes little sense to spend the thousands of dollars a year charged by major carriers for a their phone services. Fortunately, some smaller companies … Continue reading Why Straight Talk is the best iPhone plan for information and knowledge workers
Case lets you film people with an iPhone laying flat (like presidential campaign fund raisers)
iPhone case allows you to take photos with phone held horizontally Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net The MirrorCase for the iPhone lets you take photos while holding the phone flat, like an old-timey camera. It seems like a good way to shoot video of yourself, too - just set it on a table and do your thing. … Continue reading Case lets you film people with an iPhone laying flat (like presidential campaign fund raisers)
Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies
Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net In “Credibility ranking of tweets during high impact events,” a paper published in the ACM’s Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Privacy and Security in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Institute of Information… Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency Related articles Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics … Continue reading Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies
Black box apps record driving accidents
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Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia
Why Dashboard Cams Have Become a Crucial Safety Feature for Russian Motorists core77.com Here’s an interesting example of how cultural influences have led to the ubiquitous uptake of a product design. The country in question is Russia, and the product is the dashboard cam.The Internet is awash in well-captured car crash footage, and i… RT … Continue reading Dashboard cams a key safety feature in Russia
DIY firearms means unlimited guns for anyone
The Future of Firearms: DIY Guns You Can Make at Home By Eliza Shapiro, thedailybeast.com School shootings be damned. Companies like Defense Distributed are moving forward with newfangled 3-D printers that let you make guns at home, writes Eliza Shapiro. Four days after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., Cody Wilson wa… RT @thedailybeast: … Continue reading DIY firearms means unlimited guns for anyone
33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC
Study Finds A Third Of NYC’s Seafood Is Mislabeled, Posing Health Risks Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (J Dailey)It isn’t just Los Angeles that is having a problem with mislabeled fish — a new study that tested seafood on menus, at grocery stores and in fancy specialty shops in New York City says plenty of the … Continue reading 33% of seafood is mislabeled in NYC
Why military weapons don’t belong in our communities
Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of … Continue reading Why military weapons don’t belong in our communities
Intelligence agencies use iPhones and iPads–in top secret mode
How America’s Spies Use iPhones And iPads By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.com Deep inside the NSA guidelines for iOS, warnings about “juice-jacking,” “hot mikes,” and requirements to cover iPad cameras with tape. Years ago, when spooks and government employees needed a secure smartphone, they turned to Research in… RT @nealunger: iSpy: Inside the #NSA’s best practices … Continue reading Intelligence agencies use iPhones and iPads–in top secret mode
Talented workers bring their own devices
Worried Workers: BYOD Or You’re SOL [Infographic] Brian Proffitt, readwrite.com It is a common perception around the world that Americans, by and large, have problems relaxing. We don’t take what little vacations we do get and increasingly use technology to blur the line between work and home life. But a new study shows that… RT … Continue reading Talented workers bring their own devices
How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation
discovermagazine.com Like the debate on climate change and other societally important issues caught in the maw of our culture wars, the discourse on guns and violence has had a depressing, unchanging quality. Here’s President Obama two years ago: You see, when a trage… http://flip.it/R8QPz How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation Related articles Climate … Continue reading How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation
Patent trolls own Sony IP
Jury finds iPhone infringes Nokia, Sony patents owned by “troll” Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com Flickr user Jesus LeonWhen MobileMedia Ideas formed in 2010, it was probably the biggest sign yet that the idea of “patent-trolling” had gone corporate. The company exists solely to get licensing fees from essentially the entire cell phone… RT @arstechnica: Jury finds … Continue reading Patent trolls own Sony IP
Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity
Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Financial giant Barclays is considering an end to food speculation, a controversial practice linked to sudden, dangerous spikes in global food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Barclays’ corporate and investment banking… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world … Continue reading Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity
NRA hides under the social media covers
National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting By T.C. Sottek, theverge.com The National Rifle Association (NRA) — the largest gun rights advocacy group and one of the prevailing lobbying organizations in the United States — has pulled back from its social media presence following the Newtown, Connecti… RT … Continue reading NRA hides under the social media covers
Benchmarking cloud sync and storage
Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.com Does Drive stand a chance against sync and backup veterans? Google’s very own “Loch Ness monster,” also known as Google Drive, has finally launched. It’s the new face of Google Documents, and it’s also Google’s oft-rumored Dropbox-killer. It… … Continue reading Benchmarking cloud sync and storage
Ambient electricity sounds and forensic digital anthropology
Electricity’s ‘hum’ helps forensic experts detect manipulated audio recordings By Chris Welch, theverge.com An average person on the street may find it hard to tell the difference between an unaltered recording and one that’s been edited or tampered with in some way, but forensic experts are often tasked with just that responsibility.… RT @verge: Electricity’s … Continue reading Ambient electricity sounds and forensic digital anthropology
Copyright law on the digital frontier
Google search now gets 2.5 million copyright removal requests a week, up from 250,000 in May By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Use of Google’s takedown tool for search results has grown tenfold in the past six months, the company reports. When it started publicly posting takedown notices in late May, around 250,000 requests a week went … Continue reading Copyright law on the digital frontier
Visualizing aging via web app stimulates financial literacy
Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money By Colin Lecher, popsci.com People save more for retirement when they see older versions of themselves, so Merrill Edge is more than happy to make you look old and wrinkly. Did you know that if you see an age-enhanced version of yourself, you’re more … Continue reading Visualizing aging via web app stimulates financial literacy
Shootings stimulate mass online petitions for gun control
25,000 People (And Counting) Flood White House With Online Petition To ‘Immediately Address’ Gun Control Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com Update: The petition has reached 25,000 signatures Almost immediately following the tragic school shooting in Connecticut, over 16,000 people have signed an official White House WeThePeople petition to “Immediately… RT @TechCrunch: Scores Flood White House With Online … Continue reading Shootings stimulate mass online petitions for gun control
Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery
Phil Plait, slate.com [Note from the author: This is not my first vaccine rodeo, and I expect some interesting remarks in the comments section. As always, I have copiously linked key phrases in this article to more information backing up my claims. Please read them… Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery Related articles The "no compassion" … Continue reading Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery
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