Newly uncovered communications hacking by Chinese actors, a European fishing expedition spying on millions of messages users thought were encrypted, and new warnings from the American government regarding encrypted apps, all point to tech privacy wars heating up.
Category: 10 December 2024
YOU WILL OWN NO LIFE AND BE HAPPY: THE AFFORDABLE LIVING AS A SERVICE (ALaaS) SCAM
Tech giants, and increasingly businesses leveraging AI, robotics and related automation technologies, are admitting the scale of worker obsolescence that’s coming.
NO MANDATE: JOHNSON LEADS HOUSE WITH SLIM MARGIN
House Speaker Mike Johnson saw another seat go to Democrats last week, closing the gap between parties once more and giving Republicans only a 220-215 majority in the body, despite claims by Donald Trump and his acolytes that his party won with a resounding mandate from Americans.
AMERICA’S SALAD BOWL IS BECOMING AN ACTUAL BOWL
California’s San Joaquin Valley has been called “America’s salad bowl” for the significant amount of the country’s fruits and vegetables that are grown there.
MAJORITY OF AMERICAN JEWISH VOTERS BACKED HARRIS, BUT TRUMP MADE INROADS
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump billed himself as the most pro-Israel candidate to ever run for the country’s top office, and while recent polls showed he made gains among American Jews, Vice President Kamala Harris managed to easily win the vote last month.
AN AGILE, ALL-ELECTRIC FLYING TAXI WITH A TUGBOAT MOTOR
CycloTech, an Austrian start-up working in small-scale aviation, is building an all-electric, autonomous flying taxi.
NEWLY FOUND GENE IN A TREE COULD DOUBLE THE SIZE OF PLANTS
Tweaking a newly discovered gene in the black cottonwood tree caused the trees to grow 37 percent taller in the wild and 200 percent taller in a greenhouse.
TRUMP SELECTS KEY CRYPTO ADVOCATE FOR TOP SEC JOB
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced last week that he asked Paul Atkins, who worked for George W. Bush administration and seen as a big advocate for deregulation of crypto currencies, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission.
WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE HERE?
A photo popped up on the internet last week which was a bit surprising even for those of us who have been overly obsessed with the seemingly aimless and highly dangerous comedy routine that describes itself as the United States of America’s Foreign Policy.
NEW RESEARCH LINKS ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD TO FAT IN MUSCLES
Researchers in Turkey and the U.S. found evidence linking ultra-processed foods to muscle fattiness, regardless of calorie intake and believe that the culprit is the industrial addition of flavorings packed in the food.