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Who Controls Your Computer? (And How to Make Sure It’s You)…

At least in theory, we therefore know how to build ourselves small paradises of trusted code. Unhappily, we also know that even if you can trust all the source code on the system, you still cannot blindly trust the system — because as Gödel once established, the source code is not and can never be […]

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Meet Flippy, a Burger Grilling Robot…

Flipping burgers is a hot and greasy job. Slips, trips, burns and cuts are common hazards associated with the work. But global demand for burgers is tremendous. Top burger chains racked up more than $75.5 billion in annual sales in 2016. To help keep human cooks out of harm’s way while fulfilling our collective appetite […]

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Amazon Echo Shuts Down Over CIA Connection Query (VIDEO)…

The WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ data dump allegedly detailing CIA hacking tactics has again thrown the privacy of electronic devices into focus. One viral video showing an Amazon Echo refusing to confirm a link to the US spy agency is summing up people’s fears. On Tuesday, Wikileaks unexpectedly released 8,761 documents claiming to reveal “CIA hacking […]

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WikiLeaks to Provide Tech Firms Access to CIA Hacking Tools…

WikiLeaks has much more detailed information about CIA hacking techniques and will allow tech companies access so they can “develop fixes” before the information is more widely published, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday. The news conference took place at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, where he has been holed up since seeking asylum […]

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Americans’ Sex Lives Have Gone Limp–Lovemaking Fell ~15% Since the ’90s…

Sexy times in the US are declining, according to a new study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. American adults reported having nine fewer romps a year in the early 2010s than they did in the late 1990s—dropping from an average of about 62 times a year between 1995 and 2000 to around 53 a […]

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From Russia, with Panic: Cozy Bears, Unsourced Hacks–and a Silicon Valley Shakedown…

The Russians hacked America. After Donald Trump’s surprise victory in November, these four words reverberated across the nation. Democratic Party insiders, liberal pundits, economists, members of Congress, spies, Hollywood celebrities, and neocons of every stripe and classification level—all these worthy souls reeled in horror at the horribly compromised new American electoral order…

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#Vault7: U.S. Officials Say WikiLeaks Papers Authentic, Knew of Breach in 2016…

U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that they have been aware since the end of last year of a security breach at the CIA that led to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks publishing agency documents on its hacking tools. The officials, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters that they believed that the […]

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FBI’s Comey: “You’re Stuck With Me For Another Six And A Half Years”…

Refuting speculation that after infuriating first democrats with his handling of Hillary Clinton’s email server scandal, and then by demanding that the DOJ deny Trump’s allegations that Obama had bugged the Trump Tower, he may quit prematurely, FBI Director James Comey made it clear where he stands on the issue: “You’re stuck with me for […]

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Q&A: How Can I Stop My TV Spying On Me?…

Following today’s publication, by WikiLeaks, of documents exposing the CIA’s secret hacking program – describing tools that can turn a world of increasingly networked, camera- and microphone-equipped devices into eavesdroppers, AP’s Frank Bajak answers the public’s biggest questions. Bajak warns consumers, there’s “not much you can do if you don’t want to sacrifice the benefits […]

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Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’: “The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential Documents On The CIA”…

Last night Wikileaks announced that it has released an encrypted torrent file which reportedly contains information on the mysterious “Vault 7”, and which we now know is the biggest “collection of material about CIA activities obtained by WikiLeaks.publication in history.” It can be downloaded now at the following URL, and accessed using the password “SplinterItIntoAThousandPiecesAndScatterItIntoTheWinds”…

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MORE on WikiLeaks: Publishes ‘Entire Hacking Capacity of the CIA’…Mind Blowing!!!…

According to the cache of documents released, the CIA’s Mobile Devices Branch (MDB) has developed multiple tools and systems to hack popular smart phones and remotely order them to send both location data as well as audio and text communications. The phones’ cameras and microphones can also be remotely activated at will…

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802,Eleventy What? A Deep Dive Into Why Wi-Fi Kind of Sucks…

When wireless networking based around the 802.11b standard first hit consumer markets in the late nineties, it looked pretty good on paper. Promising “11 Mbps” compared to original wired Ethernet’s 10 Mbps, a reasonable person might have thought 802.11b was actually faster than 10Mbps wired Ethernet connections. It was a while before I was exposed […]

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Creepy: Hackers Held Voice Recordings from CloudPets Toys for Ransom…

A report by security researcher Troy Hunt claims that a brand of internet connected children’s toys, CloudPets, have been infiltrated by hackers who collected hours of audio recordings of children and are demanding a ransom in exchange for the files. CloudPets allow parents to record voice messages on their phone and transfer these messages to […]

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Facebook Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Suicides…

Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users. The world’s largest social media network said it plans to integrate its existing suicide prevention tools for Facebook posts into its live-streaming feature, Facebook Live, and its Messenger service. Artificial intelligence will be used to help […]

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Ahhh, Uber’s CEO Wants Everyone to Know He’s ‘Ashamed’ and ‘Needs to Grow Up’…

Last night, following the video leak of a combative exchange between Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and his driver over Uber’s fare structure, which culminated with Kalanick suggesting that his driver should “take responsibility for his own shit”, we asked: “So, where should we set the over/under on Kalanick’s remaining tenure with Uber?”..

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