Andrea 🎃'SKULLivan
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Inside YouTube's efforts to shut down uploads, coming as quickly as 1 per second, of the Christchurch shooting as uploaders managed to evade its detection tools
From Washington Post. View the full context on Techmeme.
Oklahoma says Johnson & Johnson was the "kingpin" behind the opioid crisis
The opioid crisis is bigger than Purdue Pharma.
Men who lived in Spain 4500 years ago left almost no male genetic legacy today
Study fills in surprising history of Iberian Peninsula over thousands of years
Generous 'Robin Hood' figure mystifies Spanish village
Residents of a tiny Spanish village have been left mystified by an anonymous donor who leaves envelopes of cash in
postboxes or under people's doors.
The EU Wants to Censor 'Terrorist Content' Online. What Could Go Wrong?
There’s no room for errors and online platforms face huge fines, likely encouraging overly broad takedowns.
Where Warren’s Wrong
Senator Warren’s proposal about how to regulate tech is wrong about history, the source of tech giant’s power, and the fundamental nature of technology itself. That doesn’t mean t…
Election Betting Odds
Maxim Lott's Site for live election odds on the US presidential election. Presidential odds on Clinton, Trump, Johnson... See what the bets predict!
Code.org: Anybody can Learn
Every student in every school deserves the opportunity to study computer science.
Leaked documents reveal CBP plans to deploy facial recognition tech at US airports in as little as two years, despite concerns about the tech and its legality
By Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News. View the full context on Techmeme.
These Documents Reveal The Government’s Detailed Plan For Using Facial Recognition On All International Passengers In Top 20 US Airports
“This is opening the door to an extraordinarily more intrusive and granular level of government control.”
U.S. Army Assures Public That Robot Tank System Adheres to AI Murder Policy
Last month, the U.S. Army put out a call to private companies for ideas about how to improve its planned semi-autonomous, AI-driven targeting system for tanks. In its request, the Army asked for help enabling the Advanced Targeting and Lethality...
As Phones Get Harder to Hack, Zero Day Vendors Hunt for Router Exploits
Obtaining vulnerabilities for fully up-to-date mobile phones is getting harder. So companies that sell exploits to governments are increasingly looking for attacks that target internet routers instead, with one company paying up to $100,000.
Sen. Warren proposes tech regulation, including breaking up big tech and rolling back acquisitions at Amazon, Google, and Facebook, as part of her 2020 bid
By Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren. View the full context on Techmeme.
Venezuela: An Up-Close Look At A Nation In Free Fall
Venezuela, plagued by an incompetent and corrupt ruling class, doesn't have what it takes to be a socialist state. The Palladium team visited Venezuela and Colombia for an up-close look at a country in free fall and harrowing stories from refugees...
The Constitution Protects Software Developers and Users from Surveillance Overreach
An aggressive attempt to regulate software developers and individual users would violate our privacy and speech rights
NSA releases free public version of Ghidra, a set of tools developed internally for software reverse engineering, to excitement among malware researchers
By Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer. View the full context on Techmeme.
NSA's Ghidra Reverse Engineering Framework Stirs Up Malware Researchers
The National Security Agency released a free, public version of Ghidra, a set of tools developed internally for software reverse engineering. The agency will also release Ghidra's source code, allowing users to improve the framework's feature set...
When cooperators cheat
How a cheating tactic evolved in cooperatively breeding cuckoos.