ArsTechnia: High Court in New Zealand rules government spied on Kim Dotcom:
...the entire government spying operation conducted against two of Kim Dotcom’s closest colleagues was not authorized under local law in 2011.
[T]he Government Communications Security Bureau conducted an "unlawful" and "unreasonable search" of Bram van der Kolk and Mathias Ortmann, two Megaupload executives. The GCSB is the New Zealand equivalent of the National Security Agency in the United States.
Then and now: The NOAA in May, 2009. NOAA News.gov:
Forecasters say there is a 70 percent chance of having nine to 14 named storms, of which four to seven could become hurricanes, including one to three major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5).And now; CNS News:
Thursday, August 24, 2017 marks a record 142 straight months since the last major hurricane made landfall in the continental United States.- - -
Gizmodo: The Ten Best Albums to own on Vinyl. Not to bust anyone's bubble, but there are only nine...because we all know that "Dark Side of The Moon" is on that list.
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Electronic House: Your Roomba is spying on you. Tech News World: Smart appliances and you. I wonder if Roomba, and wireless refrigerators and thermostats, can all communicate with each other? And who is gathering all that information?
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Geek: The burger with the cheese on the outside. I didn't want to copy and paste the pic of the burger - you HAVE TO see it at the link. And it probably will make you hungry.
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ArsTechnia: If anyone reading this lives near Monterey, California - or plans to attend The Monterey Car Week - - - would you leave a comment sharing some of what you saw there? Thanks.
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The Tesla Big Rig. C|Net:
...the truck's electric drive system will give it a range of 200 to 300 miles. That range makes it suitable for regional freight delivery, short of the long-haul trucks that travel the interstates.
Tesla will also test its autonomous driving technology for the freight truck.
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| Tesla's Semi |
TechCrunch: Apple's next iPhone? Well, you may have to shell out $999 for it.
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Elon Musk's Space Suit. ExtremeTech.
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Ethics in computer science, research, security, Internet. At Freedom To Tinker, which I have found to be just a wonderful sight. If you like IT, are in IT, are interested in technology law, ethics, etc - FTT is a must-bookmark.
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"Keep your microbes away from my microbes." NewAtlas: 99% of the microbes in your body are unknown to science.
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Nextgov. Technology, War and AI. How AI will change wars. Please also see at The Guardian, Elon Musk; Killer robots have to be banned.
And Technocracy: Fully Weaponized Drones Are Here.
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Security Week: Are these U.S. Navy Ship collisions cyber attacks?
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For Safari users, BGR: Safari iOS 11 axes Google Amp links.
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Technology Review: The Myth of the Skills Gap.
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| Tim Curry as Pennywise, from the television series "It." From imagearcade.com |
C|Net: Clowns-only showing of Stephen King's theatrical film 'It' is worst idea ever.
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Do you remember this ad? BetaNews: Remembering Windows 95.
Link fixes; several times: 8/25/2017
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