Thursday, July 6, 2017

World News Bits

Tech News World: Linux malware infections are growing.
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Ars Technia: CNN threat to creator of WWE-Trump-CNN Logo video.
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C/Net: Darknet 101. ("Buying drugs, guns or the hacked personal details of millions of unsuspecting people -- welcome to the darknet, where everything is off the grid.")  Yeaaahh...it's not that simple and you may end up in a Honeypot. And you don't want that.
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Argentina News: London retains title of European Tech Hub.
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Beta News: OneDrive users Pissed at Microsoft.
Microsoft has made a change to its cloud synchronization and storage service OneDrive[.]
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The change came out of the blue, with no announcement from Microsoft, meaning that anyone using a non-NTFS drive, such as an SD card, suddenly found themselves unable to use their OneDrive[.]
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International Business Times: Flushed birth control meds creating Transgender Fish.
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Courthouse News Service: Can, or will, driverless cars make moral choices?
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Sydney Morning Herald: No Sugar-Free Coca Cola at Woolworths downunder.
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YLE (Finnish Public Broadcasting): Big Meth bust in Finland.
...more than 10 kilos of methamphetamine from Lithuania [smuggled into Finland].

The seized drugs had a purity level of between 39 and 42 percent[.]
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Life In Italy82-year-old woman sets herself on fire.
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Jakarta PostPython meat...ask your grocer.
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News Asia: France ID's 100 registered gun owners on terrorist watch list.
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Courthouse News Service: DEA Seizes enough Fentanyl to kill entire state of Illinois. {Well...(ahem, cough...cough)... it is a Blue state...}
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The Scotsman: Prof warns Sex Robots could be dangerous to humanity.
...professor seeks to raise awareness of sex robots and issues grim warnings about the “dark side” of the rapidly advancing technology that could involve issues of rape and paedophilia.
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Portugal NewsGoogle fine 2.42 Billion Euros.
Google, "abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors.”
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The Independent: Jesus and Apostles no longer shown eating burgers and pizza at Last Supper.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper, with the food replaced by chips, burgers and pizzas was removed yesterday and replaced today.
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ZD Net: iOS 11 Public Beta = Suffering.
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Tech Crunch: Particle collider explained in layman terms.
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USA Debt Clock: Real time U.S. Debt Clock. (Caution: may cause depression)

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