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From BGR, just in time for Oktoberfest, Adidas markets beer and puke resistant sneakers. Really!
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MARK OF THE BEAST, ANYONE? This is not a conspiracy. This is real, this is happening. It must be stopped. From Technocracy-  Global Elites' Scheme for crypto-currency:

...crypto-hysteria is distracting you from a scary truth no one is talking about. There is every indication that governments, regulators, tax authorities, and the global elite are moving in for the crypto-kill. The future of Bitcoin may be a dystopia in which Big Brother controls what’s called “the blockchain” and decides when and how you can buy or sell anything and everything.

Furthermore, cryptocurrency technology could be the very mechanism used by global elites to replace the dollar based financial system.

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Security Week: Bashware; vulnerable Win10 feature for Windows Subsystem for Linux may transfer malware. Don't worry, Windows will release another patch.

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This is the stuff that makes Tech-files drool. BetaNews: 12 Terabyte HD, 7200 RPM disk speed. But it's pricey.
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We've all heard the term Big Data. What is it? InfoWorld tells us all we need to know.
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As long as we're talking about Big Data, attention business owners: Your analytics are all wrong. Information Week:

"Analytics are viewed as how many tools or dashboards you have, or how many reports you generate, " said Isher Kaila, CEO of management consulting firm Sapphire Nine Consulting.  "No one is anchoring that to the amount of insights you are delivering, and by extension, what those insights translate to in terms of business outcomes.

Exactly. But try and tell that to your boss.
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ZD Net: The inadequate tech protection is why Equifax was hacked.
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Here comes the MARK OF THE BEAST AGAIN. This time, it's in the form of ... the iPhone X. Geek:

The biggest reason I’m immediately turned off by the iPhone X is [the]  FaceID facial recognition technology.
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But no, Apple, the iPhone X can’t have my face.

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Speaking of Facial ID recognition, NextGov asks what will become of your facial scan, who can access it, and some very other pertinent legal questions.
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TechCrunch: "Animoji are dumb and I detest them." I could not agree more.
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NewAtlas: Change the view from your house...your revolving house.
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Gizmodo: Slash-In-A-Box.
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The designs on the arm are not a Swastika.

It is not a swastika - it's not even close - but because some say it kind of looks like one, people are all upset. ArsTechnia:

"It's come to our attention that a gauntlet [an armor item] in Destiny 2 shares elements with a hate symbol," Bungie wrote on its official Twitter channel. "We are removing it. Our deepest apologies. We renounce [sic] hate in all forms."

The item in question, which was still live on the game's official site as of press time, is a piece of arm-and-shoulder armor named "Road Complex AA1." Its lime-green color and iconography, with solid lines offset by opposite-facing letter K shapes, look quite similar to elements on a flag for a fictitious nation dubbed "Kekistan." The full flag design, which has flown at recent neo-Nazi rallies across the United States, looks very similar to a German Nazi flag. Differences include the color swap to lime green and a mix of Ks and lines instead of a swastika. (The flag also commonly includes 4chan's heart-shaped logo.)

The "flag" of a fictitious nation. "Similar" to(??), but NOT a swastika.

No one who is affiliated with a true hate group is going to incorporate into their logo or hate symbol the four 4Chan hearts. No offense to 4Chan (they are an informative site) - it's just not a design that a hate group is going to drop into their logo.

Should I, as a Christian, be offended by the above flag because of the "cross" symbol which is similar to a crucifix?

What about the military-style short buzz haircut that so many guys sport? Are they sporting a "neo-Nazi" haircut? Should we ban short, buzz-cut haircuts? The Swastika predates Nazism by thousands of years and was used as a spiritual and religious symbol.

The word ‘swastika’ is a Sanskrit word (‘svasktika’) meaning ‘It is’, ‘Well Being’, ‘Good Existence, and ‘Good Luck’.
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It is ironic, and unfortunate, that a symbol of life and eternity that was considered sacred for thousands of years has become a symbol of hatred.

The flag has four letter "K's" back to back; the "K" for Kekistan. Kekistan does not exist. It is not a real country. We, as a society, need to clearly establish and define true symbols of hate from those that kind of look like, but are not, a hate symbol. The lines have been blurred so much by the Politically Correct Police that soon, a single, solid, bold "line" drawn on a piece of cloth will be misinterpreted as a hate symbol or said to "resemble or have elements similar" to an actual hate symbol.