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“The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie” — Mark Twain
Tomorrow’s jobs aren’t about #STEM. That won’t future proof anybody. Darwin didn’t say the strongest survived, but the most ADAPTABLE! ~ Karen Ellis
Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Application to U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine
David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82
He concluded that no weapons of mass destruction existed in Iraq and that intelligence agencies had badly misjudged the available evidence
David A. Kay, the weapons proliferation expert who led a CIA-run operation in 2003 that concluded former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein had built no weapons of mass destruction, sharply undermining the chief justification for the U.S.-led invasion earlier that year, died Aug. 13 at his home in Ocean View, Del. He was 82.
White House launches new war on secrecy
The National Security Council has initiated a behind-the-scenes effort to rein in the classification system. But that means digging in for an overdue brawl with spy agencies.
The success of democracy in #Ukraine is fundamental not only to Ukrainians, but has important implications for the future of #Russia, and even #China.
For more expert insight, re-listen to @AVindman’s episode on #WorldClassPodcast with @McFaul #StandWithUkraine
Republicans Say They’ll Go After Labor Movement If They Take Control of House
House Republicans are planning to launch a barrage of attacks on government institutions that administer to and support labor unions if the party takes control of the House this fall, new reporting reveals, showing that the GOP likely feels threatened by the growing labor movement that’s taken hold across the country in recent years.
How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts
How Long Will You Live? It Could Depend on Your State
Life expectancy is highest in Hawaii, lowest in Mississippi
Covid, drug overdoses hit every state; New York sees big drop
Low life expectancy in the US South has been linked to poverty and physical inactivity.
People living in western and northeastern states tend to have longer lives, according to the report. Washington state, which placed second to Hawaii with a life expectancy of 79.2 years, was the US’s most healthy in a recent ranking that looked at factors including rates of obesity, smoking, exercise frequency and binge drinking.
Buying Authenticity: Inside the World of the Paid Crypto Shills
Researchers devise iPhone malware that runs even when device is turned off
Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 13 in India India and countries such as Mexico and Vietnam are becoming increasingly important to contract manufacturers supplying American brands as they try to diversify production away from China.
Ad-tech firms grab email addresses from forms before they’re even submitted
Tracking, marketing, and analytics firms have been exfiltrating the email addresses of internet users from web forms prior to submission and without user consent, according to security researchers.
Some of these firms are said to have also inadvertently grabbed passwords from these forms.
Bluetooth hack can unlock your Tesla—and all kinds of other devices
Now, a researcher has devised a hack that allows him to unlock millions of Teslas—and countless other devices—even when the authenticating phone or key fob is hundreds of yards or miles away. The hack, which exploits weaknesses in the Bluetooth Low Energy standard adhered to by thousands of device makers, can be used to unlock doors, open and operate vehicles, and gain unauthorized access to a host of laptops and other security-sensitive devices.
DOJ pledges not to charge security researchers with hacking crimes
The US Department of Justice says it won’t subject “good-faith security research” to charges under anti-hacking laws, acknowledging long-standing concerns around the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Prosecutors must also avoid charging people for simply violating a website’s terms of service — including minor rule-breaking like embellishing a dating profile — or using a work-related computer for personal tasks.
There Are Three Separate Cases in Federal Court Accusing JPMorgan Chase of aCulture of Fraud. JPMorgan Chase is the largest federally-insured bank in the United States. It is also one of the largest trading houses on Wall Street. That’s the Faustian bargain the Clinton administration entered into with Wall Street when it repealed the Glass-Steagall […]
The Fed’s Inspector General Clears Jerome Powell of Wrongdoing in the Trading Scandal, One Day After Five Senators Accuse Him of Hampering the Investigation
“Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook… is reallocating resources from its Facebook News tab and newsletter platform Bulletin, as the company focuses more on the creator economy, senior executive Campbell Brown told employees in a memo.” Gosh, this couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that Facebook is being increasingly forced to share ad revenue with publishers, could it?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-shifts-resources-from-news-tab-and-bulletin-to-focus-on-creator-economy-11658250433?st=78zppfu5is8kesk
“Facebook has started to use a different URL scheme for site links to combat URL stripping technologies that browsers such as Firefox or Brave use to improve privacy and prevent user tracking.” Facebook claims it’s fighting against scrapers. I don’t find that particularly credible.
Facebook Internal Memo on Rivals Undercuts Antitrust Defense. “Facebook’s parent company insists that its social-networking and messaging services have dozens of outside rivals, but an internal memo reveals that Meta Platforms Inc.’s top executives were more worried about the threat posed by its own products…. It outlines ways to prevent Instagram and WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2012 and 2014 respectively, from cannibalizing Facebook’s trajectory.”
https://www.yahoo.com/video/facebook-memo-unearthed-congress-undercuts-140000888.html
Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups. “IRANIAN WOMEN’S RIGHTS groups have for months faced a deluge of bots following their Instagram accounts and disrupting their digital outreach operations. Activists say that while they have repeatedly asked Meta, Instagram’s parent company, to stymie the flood of junk followers, more keep coming, totaling in the millions across dozens of organizations operating in Iran and elsewhere around the world.”
https://www.wired.com/story/iran-women-groups-instagram-bot-battle/
Ars Technica: Facebook users’ lawsuit forces Mark Zuckerberg to give 6-hour deposition. “In 2018, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for a Senate hearing following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, his most frequent response to questions was some iteration of the evasive phrase ‘my team will get back to you.’ Four years later, plaintiffs in a subsequent California class action lawsuit claim that Meta’s team of designees on various topics have been just as unprepared to answer questions as Zuckerberg was before the Senate.”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/facebook-users-lawsuit-forces-mark-zuckerberg-to-give-six-hour-deposition/
Another company called Meta says Facebook rebrand ‘obliterated’ its business. “Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been sued for trademark infringement by MetaX LLC, a company that says it does business publicly as Meta and had been operating in the virtual and augmented reality technology space for years before Mark Zuckerberg announced his company’s rebranding.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/tech/meta-trademark-lawsuit/index.html
A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises. “EARLIER THIS YEAR, Meta and its largest content moderation partner in Africa, Sama, were accused of union busting, forced labor, and human trafficking. The lawsuit claims that ‘misleading job ads’ lured potential employees from across Africa who, once realizing the true nature of the work, often had no means to get home. And when content moderator Daniel Motaung attempted to organize his colleagues for better working conditions and pay, Sama fired him.”
https://www.wired.com/story/social-enterprise-technology-africa/