Category: Computer Security Social

Bitcoin Developer Says the Online Currency ‘Has Failed’

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Bitcoin developer has stepped away from the online currency. Mike Hearn, a developer for the online currency for five years, said >>>

Posted: January 17, 2016 in Computer, Security, Social

Why Engineers Can’t Stop Los Angeles’ Enormous Methane Leak | Motherboard

A river of harmful gas is spewing into the air around Los Angeles, and won’t be stopping any time soon. Source: Why Engineers Can’t Stop >>>

Posted: December 27, 2015 in Editorial, Energy, Environmental, Fossil Fuels, Social

Theresa May wants to see your internet history, so we thought it was only fair to ask for hers | UK Politics | News | The Independent

The Home Office has refused to make Theresa May’s internet browsing history public under freedom of information rules, arguing that a request to do so >>>

Posted: December 27, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security, Social

Juniper Backdoor Picture Getting Clearer | Threatpost | The first stop for security news

Experts digging into the Juniper backdoor have determined attackers have subverted a NSA backdoor in the Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm used in NetScreen firewalls. Source: Juniper Backdoor >>>

Posted: December 22, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security, Social, Software

Inequality: Richest one per cent ‘have as much wealth as the poorest 57 per cent combined’

The economic disparities of modern Britain have been put on stark display, as official statistics revealed that the nation’s already-yawning wealth gap has widened still >>>

Posted: December 19, 2015 in Social

Jim Webb: ‘The DNC Is Nothing More Than An Arm For The Clinton Campaign’ | The Daily Caller

Sanders has threatened to sue DNC Source: Jim Webb: ‘The DNC Is Nothing More Than An Arm For The Clinton Campaign’ | The Daily Caller

Posted: December 18, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

How the DNC Just Sabotaged Bernie Sanders’ Campaign in One Devastating Move

The DNC’s move will cripple Sanders’ campaign unless it’s reversed. Source: How the DNC Just Sabotaged Bernie Sanders’ Campaign in One Devastating Move

Posted: December 18, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Bernie Sanders Interview ‘Cancelled Because Monsanto Was Threatening to Sue’ | Natural Society

Bernie Sanders reportedly attests that a scheduled interview with CBS on agriculture was cancelled because Monsanto threatened to sue the network. Source: Bernie Sanders Interview >>>

Posted: December 13, 2015 in Editorial, Environmental, Social

HSBC whistleblower given five years’ jail over biggest leak in banking history | News | The Guardian

Hervé Falciani sentenced in his absence for financial espionage by federal court for exposing wrongdoing at HSBC’s private Swiss bank Source: HSBC whistleblower given five >>>

Posted: November 27, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Radiation Sensors in Major U.S. Cities Turned Off By EPA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60X_vwkoKw Environmental Protection Agency officials confirmed 99 of 135 beta-radiation sensors in its RadNet system—which monitors in all 50 states, the District of >>>

Posted: October 23, 2015 in Environmental, Reference, Social