Nothing can stop the Nibiru people except for all the other Nibiru people
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nice catch.
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I’ve seen “clorox-flavored” as a description of some fluid before. I wonder if that is what is causing this particular google response. Actually it seems more likely that google just treats “scented” and “flavored” as synonyms.
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Complexity has broken computer security, says academic who helped spot Meltdown and Spectre flaws
Complexity has broken cybersecurity, but a reappraisal of computer science can keep us safe.
So says Daniel Gruss, assistant professor in the Secure Systems group at Austria’s Graz University of Technology. Gruss and his colleagues discovered some of the biggest recent security snafus, including the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor design flaws, a working Rowhammer exploit, attacks on Intel SGX including Plundervolt, and many more besides.
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Rise of the Machines The British Army has reportedly developed AI-equipped killer drones armed with twin-linked shotguns designed for blasting enemies of the Queen hiding inside buildings.
As if that wasn’t terrifying enough, the Army is already looking at strapping a chain gun or rocket launcher to its i9 drone instead of the shotguns, according to The Times .
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It’s 2020, so let’s just go ahead and let Amazon have everyone’s handprints so it can process payments
Amazon is testing out a system that can identify shoppers from their handprints so that they can be later charged for stuff.
The internet giant this week described ways in which this technology, dubbed Amazon One, can and will be used.
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Singapore Airlines […] has announced it will run one of its Airbus A380s as a restaurant for a weekend.
Dubbed Restaurant A380 @Changi, the service will offer diners the chance to pay for a seat in their preferred class and show up to score a feed, two glasses of booze, unlimited soft drinks and even the chance to watch an in-flight flick. Pricing is yet to be revealed.
Singapore airlines will also home-deliver its cuisine, thankfully prepared by the crew responsible for Business and First-Class meals, in an “all-inclusive package, which comes with the exquisite tableware and luxurious amenities available exclusively on board our flights”.
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Converted out of a 1980s electric train that was displaced from the unloved Bedpan line’s* rolling stock, the Hydroflex train ignores its 25kV overhead electrical wire pickup in favour of an onboard hydrogen fuel cell and battery pack, as owners Porterbrook explained on their website.
The proof-of-concept train has now been driven at speeds of “up to 50mph” around Warwickshire, according to the BBC.
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I love my electricity company’s app – but the FBI says the nuclear industry bribed politicians $60m to kill it
TL;DR: Ohio.
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The deputy chief executive of Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency, Brigadier General Gaurav Keerthi, says the island nation now considers providing a secure environment to citizens and businesses the equivalent of providing fresh water and sewerage services, and will next week improve digital hygiene with a voluntary “Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme” that will rate consumer broadband gateways.
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Ring glitch results in global ding dong ditch: Doorbell bling flings out random pings but they’re not the real thing
Amazon-owned smart home appliance maker Ring has won the world record for biggest game of “ding dong ditch” after a software glitch broadcast erroneous doorbell chimes to countless users yesterday.
The Timely Information Transmission Suffered Unpredictable Ping-time (TITSUP) led some to believe that Ring’s systems were being targeted deliberately by a malicious third party.
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Hm. They might be able to cut the power company out of the loop with a little DIY.
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