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Exploding Munitions Caught On Seismometer

An anonymous reader writes: Seismometers have been deployed throughout the world. Scientists need a big web of them to gather data about earthquakes, and the network has expanded widely over the past 60 years. As it turns out, seismometers are pretty good at picking up vibrations from things that aren’t earthquakes. A team of researchers […]

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NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own Is Violated

Advocatus Diaboli sends this report from Glen Greenwald: The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the NSA under President Obama targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top aides for surveillance. In the process, the agency ended up eavesdropping on “the contents of some of their private conversations with U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups” […]

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New York Begins Public Gigabit Wi-Fi Rollout

An anonymous reader writes: Workers in New York City have begun installing the city’s first LinkNYC kiosks. The kiosks are free, public Wi-Fi access points, which are taking the spots formerly occupied by phone booths. 500 more of these hubs will be installed by mid-July, and the full network will eventually include over 7,500 of […]

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Lessig: Future Tech Will Help Privacy Catch Up With the Internet

An anonymous reader writes: In a new interview, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig shared his view of the future of privacy in this age of data breaches. “The average cost per user of a data breach is now $240 — think of businesses looking at that cost and saying, ‘What if I can find a […]

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Human Brain Still Beats Computers At Finding Messages and Meaning Within Noise

szczys writes: One thing the human brain still does a lot better than computers is to recognize patterns within noise. That’s why CAPTCHA uses distorted images to prove you’re human, and random number generators are often inspected by visual representation. There is a technology that leverages this human knack for signal processing to make us […]

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1st Circuit Injunction Re: TSA’s New Mandatory AIT Search Rule Fully Briefed

saizai writes: I just filed my reply to the TSA’s opposition to an emergency motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (PI/TRO) against the TSA’s new policy that arbitrarily mandates some people to go through electronic strip search (“AIT”). Case website here (will be kept updated). Court order expected soon, though impossible to know […]

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Paramount and CBS File Lawsuit Against Crowdfunded, Indie Star Trek Movie

An anonymous reader writes: Back in August, an Indiegogo campaign raised $566,023 to produce Axanar, a Star Trek movie in development by an independent group of fans, who also happen to be film professionals. Now, unfortunately but predictably, Paramount and CBS have filed a lawsuit in California federal court claiming their intellectual property is being […]

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SpaceX To Test Recovered First Stage, Then Put It On Display

schwit1 writes: Rather than re-fly it, Elon Musk suggested that, after some testing, SpaceX will likely put its first recovered Falcon 9 first stage on display instead. ‘”[We will] do a static fire at the launch pad there, to confirm that all systems are good and that we are able to do a full thrust […]

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Debian Founder Ian Murdock Has Died

Unknown Lamer writes: It has been confirmed that Debian founder Ian Murdock has died. From the Docker blog: “It is with great sadness that we inform you that Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night. This is a tragic loss for his family, for the Docker community, and the broader open source world; we all […]

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Twitter Bans ‘Hateful Conduct’

An anonymous reader writes: Twitter has updated their site rules to prohibit “behavior intended to harass, intimidate, or use fear to silence another user’s voice.” According to the new rules, “You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender […]

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