Olympics hack, Twitter stacks and AI conversation hearts + this day in history w/European Vega rocket launch and our song of the day by Wye Oak on your Morning Monarchy for February 13, 2018.
Notes/Links:
The coolest tech innovations you’ll see at South Korea’s 2018 Winter #Olympics 🍞🎪
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/962909067344625664
Cybersecurity researchers say #Olympics hacker aimed to embarrass // #PyeongChang2018 Organizers Won’t Tell Who Hacked the Winter Olympics
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963268228981010432
Winter #Olympics Website Hacked During Opening Ceremony (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963290475456163840
FBI Establishes Task Force to Target Alternative Media
https://twitter.com/NewsBud_/status/961303098051280897
Once labelled ‘the scandal that wouldn’t die,’ the #PROMIS affair centered around the DOJ’s theft of controversial software and far-reaching fallout which included everything from fraud and covert surveillance to Danny Casolaro’s mysterious death
https://twitter.com/MuckRock/status/961340619707777025
911 fees paid by phone customers “stolen” by states to fill budget gaps ☎️💸
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963239601291718657
General Dynamics to Buy CSRA in Potential $9.6B Deal 👾
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963182577401016320
Twitter makes money for first time ever, but problems remain
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/961800282836553728
Twitter Stock Soars After Posting First Real Profit (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963291594668437504
Twitter posts a profit for the first time
https://twitter.com/adage/status/963189781348929542
Botched ICO leaks users’ passport data, calls police on guy who found the bug
https://twitter.com/AphixJS/status/962747338325454849
Yoti: Your passport and licence in an app
https://twitter.com/getyoti/status/958012041297580033
Purdue startup progresses image recognition
https://twitter.com/RachelDTobias/status/963121672915247108
SpaceX Landed the Falcon Heavy’s Two Boosters, But Its Core Clipped Its Drone Ship at 300 MPH
https://twitter.com/TccBacker44/status/961408310607007744
Elon Musk describing Core failure (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963292650051796992
Newly-discovered asteroid just days away from Earth
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/961793199802023937
Man Who Traveled to Watch Historic SpaceX Launch Found Dead in Motel
https://twitter.com/swaggerprance/status/962717730750177280
John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/961677709108830208
Activist and @EFF co-founder #JohnPerryBarlow has died at 71
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/961393676281839616
William Blum: “Fake News” Is Fake News
https://twitter.com/21WIRE/status/962063990904860672
German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/963125072595734530
Unilever threatens to cut back online ads over ‘toxic’ content
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/963124632659349505
These AI-generated candy heart messages are super weird
https://twitter.com/g3rd3r/status/962569566353149953
The next trend in driverless cars – the motherless stroller! Now you can ignore your kid in style, before they are old enough to hold their own babysitting fondle slab!
https://twitter.com/jessejamesorwel/status/962318183742038016
#Smartbe intelligent stroller on Indiegogo now! (Jan. 22, 2016) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963293584811175936
#ThisDayInHistory: #February13 w/The European Space Agency (@ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in #Kourou, French Guiana in 2012 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963476289351897088
+ #Galileo trial, @ASCAP formed, #FrankSinatra unveils @RepriseRecords, ‘#BlackSabbath’/’#FramptonComesAlive’ released, #MarvinGaye sang at #NBAAllStar , #KimJongNam assassinated
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963477049280159745
Flashback: Ron Paul Calls for March on Washington dc (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/ron-paul-calls-for-march-on-washington/
Flashback: Critics Attack Sonic Youth Blaster (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/critics-attack-sonic-youth-blaster/
Flashback: The Man Who Says he’s JFK’s Son (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/man-who-says-hes-jfks-son/
Flashback: West Virginia Bill Turns Traffic Cameras Into Spy Cameras (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/west-virginia-bill-turns-traffic/
Flashback: Los Alamos – Nuke Violations & Classified Info Breaches (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/los-alamos-nuke-violations-classified/
Flashback: Q: What Do The 9/11 & Nazi Trials Have in Common?
a: they’re both connected to the bush crime family (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/q-what-do-911-nazi-trials-have-in/
Flashback: Spy Cams Go Live in the District of Criminals (Feb. 13, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/02/spy-cams-go-live-in-district-of/
+ #TennesseeErnieFord, #ChuckYeager, #KimNovak, #PeterTork, #PeterGabriel, #PeterHook, @cevinKey, #HenryRollins, #RandyMoss birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963477768565547008
#PumpUpThaVolume: Wye Oak – “The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/963283354119421952