Tag: smart grid
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Bibi Bribery, Oxfam Abuse, Dumb Grid (Audio)
This week on the New World Next Week: Israeli police recommend charging Netanyahu for bribery scandal; Oxfam feels the heat over sex-for-aid scandal; and your smart TV is a privacy dumpster fire.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Your “Smart” TV Is a Privacy Dumpster Fire (Video)
This week on the New World Next Week: Israeli police recommend charging Netanyahu for bribery scandal; Oxfam feels the heat over sex-for-aid scandal; and your smart TV is a privacy dumpster fire.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Why Is The US Air Force Collecting Russian DNA? (Video)
This week on the New World Next Week: the Saudi-China Aramco deal takes on greater significance in the wake of the Saudi purge; the US Air Force is collecting Russian RNA “for science”; and the Paradise Papers shine another light on tax havens.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Saudi Purge, Collecting DNA, Paradise Papers (Audio)
This week on the New World Next Week: the Saudi-China Aramco deal takes on greater significance in the wake of the Saudi purge; the US Air Force is collecting Russian RNA “for science”; and the Paradise Papers shine another light on tax havens.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 3, 2017
Backtrack attack, ‘Hoaxy’ and the Quadrantid shower + this day in history w/Jack Ruby dies and our song of the day by Headwave on your Morning Monarchy for January 3, 2017.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Honey Onions, Dumb Bulb, 3D Finger (Audio)
Tor nodes found spying on users; spying smart bulbs can be hacked; and police 3D print a dead man’s finger to unlock his fondleslab.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Police 3D Print Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock His Phone (Video)
Tor nodes found spying on users; spying smart bulbs can be hacked; and police 3D print a dead man’s finger to unlock his fondleslab.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Secret New Police Software Determines Your “Threat Score” (Video)
This week on New World Next Week the marriage between technology and the intelligence community grows with Emotient, Beware and Palantir all vying to download you.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Apple Gets Emotient-al, Beware Your Threat Score, CIA’s Crystal Ball (Audio)
This week on New World Next Week the marriage between technology and the intelligence community grows with Emotient, Beware and Palantir all vying to download you.
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Singapore Plans To Be World’s First ‘Smart Nation’
from cnet.com: The city-state unveils plans for sensors that can help manage traffic congestion, detect air pollutants, and even remind you to take your trash out. A new plan that aims to turn Singapore into the world’s first “Smart Nation” was unveiled by the island state’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) at the opening of the…
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Comcast Converting 50,000 Houston Home Routers Into Public WiFi Hotspots (Without Users Consent)
from slashdot.com: As a Houston resident with limited home broadband options, I found the following interesting: Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle reports (warning: paywalled) that Comcast plans to turn 50,000 home routers into public Wi-Fi hotspots without their users providing consent. Comcast plans to eventually convert 150,000 home routers into a city-wide WiFi network.…
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#Samsung Says Smart Society Will Replace ‘Analogue Britain’
from techweekeurope.co.uk: Samsung says its products will help the UK move from a digital to a ‘smart society’, claiming the public want connected technology that will make work and home life more efficient. The Korean manufacturer, along with the Big Innovation Centre think tank, has published research suggesting that two thirds of Brits believe the UK is…
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Apple’s Next Big Move: iPhone-controlled ‘Smart Homes’
from asia.nikkei.com: Apple has thrown its hat into the ring in smart homes, detailing plans to launch a service for remote control of appliances this autumn by tying up with electronics manufacturers. The move by the company behind the iPhone is expected to add momentum to an emerging field that already includes Google and Microsoft.…
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Nest ‘Smart Meter’ Now Available on Google Play
from mobilesyrup.com: Google’s purchase of Nest has quickly borne fruit, at least in the distribution department, as the company made the Nest Learning Thermostat available to purchase for $249 CDN on the Play Store. Google spent $3.2 billion to purchase Nest earlier this year, and though the collaboration has yet to spawn any new products,…
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Why @Google paid $3.2B for @Nest, a thermostat company
from computerworld.com: Google is moving into your home. On Monday, the Internet company said it was acquiring Nest, a maker of smart smoke alarms and thermostats, in a move that gives Google a strong foothold in a hot new market known as the “connected home.” The idea behind the connected home is to connect heating…