Tag: social networks
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: LA Times Punked, Cops Can’t, Football Farms (Audio)
The LA Times’ must’ve been high to get punked by the Yes Men; Federal court affirms the Supreme’s decision on a warrant to look at your phone; and a Chicago college converts its football field into something useful.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Court Says Cops Can’t Look At Your Phone (Video)
The LA Times’ must’ve been high to get punked by the Yes Men; Federal court affirms the Supreme’s decision on a warrant to look at your phone; and a Chicago college converts its football field into something useful.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: China Launches Yuan Gold Fix (Video)
China makes another new major move during the new gold rush; Between the lawsuit, the oil and the 28 pages – there’s another new window of opportunity for some 9/11+15 truth; and another new poll shows the dinosaur media continues to go extinct.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Chinese Gold, Saudi Pressure, Media (Mis)Trust (Audio)
China makes another new major move during the new gold rush; Between the lawsuit, the oil and the 28 pages – there’s another new window of opportunity for some 9/11+15 truth; and another new poll shows the dinosaur media continues to go extinct.
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#Google Just Made It Really Easy for Strangers to Email Me
from theverge.com: You no longer need someone’s email address to send them an email. At least, that will soon be the case if you want to email another Google+ user. A new Gmail “feature” will let you simply type in anyone’s name into Gmail’s “to” field and send them an email. Google announced the new…
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Snapchat Reportedly Rebuffs $3 Billion Offer From Facebook
from news.cnet.com: Facebook made Snapchat, maker of an app for exchanging ephemeral messages, an offer of lasting value: $3 billion in cash, according to The Wall Street Journal. Snapchat, true to its form, discarded the deal just as it does the 350 million messages it handles every day. The rebuffed offer, more than three times…
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Monsanto Declares a Sneaky Social Media War Against Protesters
from ActivistPost.com: One of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of the grass roots food freedom fight is social media. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and many more networks allow people to instantly connect and provide a platform for information to be passed on exponentially. Facebook and Google are the two biggest websites in the…
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#DataDump: Inception, Recognition, Space Sugar and more
Researchers Hack Brainwaves to Reveal PIN Numbers, Personal Data* Inception helmet creates alternative reality* Twitter Fights Back to Protect ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protestor* Russia’s Former Spooks Invest In Social Networking Propaganda Bots* FBI to Share Facial Recognition Software with States* Dotcom’s Frozen Funds Partially Thawed by New Zealand Court* Wiper Malware That Hit Iran Left…
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Crowd-Sourcing Brain Research Leads to Breakthrough
from nytimes.com: In the largest collaborative study of the brain to date, scientists using imaging technology at more than 100 centers worldwide have for the first time zeroed in on genes that they agree play a role in intelligence and memory. Scientists working to understand the biology of brain function — and especially those using…
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SXSW Chronicles: ‘Food Porn’ Goes Digital
In a foodie town like Austin where food truck masters rival BBQ venues, it would be a missed opportunity if SXSWi didn’t place a spotlight on a national obsession: the digital sharing of food.
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2/9 DefCon: FBI, LSD, IPO, CAPTCHA, SCADA & More
FBI releases Steve Jobs file, Notes Use of LSD, Dishonesty // WikiLeaks suspect Manning to be arraigned this month // Google Begins Security Review Process for Android Apps // Facebook crashes day after IPO bonanza: Social network under fire from 850 million users who want share of IPO
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2/9 Pop Occulture: Contraceptive, Content, Crowned King
Contraception controversy consumes D.C., campaign // Google, Facebook pull content Indian courts say offensive // St. Cloud AK-47 attacker loved Satan // Abel Ferrara’s new film ‘4:44 Last Day on Earth’
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1/12 Defcon: Wired #Riot, CyberID & More
Terror groups recruiting with social media // Flashback satire?: CIA ‘Facebook’ cuts agency’s costs // Obama to hand cyberID to commerce dept. // NYTimes spams entire email list, tries coverup, then apologizes // How Santorum is making his ‘Google problem’ worse // Audio satire: Mischievous raccoon wreaks havoc on International Space Station
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11/17 defcon: shall we play a game?
US general: we’re cleared to cyber-bomb enemy hackers* senate to debate cyber legislation in 2012* what is the ‘sopa’ bill & why is it causing such a ruckus?* websense predicts an explosive 2012 for cyber crime* diaspora co-founder ilya zhitomirskiy passes away at 22* idf, mossad & shin bet back online after day of computer…
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nypd forms new social media unit to mine for mayhem
from national terror alert: The NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in charge of the new juvenile justice unit. He and his…