Send him also.. https://twitter.com/BillGates/status/817001964487774208 BTW:http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/10/apple-the-greenest-tech-company-in-the-world-greenpeace.html
@Jean,et.al.: I can't begin to tell you how toxic the semiconductor manufacturing process is. Chemicals like Chlorine Triflouride, Hydroflouric acid, toxic metals, other acids. And these must be policed -extremely- carefully, because a leak or spill has the potential to injure or kill many people. @Katzen: Sorry I derailed your thread.
Must be politics involved with that, Apple doesn't actually make anything, They only design. They hire Foxconn to make all their stuff, and Foxconn is not one of those "Green" company's http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+Chinese+Suppliers+in+Trouble+for+Environmental+Pollution/article33103.htm It's is a joke to state Apple is green
Foxconn are indeed cunning conn artists, if this what they are saying... http://time.com/4089171/mariana-mazzucato/ Why You Can Thank the Government for Your iPhone https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-06-19/who-created-the-iphone-apple-or-the-government- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/the-entrepreneurial-state-appl/ ‘The Entrepreneurial State’: Apple Didn’t Build Your iPhone; Your Taxes Did
Yahoo is being renamed to... Altaba Jan 10, 2017 Actual details: Yahoo to split and rename holding shell Altaba in Verizon takeover. Holding company will own assets like Alibaba stake while Verizon buys core Internet business. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/yahoo-verizon-altaba-1.3928741
shell games, yahoo hacked information stolen instead of being sold to Verizon , yahoo starts new company under another name , ATT bought direct tv who the hell knows who owns what any more trillions being thrown around names changing , I'm waiting for the big boom to happen when some of these company's realizes they just bought themselves I think Mexico is heading for a revolution china Iran Korea are pressing the worlds nerves lol 2017 is going to be a real good year we are getting better cell phones that we can mindlessly stare at and forget how to talk ,communicate with humans and not care about anything else , it seems the more advanced we get the be hinder we fall in human relations we have remote refrigerator's TV's washing machines , cars , fireplaces , crock pots, homes all controlled by our cell phones ! oops off topic sorry got carried away lol
@Katz yay good to know this news although myself don't want nothing from the future "Altaba" still you see the name of chinese e-comerce? Alibaba Group no remember nothing
Chrome, Safari, Opera form autofill can be easily tricked into leaking sensitive data A very simple phishing attack Jan 11, 2017 Your browser or password manager’s form autofill feature can be a big time saver, automatically entering data like your name, address, and phone number on those lengthy sign up or check out screens. But as Finnish web developer and hacker Viljami Kuosmanen points out, you might be inadvertently giving away more information than you are willing to share with a particular website. The proof-of-concept phishing attack is incredibly simple. Essentially, when browsers like Chrome and Safari autofill information into text boxes, they don’t really discriminate between visible and invisible form fields. A malicious website could be showing fields for name and email address, while hiding boxes for more sensitive data like phone number, address, and even credit card number. The malicious website can be designed to look like a legitimate service you actually use, and trick people into entering seemingly innocuous information without them noticing what was actually being sent. https://www.theguardian.com/technol...l-details-in-new-phising-attack-chrome-safari A simple demo of phishing by abusing the browser autofill feature https://github.com/anttiviljami/browser-autofill-phishing
After S&P, Moody’s also pays settlement for inflating its ratings Moody’s agreed to pay $864 million to resolve a multiyear U.S. investigation into inflating credit ratings on subprime mortgage securities that were at the center of the 2008 financial crisis. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...864-million-to-settle-subprime-ratings-claims I remind that less than a year ago, Standard & Poor’s also paid a $1.5 billion settlement for similar charges. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...woes-with-1-5-billion-penalty-with-u-s-states So much for relying on these people’s ratings for making an investment. And to think that the economies of entire countries depend on them!
Swedish ambulances will soon be able to alert vehicles of their approach by interrupting your music Jan 16, 2017 Listening to loud music in your vehicle can do more than simply cause damage to your ears. Indeed, it also immobilizes one of your five key senses and makes you somewhat oblivious to your surroundings. A perfect example of this is the presence of emergency vehicles. Failing to give the right of way to an ambulance that’s rapidly approaching from the rear or coming into an intersection can be a nuisance at best and a recipe for disaster in the worst case. Students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a solutiondesigned to alert drivers that an emergency vehicle may be heading their way. The system, which will be trialed in a limited number of emergency vehicles this quarter, is designed to give motorists additional time to react by sending out a radio transmission that’s picked up by vehicles equipped with Radio Data System (RDS). If you happen to be listening to music, regardless of whether it’s a CD, an FM radio station or via Bluetooth, you’ll receive a voice warning of an approaching emergency vehicle as well as a text description on the head unit’s display. https://www.follownews.com/swedish-...eir-approach-by-interrupting-your-music-2emq7
Airbus to demonstrate flying car by year's end Jan 17, 2017 Autonomous driving systems are on track to revolutionize how we get around town, but the harsh reality is that vehicles capable of driving themselves full-time are still many years away. Worse yet, benefits like improved efficiency due to reduced traffic congestion won’t be realized until the overwhelming majority of vehicles on the streets – or maybe even 100 percent of them – are of the autonomous nature. Others, however, like Airbus Group believe the next mobile revolution won’t happen on the ground but rather, in the sky. Airbus CEO Tom Enders during a recent speaking engagement at the Digital – Life – Design (DLD) conference in Munich noted that one hundred years ago, urban transport went underground but now we have the technological wherewithal to go above ground. To that end, Enders said his company anticipates demonstrating a single-person flying vehicle by the end of the year. Airbus’ rendering shows a craft with eight rotors that should be able to take off and land vertically. Whether or not the prototype we see later this year looks exactly like the render, however, remains to be seen. Consumer-grade flying vehicles present a number of obstacles although critically, the need to invest billions of dollars into the construction of roads and bridges isn’t one of them. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01...before-end-year-ceo-says.html?intcmp=features
Alleged backdoor discovered in WhatsApp could allow governments to read encrypted messages Some say it's a backdoor, WhatsApp calls it a "concession" Jan 13, 2017 An alleged backdoor in WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption protocol is said to have the power to allow Facebook or government agencies to listen in on unsuspecting users. WhatsApp has claimed that no one, not even Facebook staff, can access the messages of WhatsApp's more than one billion users. The alleged backdoor was discovered by University of California, Berkeley security researcher Tobias Boelter. He described it in detail to The Guardian, explaining it allows WhatsApp to intercept messages by forcing a new security key to be generated. For messages that have not been marked as delivered, WhatsApp can have messages be re-encrypted and re-sent using a new key that they know and provide. If the recipient is offline, they are not made aware of this change in encryption and the sender is only notified if they opt-in to encryption warnings. WhatsApp uses the Signal Protocol just like Open Whisper Systems' Signal Private Messenger. However, this underlying weakness is not inherent to the Signal protocol. If the key is changed in Signal, the messages will just fail to be delivered. WhatsApp instead automatically tries to resend the message with a new key without warning. Boelter said he reported this issue to Facebook back in April of 2016 but was told it was "expected behavior" and wasn't being worked on. The vulnerability has been called a "gold mine for security agencies", a "huge betrayal of trust", and a "threat to freedom of speech" by other security experts. For those that are looking for secure communication above all, the best alternative is to use a dedicated app like Signal, as recommended by NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden. https://www.theguardian.com/technol...ackdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages
@Katz I believe is one correct action but maybe all drivers can stay more scared also principaly those that use high volume I was refering to post #414
USB-Stick with 2 Terabyte Capacity JAN 4, 2017 After debuting the 1 TB Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator USB 3.0 flash drive last year, Kingston has one-upped itself with the DataTraveler Ultimate Generation Terabyte, a similar flash drive with capacity of two terabytes, using a USB 3.1 interface. It’s not small, as it measures 72mm x 27mm x 21mm (that's 2.83 inches by 1 inch by 0.83 inches), which is considerably larger than normal sticks. And it won’t be cheap either, taking into account that Amazon charges $2,730 for the 1 TB version. It will be available in February. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3154...sh-drive-puts-2-terabytes-in-your-pocket.html
Oops. I had opened a separate thread for that...just deleted it...well it's common sense that Facebook highly probable can read all the messages either way...
Danger of flashing a peace sign in a selfie.... Japanese hackers have found a way to duplicate a fingerprint from a pic of people flashing the peace sign JAN 11, 2017 If flashing a peace sign is your go-to selfie move, you might want to think about coming up with a new signature look. Turns out, your light-hearted display of goodwill to the world could be putting your personal data at risk — if you come across a truly determined hacker, anyway. According to research from a team at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII), cyber thieves can lift your fingerprints from a photo in order to access your biometrically protected data (like the info secured on your iPhone by the Touch ID system). Though it’s not easy yet, it's already technically possible. Spoiler http://mashable.com/2017/01/11/stolen-fingerprints-peace-signs/#6ZXivM4oSmql