BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Dangerous TechReplacement screens can be used to hijack your phoneverified_publisherEngadget - Saqib ShahNew study finds hidden chips in phone parts can compromise your device. A new study has shown that one of the most common fixes to a stock smartphone ailment can be used to steal your data, and compromise your device. In the newly published paper, researchers from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of …
BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Say What!Oxford University official and US professor 'killed Chicago hairstylist as part of sexual fantasy'The Telegraph - Associated PressThe fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then themselves, prosecutors told a Cook County judge on Sunday at a bond …
BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Say What!Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robotsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Samuel GibbsOpen letter signed by Tesla chief and Google’s Mustafa Suleyman urges UN to block use of lethal autonomous weapons to prevent third age of war
BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Random Good StuffTime Travel Is Possible Through the Whorfian Time WarpInverse - Eleanor CumminsIt's the next best thing to a time machine. The long-hypothesized time machine still eludes scientists, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to …
BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Say What!'Irresponsible, unprofessional': NYPD slams Trump comments urging police not to be 'too nice' to suspectsverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Michelle MarkOne day after President Donald Trump drew cheers and applause from a crowd of police officers by urging them not to be "too nice" to suspected criminals, the commissioner of the New York Police Department denounced Trump's comments as sending "the wrong message." "The NYPD's training and policies …
BayKingSodaSotoflipped into Thats So WeirdWhat made 17th-century England so unbearable that thousands risked the voyage to America?The Telegraph - Tim Smith-LaingTim Smith-Laing reviews Emigrants: Why the English Sailed to the New World by James Evans With all the political focus on immigration to these shores, it is easy to forget that anyone ever leaves Britain. But they do. Last year the Office for National Statistics recorded the emigration of 128,000 …