Hong Kong Hong Kong Protesters Are Worried About Facial Recognition Technology. But There Are Many Other Ways They're Being Watched.buzzfeednews.com - Rosalind Adams “We don’t know what this government can do. We don’t know what these police can do." HONG KONG — Beneath the neon lights of Causeway Bay’s shopping …
Radiation In Russia, After the Radiation Came the RumorsThe New York TimesThe Northern Dvina River in the city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. A man fished despite warnings against eating any catch. Berries, mushrooms and milk from local cows are also considered potentially risky. cannot
Hong Kong Hong Kong's divide: Protests for democracy, rally for ChinaAssociated Press - By YANAN WANG and KELVIN CHAN, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters marched on one side of Hong Kong's famous harbor on Saturday to demand the government heed their demands. Across the water, a pro-government rally called for end
World News What a mysterious explosion tells us about Russia's 'doomsday weapon'CNN - By Nick Paton Walsh and Nathan Hodge, CNNLondon and Moscow (CNN) — An explosion. An abruptly-canceled village evacuation. Five dead nuclear experts. And a few traces of radioactive iodine in the air over the northern Norwegian coastline. These
For Men This Guy Changed Up His Diet and Workout Routine and Got RippedMen's Health - By Stacey Leasca Unhealthy eating habits in his thirties caught up to Glenn Almond-Smith, leaving him with a "skinny-fat" body type. After hiring a personal trainer, Almond-Smith also revamped his diet and exercise
Technology (Australia) Australian Signals Directorate launches open source data visualisation toolZDNet - Asha Barbaschow ASD touts Constellation as a data analysis application enabling data access, federation, and manipulation activities across large and complex …
Microsoft Microsoft Confirms Your Cortana and Skype Recordings Aren't Private Either, Surprising No OneGizmodo - Alyse Stanley At this point, if you don’t want strangers to listen to recordings from your devices, it’s looking like you may just have to go off the grid. On …
Chernobyl Russia's mysterious 'new' nuclear weapon a 'flying Chernobyl'smh.com.au - Gregg Herken "Project Pluto" was part of a Pentagon program known as Supersonic Low Altitude Missile, a clunky name almost certainly designed to yield its …
Vladimir PutinPutin’s pesky millennials Sociologist Olga Zeveleva explains what makes today's protesters in Moscow something new for Russiameduza.io “I am 20 years old, and in my entire life there has not been a single day of freedom,” a young woman proclaimed before TV cameras at a protest in …
Environment Sydney's water supply falling at fastest rate on record due to droughtReuters - By Mell ChunSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's biggest city Sydney is running down its water supply at the fastest rate on record with dams expected to fall below half maximum capacity due to the worst drought on record,
Beijing Beijing is moving to stamp out the Hong Kong protests – but it may have already lost the city for goodtheconversation.com - Adam Ni Since the start of mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in early June, there has been a significant escalation of Beijing’s rhetoric and tactics. Instead …
South China Sea Hong Kong protests highlight how China rejects international rule of lawabc.net.au - By John Garrick What's happening in Hong Kong right now has a direct bearing on Australia. It goes to an issue crucial to our position in a world economic order that …
Play buttonCambridge Analytica A ‘big data’ firm sells Cambridge Analytica’s methods to global politicians, documents showQuartz - Olivia GoldhillCambridge Analytica, the most notorious practitioner of psychological profiling, has closed shop. Their methods aren’t about to die out so easily. A pitch deck from IDEIA Big Data, an international political
Data Breaches New Data Breach Has Exposed Millions Of Fingerprint And Facial Recognition Records: ReportForbes - Zak DoffmanIt has been coming for some time, but now the major breach of a biometric database has actually been reported—facial recognition records, fingerprints, log data and personal information has all been found
Kettlebell Exercises This is the most effective piece of at-home exercise kit you can buyHarper's BAZAAR - By Alice Head"If I was going to purchase a single piece of equipment to train with at home, it would be a kettlebell," says Harry Jameson (@harryjamesonpt), resident trainer at The Rosewood Hotel, London. "It’s a full-body
Cruise Missile The staggering power of Russia's new top-secret nuclear rocketWired UK - Will Bedingfield Russia's facing another potential nuclear crisis. Following last week's explosion at the military base in Nyonoksa, in north-west Russia, residents …
World News Russia honours 'national heroes' killed in mysterious nuclear rocket blastThe Guardian - ReutersRussia has bestowed posthumous awards and praised as “national heroes” five nuclear scientists who died in a mysterious explosion at sea during a rocket engine test. Officials have been drip-feeding information
Chinese Communist Party Hong Kong Shows the Flaws in China’s Zero-Sum WorldviewThe Atlantic - Michael SchumanBeijing’s growing power is limited by its narrow decision making and approach to negotiations. At first glance, the intensifying protests in Hong Kong would appear to have little in common with Beijing’s
Mobile Technology Russia warns Google against election 'interference'CNN - By Hadas Gold, CNN BusinessLondon (CNN Business) — Google has been warned by Russia's state communications regulator to stop "advertising" protests on YouTube ahead of local elections in Moscow. The watchdog, called Roskomnadzor,
Autos Evidence Grows That Russia's Nuclear-Powered Doomsday Missile Was What Blew Up Last Week (Updated)The Drive - By Joseph Trevithick Seven personnel from a major nuclear weapons research laboratory died in the mysterious incident at a test site in northwestern Russia. Rumors and …
Play buttonPolicing Sydney stabbing: what we know so far about the CBD knife attack Australia News - Guardian staff• A 21-year-old woman has been found dead and another 41-year-old woman taken to hospital with stab wounds after a man ran through streets in Sydney’s city centre wielding a large knife. • At about 2pm
Moscow Putin risks losing MoscowAl Jazeera - Leonid RagozinRussia's revitalised pro-democracy movement is increasingly gaining ground in the Russian capital. On August 10, opposition supporters held a mass protests in the Russian capital, Moscow, for the fifth
World News University of Technology Sydney staff refuse China's demand for passport numbersThe Guardian - Ben DohertyAcademics at the University of Technology Sydney have refused a demand from the Chinese Ministry of Education for their passport numbers and dates of birth, in order to be able to continue to teach a Chinese-Australian
World News Russia Says Small Nuclear Reactor Blew Up in Deadly AccidentTIME - Jake Rudnitsky and Stepan Kravchenko / BloombergThe failed missile test that ended in an explosion killing five scientists last week on Russia’s White Sea involved a small nuclear reactor, according to a top official at the institute where they worked.
Play buttonVladimir Putin Putin began by embracing the west. Now, he wants revengeThe Guardian - Angus RoxburghIf the west can invade Iraq with impunity – so Putin reasons – then Russia can help out its mate in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad When Boris Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin prime minister on 9 August
News U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 RussiansThe New York Times - By DAVID E. SANGER and ANDREW E. KRAMERAmerican intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled
Russia Russia, after protests, tells Google not to advertise "illegal" eventsReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s state communications watchdog has asked Google (GOOGL.O) to stop advertising “illegal mass events” on its YouTube video platform, it said on Sunday. Tens of thousands of Russians
World News Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly BlastThe New York Times - By ANDREW E. KRAMERMOSCOW — A mystery explosion at a Russian weapons testing range involved radioactive materials, the authorities admitted on Saturday, as the blast’s admitted death toll rose and signs of a creeping radiation
Costumes More than 80,000 runners brave the cold at Sydney's City2Surf9news.com.au The 49th annual City2Surf fun run from Hyde Park to Bondi Beach has seen more than 80,000 people compete in the sold-out event. More than 80,000 …
Australian News Australia 'squeezed by two giants' | Sky News AustraliaSky News Australia The Australian Editor-at-large Paul Kelly has warned the US-China trade war will continue to have significant implications for Australia. The trade …
