Images of a possible Russian mobile, high-power laser weapon system have appeared on social media. Leaked images shared on social media this morning are currently stoking speculation about a possible new Russian high energy laser directed energy weapon system designed to destroy hostile targets with ranges of up to 5 kilometers. Multiple news outlets report that new laser gun systems based on BAZ chassis and was spotted at NPO Advent’s facility in St. Petersburg. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Supposedly, the new weapon system is designed for detecting, tracking, hitting air targets and incinerating enemy drones at a distance […]
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Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship December 12, 2020 Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship2020-12-122020-12-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/yotube.png200px200px YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election was fraudulent. YouTube’s official statement on its decision to do this is very revealing, not so much for what it says as for what it does not say. At no point does the video publishing platform attempt to argue that it is removing these videos because they jeopardize anyone’s health or safety, as it did when it began deleting videos deemed to be spreading misinformation about […]
Pai’s Destroying Internet Adoption, Not Just Net Neutrality By Matt Wood, Free Press. November 3, 2020 Pai’s Destroying Internet Adoption, Not Just Net Neutrality2020-11-032020-11-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/pai_0.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Ajit Pai. Gage Skidmore/Flickr. Washington, DC (October 29, 2020) – During Tuesday’s FCC open meeting, I was tweeting about the failures and falsehoods in the agency’s latest open-internet vote — a decision that involves so much more than just Net Neutrality rules, and that’s all about the Trump FCC’s unlawful abdication of its responsibility for broadband policy. The agency just released the final order, so this explainer recaps that Twitter thread and the Free Press […]
Trump FCC Turned The Internet Into A ‘Wild West’ For The Telecoms By Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. November 2, 2020 Trump FCC Turned The Internet Into A ‘Wild West’ For The Telecoms2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/telecom.jpg200px200px Five years ago, the movement for internet freedom won an important victory when the Federal Communications Commission reclassified the internet as a common carrier, making it like a utility that everyone should have equal access to without discrimination. That was quickly reversed in 2017 under the new chair of the FCC, Ajit Pai, a former Verizon lawyer, who deregulated the internet giving the government no authority to oversee […]
West Ham United staged an incredible comeback to claim a dramatic draw against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, with a spectacular long-range strike from Manuel Lanzini as the Hammers came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3. Tottenham, featuring loan signing Gareth Bale in their squad for the first time, appeared to be cruising to all three points after they raced into a 3-0 lead thanks to two goals from Harry Kane and one from Son Heung-Min. And the Lilywhites appeared to be out of sight as the match moved into its final 10 minutes with West Ham failing to trouble the […]
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign media director Zerlina Maxwell was ridiculed online for seemingly mixing metaphors, and trying to present conservative Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s face mask as a “dystopian” symbol. Maxwell, now an MSNBC contributor, tweeted a picture on Tuesday of Amy Coney Barrett wearing a medical mask at her Senate confirmation hearing on Monday. The commentator also added two screen grabs from the TV show ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, set in an oppressive Christian fundamentalist version of the US. The images featured two titular handmaids wearing leather-looking masks, intended by the story’s oppressors to prevent the female characters from […]
This is a preview of Right Richter, our newsletter about the extreme right wing. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox, sign up for it here. It’s hard to stress how much effort the pro-Trump media has devoted over the last year-and-half to John Durham. The top federal prosecutor in Connecticut with a bushy, meme-ready goatee, Durham was appointed by Bill Barr in May 2019 to investigate the origins of the 2016 Russia probe. Or, in other words, to try to make something of what the president hears every night on Sean Hannity’s show. Durham’s much-awaited report was supposed to […]
Samara Mayhub, a Syrian postgraduate student at Samara University, has won a Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant to develop special software systems to detect Internet network anomalies, including preventing hacker attacks, the university press service said. Samara Mayhub is going to deal with the problem of insufficient Internet network bandwidth, which is especially important for those who have switched to remote work and study due to the coronavirus pandemic. Data set delays have become especially noticeable in video conferences, when the picture on the screen, as well as the speaker’s sound, is distorted. The Samara National Research University postgraduate student […]
According to a Tuesday memorandum by Donald Trump’s medics, the president, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 late on Thursday night, is feeling “extremely well” and shows no symptoms. Surgeon Dr Atul Gawande outlined how he sees President Trump’s current state of health during a Tuesday appearance on “The View”, going on to assert that POTUS had been discharged from the hospital prematurely. “He is still contagious”, Gawande said. “He’s in the midst of being actively infected. “He is walking in the White House continuing to question and belittle mask use and that is not the message that we need to send, especially as […]
A recent report by the Swedish Defence Research Agency has indicated an incidence of “anti-Semitic stereotypes and tropes” on social media. Thirty-five percent of the posts about Jews turned out to be negative, and a lot of them deal specifically with Jews in power. Following a report by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) indicating a proliferation of online theories about Jews wielding influence and power in world politics, the Jewish Central Council has demanded that internet giants ensure such posts are not spread by timely deleting them. According to the new report from the Swedish Defence Research Agency, “anti-Semitic stereotypes […]
Donald Trump’s fondness for Twitter is no secret, and it seems his Covid-19 quarantine hasn’t slowed him down much; he posted 18 tweets in under an hour on Monday, prompting humorous speculation about possible drug side-effects. Trump’s Twitter day started early on Monday when he began quoting from the ‘Fox & Friends’ morning show, and it continued as he blasted out several all-caps tweets. Most of the posts were reminiscent of campaign slogans and consisted simply of a couple of words or phrases, along with plenty of directives to “VOTE!” on November 3. “SPACE FORCE. VOTE!” and “PRO LIFE! VOTE” were […]
Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of German reunification, when the German Democratic Republic, colloquially known as East Germany, formally ceased to exist and was incorporated into the Federal Republic. German officials past and present have credited Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for his efforts in making the dream of German unity a reality. Internet users had some unflattering things to say about a new statue dedicated to Mikhail Gorbachev which was unveiled in a small German town on Saturday as part of Unity Day celebrations. The monument, erected in front of the town hall in Dessau, a town about 125 km southwest […]
Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of German reunification, when the German Democratic Republic, colloquially known as East Germany, formally ceased to exist and was incorporated into the Federal Republic. German officials past and present have credited Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for his efforts in making the dream of German unity a reality. Internet users had some unflattering things to say about a new statue dedicated to Mikhail Gorbachev which was unveiled in a small German town on Saturday as part of Unity Day celebrations. The monument, erected in front of the town hall in Dessau, a town about 125 km southwest […]
The internet of today isn’t the independent territory it was originally imagined to be. For ordinary people “the internet” is just a bunch of apps made by giant companies. These companies do whatever they want with your data, disappear when the journey is over, spy on you and show you ads. I’m honestly not sure why people even bother trying to come up with dystopian futures for the web – it’s already here. So how will the web evolve in the next 10 years? Things could continue to get worse for a little while. But soon we’ll start playing the past […]
Brace yourself for a concept that will feel jarring, an idea that will clash with everything you know about 2020, and a philosophy that will feel downright unthinkable: Optimism. Many internet 2030 scenarios are bleak. (See other entries in our “Internet 2030” series). Here we imagine a brighter online future: What if we “owned our identity,” meaning you have some kind of digital passport (or wallet) that proves you are you, not some imposter, and that this passport is secure, easy to use, and widely accepted in all corners of the Internet, and also at banks and gyms and schools and […]
If the internet was a person, ARPANET was its first tooth, Facebook was the pubescent rage of middle school and Bitcoin was the key to its first car. Today, we find ourselves riding shotgun, unsure of what direction the internet will take next. There are those who feel we’re about to careen off a cliff, and others who write off the internet’s dangers as inevitable growing pains of innovation. The internet allows us to work together while simultaneously incentivizing us to tear each other apart. That dynamic isn’t sustainable for long. Perhaps over the next 10 years the internet will go […]
Alas, the truth has done little to dissuade QAnon believers from the fictions of their conspiracy mythology. Unsurprisingly, the “Pizzagate” conspiracy that was QAnon’s forerunner should have fallen apart when an adherent wielded an assault rifle in a Washington pizzeria because he believed Hillary Clinton and her associates were running a child sex ring in its basement. The gunman found no Clinton, no children and no basement – and yet the themes of the conspiracy endure, and internationally. Yes, we have a QAnon problem in Australia now, too. Read more… H. RES. 1154 Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes. IN THE HOUSE […]
Privacy tech company Aleo has launched a data privacy-oriented blockchain and developer kit to make writing zero-knowledge proofs in web applications easy and scalable. The startup is releasing its first round of software tools to let developers write private applications for the web using a new programming language called Leo, as well as integrate these tools into pre-existing browsers’ functions. “I think it’s become very clear that the internet is broken,” said Aleo co-founder Howard Wu on a phone call. “As users of the internet, we give up our personal data in exchange for services from providers. This model is really […]
Kamala Harris did not step off of her private plane on her way to visiting the scene of a devastating California wildfire so much as she bounced. The Vice Presidential nominee did so in Timberland boots, drawing a wave of online cheers and boos, in what might be the first true sartorial scandal of the Biden/Harris campaign. On one side came the praise, heaped on by liberals who are already pushing hard for a Democrat victory in November. “THE TIMBS THO,” Meena Harris, Kamala’s niece wrote on Instagram. The nominee—or perhaps just her campaign—had turned her into a GIF. Was it […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/10/1080474564_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_d5b758876e8915536ca87b34ac57b47d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sangeeta Yadav. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009161080476926-b-towns-highest-paid-actor-akshay-kumar-breaks-the-internet-with-laxmmi-bomb-teaser-fans-in-frenzy/ ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ is a remake of the Tamil movie Muni 2: Kanchana by Raghava Lawrence who has also directed its Hindi adaptation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will release directly online at Disney+Hotstar on 9 November 2020. Superstar Akshay Kumar, the Forbes 2020 Top 10 Highest Paid Male Actors in the world, has dropped the teaser of his upcoming movie Laxmmi Bomb featuring him, opposite Kiara Advani. It will stream worldwide on Disney+Hotstar on 9 November, 2020. He has created a lot of buzz on social media with a glimpse […]
Political and social upheaval around the world can lead to internet censorship and interference by powerful actors. The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is allowing people around the world to monitor internet censorship and interference in their countries in a decentralized manner for free. It has created the world’s largest open dataset on internet censorship, with millions of measurements collected from more than 200 countries since 2012. Belarus residents are fighting back against the alleged illegitimate re-election of leader Alexander Lukashenko, otherwise known as the “last dictator of Europe,” since the election occurred Aug. 9. Lukashenko’s contested victory has led […]
“Web 2.0 is broken”: It’s arguably the most important thesis driving innovation across the world of crypto as entrepreneurs tout visions of a Web 3.0 that re-emphasizes the internet’s founding ideals of freedom and empowering prosperity. In 2020, that vision has deviated from its original course in well-documented ways: the capture of web infrastructure by a handful of dominant tech giants, the rise of “surveillance capitalism,” the emergence of fake news and disinformation wars across all of society. While the problems with the current landscape are understood, the path forward to a decentralized web is a murkier proposition full of many […]
US President Donald Trump has faced both mockery and concern over his stumbles on ramps and stairs, and now social media has posted video of Trump slurring his speech and failing to keep his balance while walking. A new Twitter hashtag, #TrumpIsNotWell, is trending on Saturday after social media users raised concern over the president’s health. Increased questions came to light with a viral video showing Trump’s recent appearance in New Hampshire, in which he lost his balance briefly while walking up to the stage. The scare was short-lived, however, as Trump managed to get himself together and was able to play […]
Earlier in the day, it was confirmed that Chadwick Boseman, a star in Marvel’s beloved “Black Panther” film, passed away after a long struggle with stage 4 colon cancer. People around the world flocked to the web in an emotional move to express grief over the death of Chadwick Boseman, a lead actor for Marvel’s breakout hit film “Black Panther”. The tragic news made waves on Twitter, with Boseman’s fans and colleagues sending condolences and prayers to the family of the actor. Fellow Marvel actors reacted early, honoring his talent and calling him a “true King”, marking his portrayal of Marvel’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107835/10/1078351087_0:531:1530:1391_1200x675_80_0_0_60b82b736e2ba52b5d51ca433099d2c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Radhika Parashar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202008271080293351-at-3000-metres-above-sea-level-indian-aviation-regulator-releases-draft-rules-on-in-flight-wi-fi/ New Delhi (Sputnik): In March this year, India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) confirmed that airlines will now be permitted to offer Wi-Fi connectivity for laptops, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and e-readers for flyers travelling within the country, specifying that the services would be offered only on their device’s flight mode. India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), on Thursday released draft rules for the use of in-flight Wi-Fi on portable electronic devices (PEDs). As part of the draft rules for Internet services inside aircraft flying in Indian airspace, […]
David Dias is a research engineer at Protocol Labs. He specializes in peer-to-peer networking and distributed systems. Electricity, water, gas – these are just some of the public utilities we use every day, whether for cooking food in the morning, heating homes throughout the day, or charging computers at night. But what about random numbers? Do we need a public source of randomness just like we need public sources for electricity and water? You may never have imagined this need, but there is more to randomness than you might think. While random numbers might not sound like a public good, we […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080269087_0:167:3114:1919_1200x675_80_0_0_8090123b117e9d286f418f6e739fa62d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008261080277885-night-one-of-rnc-enriched-internet-with-guilfoylechallenge/ The ongoing Republican National Convention has delivered a couple of fiercely passionate speakers, including Donald Trump Jr. and his current girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, although many noted some madness in their passion. While Trump Jr. has been labeled “high” during his speech, Guilfoyle’s performance is now perpetuated as a meme. After Kimberly Guilfoyle, the national chair of the “Trump Victory Finance Committee” and current girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., delivered a speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention, netizens quickly turned her impassioned performance into a challenge, recording and editing videos that recreate […]
by Preston James and Mike Harris 100-800 AD – an incredibly Evil Society Emerges in Khazaria: Khazarians develop into a nation ruled by an evil king, who had ancient Babylonian black arts, occult oligarchs serving as his court. During this time, Khazarians became known to surrounding countries as thieves, murderers, road bandits, and for assuming the identities of those travelers they murdered as a normal occupational practice and way of life. 800 AD – The Ultimatum is delivered by Russia and other surrounding nations: The leaders of the surrounding nations, especially Russia, have had so many years of complaints by their citizens […]
After a Russian TV channel loosely inspired by America’s Fox News was blocked by video-streaming service YouTube earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Western web giants should be treated with a “low degree of trust.” Dmitry Peskov emphasized that the companies are completely unaccountable and can do as they please. He said the public needs to be aware that they can be “thrown out of there along with their account” at any moment.Tsargrad TV – launched with the help of ex-Fox producer Jack Hanick in 2015 – announced that the Google subsidiary blocked its account on July 28 over an […]
Russian interest in the African nation of Tanzania has soared after Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova named it as one of three countries to resume flights with Russia from August 1. According to Yandex, the most popular Russian search engine, the number of people searching for the tropical East African country shot through the roof. “On Friday, July 24, interest in Tanzania on Yandex Search soared,” Yandex said. “The number of requests about the country increased 65 times, compared to Thursday.” Yandex users were most interested in Tanzania’s location, how the country looks, flight times, reviews from tourists, and the weather, […]
Russian Olympic champion gymnast Karolina Sevastyanova has caused a stir on social media after sharing a picture in which she appears with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Conor McGregor. The 25-year-old posted a photo on Instagram in which she’s hugging the famous Irishman. He, meanwhile, struck a fighting pose. READ MORE: ‘Conor McGregor is retired’: UFC boss Dana White plays down McGregor-Masvidal rumors The world and Olympic gold medalist, who lives in Monaco, didn’t reveal where she met the world-renowned fighter, but, given her cocktail dress, Sevastyanova’s followers have suggested it was at an official event attended by the two sport stars. […]
CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, a venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass., that focuses on public blockchains. He is also the co-founder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup. The dust is still settling, but July 15, 2020 already looks to be one of the worst days in Twitter’s 14-year history. A devastating hack, apparently taking advantage of internal tools, enabled hackers to take control of dozens of high-profile accounts and solicit bitcoin donations. Noteworthy was the delta between the scale of the attack and the financial reward; the hackers brought a $28 billion company […]
Earlier, Ivanka Trump pitched Goya products on her Twitter account, facing strong backlash from netizens who accuse her of violating federal ethics by touting products while in the position of being a senior White House adviser. US President Donald Trump in his Instagram account shared a photo of himself sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office displaying several products made by Goya – a large Hispanic-owned food company whose CEO earlier expressed support for the president’s reelection campaign, gaining backlash with people calling for others to boycott the company’s products. Already enraged by a similar move made earlier by his daughter, […]
After Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender model to appear on a Sports Illustrated cover the internet exploded with mixed reactions, some of which didn’t approve the magazine’s choice. Sports Illustrated has continued its policy of promoting inclusivity and diversity by inviting models representing different social and ethnic groups. READ MORE: ‘We aren’t backing down’: New US ruling says letting transgender girls compete in high school sports IS a breach of civil rights Overturning widespread modeling stereotypes, the magazine featured plus-size model Ashley Graham in 2016 and invited Somali-American model Halima Aden to pose in a hijab and burkini for the cover in 2019. […]
Social media apps became prominent “speak-up” platforms for so-called social justice warriors in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that swept the world following the death of George Floyd this May. A “Mute White People” sticker appeared on Instagram, the Hill contributor Katie Pavlich noted on Monday. The “unbothered” sticker featuring a megaphone with the words “mute white people” was available through Instagram stories as an option, but has allegedly been pulled from the platform since then. It still can be easily found on the GIPHY website to which it was first uploaded by Refinery29, an outlet targeting a […]
You might be wondering what the difference between a VPN router and a regular router is. It’s surprisingly simple. Whereas with a regular router you would have to connect to VPN manually on all of your devices, a VPN router automatically encrypts and protects all of the devices connected to it. This gives you a little more security, which is important if you’re working from home. You don’t want to be the target of a spear phishing attack, among other things. While this set-it-and-forget-it security method is great, you still need to decide which router is best for you. We’ve rounded […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106369/08/1063690823_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_3cd98dfc078ab69bbfa9fdcd1cd795cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007111079854237-trump-says-authorized-cyberattack-on-russias-internet-research-agency-in-2018/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump confirmed to The Washington Post that he had authorized a cyberattack on Russia’s Internet Research Agency in 2018. Earlier this week, Trump told the columnist of The Washington Post, Marc Thiessen, that he had ordered the 2018 cyberattack on the Internet Research Agency, which is accused by the United States of spearheading the interference in the 2016 US presidential election. “Correct”, Trump told The Washington Post, answering the question, whether he had launched the 2018 cyberattack. The US president stressed that nobody had been tougher on Russia […]
A Colorado company is betting it can make the decentralized web more accessible with a no-frills server you can install in your own home. Start9 Labs’ Embassy server, housed in a Raspberry Pi, sets up its own private internet network and comes with its own operating system as well as an expanding range of services such as bitcoin transactions, messaging and password management that cut out middlemen and use the Tor network to communicate. People use the Tor network because it makes it incredibly difficult to trace internet activity to a user, encrypting it multiple times and hiding a user’s location. […]
Most of the internet thinks Joe Biden is “creepy and old and out of touch and kinda lame” — and a statement he made Wednesday reinforced that belief. The majority of young Americans do not like Biden at all. Advertisement – story continues below Biden’s latest fail reinforced that belief. “All of a sudden, this phrase — this phrase that everybody’s been woked…well guess what,” said Biden. TRENDING: Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls For “Dismantling” of US “Economy and Political Systems” (VIDEO) What an embarrassment! WATCH: Advertisement – story continues below “Everybody’s been woked” is the new “How do you […]
A video showing the head of a San Francisco tech firm verbally abusing an Asian family has caught the attention of ‘cancel’ crusaders, but it appears the witch hunt has already resulted in collateral damage. Michael Lofthouse, the CEO of IT company Solid8, was caught on camera making racist remarks to a family seated next to him at a restaurant. The video begins with one of the family members, Jordan Chan, daring Lofthouse to “say it again,” suggesting that the altercation had already started. Also on rt.com From everyday language to the worlds of Shakespeare and Austin, mainstream media looks for […]
President Donald Trump’s ban on visas for highly skilled immigrants has forced Silicon Valley companies into a rock-and-hard-place scenario where they must choose between an essential group of employees and a fundamental legal protection. In facing the double threat, the choice, though difficult and clouded with political bluster, is clear. Of the two, the visa prohibition is the greater threat. Here’s why: Undercutting social media’s legal protections may result in a temporary reformation of the tech industry, one that will take shape in litigation to come; on the other hand, the loss of the gifted people who stand to build the […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 29 June, India banned 59 Chinese mobile apps in a move widely perceived as a response to the border dispute in the Galvan valley of Ladakh. On 15 June, twenty Indian soldiers were killed in violent clash between patrol parties belonging to both sides. Since then, India is in arms against China on the economic front. China claims that India’s ban on 59 major Chinese apps, including the notorious TikTok app, the UC Browser and Shareit, among others, is a violation of World Trade Organisation (WTO) norms. Banning Chinese apps is one of a number of steps, […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Due to the coronavirus pandemic, India’s 5G trials that were slated for early 2020 are expected to be delayed one year. For now, India is fuelled by affordable 4G networks – a new spectrum auction for which was also reported back in 2019. India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday rejected a 4G upgrade tender filed by state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). With the rejection, DoT, a subsidiary of India’s federal Ministry of Communication, has bought itself a little more time before it issues “fresh specifications” for the 4G network upgrade process. Citing “official sources”, Hindustan Times reported that […]
Auditing firm CertiK and Hyundai subsidiary Hdac are teaming up to bring Internet of Things (IoT) devices onto a blockchain. Hdac’s blockchain platform attempts to combine secure authentication, seamless mapping and machine-to-machine transactions in a blockchain network with IoT devices. CertiK’s team of blockchain engineers worked closely with Hdac to audit the design and implementation of its codebase, which is expected to be released in the near future, the companies told CoinDesk on Friday. Hdac had previously tapped CertiK to audit its codebase, where the security firm learned of Hdac’s plans to build blockchain solutions, a CertiK spokesperson said. This led […]
Handshake set out to disrupt the World Wide Web of internet names. Now it’s looking to reinvent browsing. Today, as the Handshake Network records its 1 millionth transaction, HandyBrowser will go live. It’s a dedicated way to access the uncensorable internet ecosystem made possible through the distributed Handshake Network, as well as anything else you would normally search for. “This is a pivotal moment for Handshake, much like the advent of Web3 tech in general,” Steven McKie, HandyBrowser’s technical manager and CEO of Amentum, said in a phone call. Built as a labor of love with two partners, his two partners […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/58/1079655803_0:0:1920:1081_1200x675_80_0_0_c31924e291060d59ad99c3c8355040c1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202006181079655788-oh-internet-claim-that-ludwig-van-beethoven-was-black-takes-twitter-by-storm/ The Flemish origins of the composer’s family coupled with online rumours that he had the nickname “Spaniard” and “Moor” because of his dark complexion and hair has prompted debate over whether the musician, widely considered one of the greatest classical composers in the history of music, was biracial. Queen Elizabeth II is a cannibal, NASA is hiding the truth about a second sun from us, the Ice Bucket Challenge was a satanic ritual, and Finland doesn’t exist – it all sounds crazy, right? Just wait until you hear the next conspiracy theory that has […]
How An Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate By Ray McGovern, Consortium News. June 17, 2020 How An Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hillary-clinton-at-the-2016-convention.-from-wikimedia-commons.-e1592410151386.jpg200px200px Above photo: Hillary Clinton at the 2016 convention. From Wikimedia Commons. Four years ago today, on June 15, 2016, a shadowy Internet persona calling itself “Guccifer 2.0” appeared out of nowhere to claim credit for hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee on behalf of WikiLeaks and implicate Russia by dropping “telltale” but synthetically produced Russian “breadcrumbs” in his metadata. Thanks largely to the corporate media, the highly damaging story actually found in those DNC emails — namely, that the DNC had stacked […]
On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people across the US reported outages related to mobile operators and Internet services, with the hacktivist group Anonymous claiming that the country was “under a major DDoS attack”. Security experts have insisted that there is no evidence that the US was hit by a massive cyber-attack on 15 June, which led to outages for T-Mobile, Fortnight, Instagram, AT&T, Twitch, and Facebook Messenger. Matthew Prince, founder of web security giant Cloudflare, which also specialises in DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection, tweeted on Tuesday that “there’s a lot of buzz right now about a massive DDoS […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s news conglomeration Rossiya Segodnya and media juggernaut RT are leaders in outreach and innovation with internet audiences, Russian deputy minister of digital development, communications and mass media Alexei Volin said in an interview published Monday. “I always say with pride that the professional standards of our media are very high. For example, if we talk about Rossiya Segodnya, also known as RIA Novosti and the Sputnik agency, and RT, then today they are definitely leaders in terms of working with an Internet audience. Their know-how, technologies for working on the internet and social networks are studied all […]
The International Space Station Just Became a Powerful Tool for Tracking Animal Migration by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com In 2018, scientists launched an antenna into space dedicated solely to tracking the world’s animals. From its perch 240 miles above Earth on the International Space Station, the antenna receives signals from tiny transmitters attached to more than 800 species of animal ranging from elephants to bats, reports Katharine Gammon for Inside Science. After some early setbacks, the tracking system was switched on in March. Data from the project may be available to researchers on Earth as early as this fall, according to a statement. “The […]
This week, the wildest, most nonsensical, volatile part of the market wasn’t bitcoin, but the “Robinhood Rally” in equities. The stock market has long been disconnected from the underlying economy, but much of what happened this week – particularly the pumping of bankrupt company stocks – suggests that something new is afoot. In this episode, NLW breaks down three long-term trends suggested by the so-called Robinhood Rally, including: Monday | Why War Reporting Is the Right Mental Model for Today’s Media, Feat. Jake Hanrahan Tuesday | What the Stock Market’s ‘Robinhood Rally’ Means for Bitcoin Wednesday | A Vision for Digital Property Rights, Feat. Nic […]
The growing trend of kneeling to show solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has apparently been adopted by banker Jamie Dimon, triggering an avalanche of disbelief and mockery on social media. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase was photographed taking a knee in front of a large bank vault on Friday, sparking speculation that he was expressing support for anti-racism protests that have spread across the United States. His bank declined to confirm whether there was a deeper meaning behind the photograph, but Dimon had previously voiced sympathy for the demonstrations, stating that Chase was “committed to fighting against racism and […]
Right Richter See what’s happening with the extreme right wing from the safety of your inbox. This week: Surveying the George Floyd hoaxes. The Secret Service grapples with QAnon. How to convince anti-mask Trump supporters to buy $20 masks. George Floyd Hoaxes As the protests over George Floyd’s death increase, so too has the amount of internet nonsense on the right about Floyd’s death. Below are some of the biggest conspiracy theories that are attracting some of the most craven conspiracy-mongers. Source link
LONDON – Britain’s first dedicated cyber regiment has been officially established as part of the Army’s drive to modernize its response to the growing digital threat posed by potential adversaries. Creation of the unit, the 13th Signals Regiment, is part of an ongoing restructuring of the British Army, known as Army 2020 Refine, which includes the creation of a division conducting cyber, electronic warfare, intelligence, information operations and unconventional warfare. The cyber regiment is built around a core of about 250 specialists and is tasked with combating threats to Army operations overseas and domestically. The new unit will also provide technical […]
Several publishers have filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging copyright infringement. Richard Newstead/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Richard Newstead/Getty Images Several publishers have filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive alleging copyright infringement. Richard Newstead/Getty Images When the Internet Archive announced that it was creating a “National Emergency Library,” temporarily suspending wait lists to borrow e-books amid the pandemic, a crowd of writers and publishers made their outrage clear. Now, their complaint has made it to court. The Internet Archive, or IA, “is engaged in willful mass copyright infringement,” four major publishers said in a lawsuit filed Monday […]
Business 09:46 GMT 03.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107802/22/1078022271_0:128:3224:1942_1200x675_80_0_0_39fd2f9de08913543a073eb537f8c48a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202006031079505975-google-faces-5bln-lawsuit-in-us-for-tracking-private-internet-use/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US tech giant Google has been sued for $5 billion for breaching the privacy of its users by tracking their activities through the Chrome browser despite having activated the so-called incognito mode, media reported on Wednesday, citing a lawsuit filed with California’s San Jose federal court. According to the Republic TV news channel, the lawsuit against Google’s Alphabet unit claims that it secretly gathered information about people’s activities through Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager and other applications and website plug-ins, including apps. The complaint said […]
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order Thursday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order Thursday. Matt Rourke/AP President Trump has a new rallying cry in his escalating crusade against Twitter. As he […]
The internet, and Twitter in particular, is central to President Donald Trump’s power. His tweets move everything from Pentagon policy on Syria and transgender service to how Republican lawmakers vote on surveillance law. Their frequent falsity is beside the point. It’s the influence that matters. Now Trump is trying to push a lasting structural change upon the internet, one that internet-freedom advocates fear will entrench a disincentive for any social media company to block disinformation on their platform. And it comes after Twitter, an open sewer for disinformation, took a very meager step to stop Trump from suppressing the vote in […]
Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet By Leo Sammallahti, Co-op Exchange. May 27, 2020 Co-op Has A Plan To Democratise Large Parts Of The Internet2020-05-272020-05-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/org-e1590593431714.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters outside the Los Angeles headquarters of the regulatory body for domain names, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, in January. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press. The co-op blocked the sale of the .org domain to private equity. How .org was almost sold to private equity Around 5% of all websites use the .org domain, with the most popular being Wikipedia. These websites represent around 6% of the top 1000 websites and […]
________WiredHow the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. One scientifically-baseless claim in this article, published in a regional version of the paper’s print edition and since deleted from its website, sparked a conspiracy theory firestorm that has since torn through the internet and broken out into the real world, resulting in fires and threats. Van Kerckhoven didn’t just claim that 5G […]
The Canadian teenager suspected in the February attack on an erotic massage parlor in Toronto that left one woman dead was reportedly inspired by the incel movement, according to local media reports. According to Global News, the 17-year-old boy accused of killing 24-year-old Ashley Noell Arzaga and injuring two other people at the Crown Spa on Feb. 24 now faces charges for alleged “murder—terrorist activity.” The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was previously charged with first-degree and attempted murder for the attack. Authorities now believe the violence was inspired by the incel movement—an online community of men who blame women for […]
Guardian: In a shameful vote this week as part of an extension of the dreaded and controversial Patriot Act, the Senate handed William Barr and the Trump administration the ability to spy on Americans’ web browsing and internet search histories without a warrant. Amendment to Keep Feds out of Citizens’ Internet History Fails — by 1 Vote. The Senate voted against an amendment on Wednesday sponsored by Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) https://t.co/tQMYTG7f2x — Randy Bell (@RandyMBell) May 16, 2020 The vote on a bipartisan amendment to protect this information from government surveillance sparked immediate outrage online – and deservedly so. Our web browsing and search histories […]
Right Richter See what’s happening with the extreme right wing from the safety of your inbox. This week: Dennis Prager has some genuinely terrible advice about coronavirus. Coronavirus truther cops and docs. Dennis Prager Praises the Wisdom of Dirty Forks Amid Pandemic On April 30, as the coronavirus death toll topped 60,000 in the U.S., mega-popular conservative talk radio and online video star Dennis Prager assured his YouTube audience not to worry too much about the disease and keep living their lives. To comfort his followers, Prager made a bizarre claim about his own commitment to joie de vivre, saying he […]
Top Shelf Consensus: Distributed ended on a high note with a keynote address from Juan Benet, founder of Protocol Labs, who granted a rare interview as he closed out the week-long virtual conference. Speaking widely on the topics of decentralization and Web 3.0, Benet said, “the internet has become dramatically more important to us.” Over a 50-year time span, computing has gone from an idea to a “species altering technology.” You’re reading Blockchain Bites: Consensus Edition a twice daily roundup of all the notable news out of Consensus: Distributed. You can sign up for this, and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. But the internet’s present […]
When we write on the occult I am the expert, consequently that is what we write about but recently subjects are coming up for all of you that need to be addressed. I’m going to take time off from my own pet project which is the Khazar-Nazi Antichrist to do just that. This is the first installment. I am by no means an expert on frequencies but it just so happens that “Phil,” who has been a member of the Jack Heart team since its inception in 2014 is just that, twenty-five years working with them in a military intelligence capacity. […]